#pro tlj

[sjbattleangel]

Like Shaun here, I believe The Last Jedi is THE best Star Wars film right alongside The Empire Strikes Back. As Shaun defends the film. he even goes on to tackle its most common nitpicks ("Luke was out of character", "the Canto Blight sequence was pointless", ect), all whilst noticing its striking similarities with The Empire Strikes Back.

I recommend watching this video wholeheartedly.

[saltywinteradult]

am i really the one (1) person on this godforsaken site who liked the last jedi? because it seems like it sometimes and it makes me feel like i’m going insane

[kyloren]

Broke: “We’re in legit, legit ‘Star Wars’ now. We’ve got a trio [Rey, Finn, and Poe] up in here.”

Woke: The narrative of ‘reuniting the sequel trilogy trio’ is the brokest take for… they have never interacted together as a trio. We’ve only seen Rey-Finn, Finn-Poe, and… “Hi, I’m Poe.” How can you reunite a group that hasn’t been united on screen before?

Bespoke: ‘The Last Jedi’ achieved god-tier “‘Star Wars’ mythical thing of threes” by having A Trio of trios: Rey-Kylo-Luke, Holdo-Poe-Leia, and Finn-Rose-DJ. We have nothing but respect for Rian Johnson’s galaxy brain in this house.

[snowbazzledestielshipper]

Reblog if you would read a trilogy long fix-it fic

I want to write one, but I'm not sure if anyone would read it or want it.........

I have some ideas of how to fix the plot of the trilogy to make it less of a trash fire! I love the st, but it has flaws and I want to try fixing some of them! If you want to help write some of it, dm me. I'll set up a group somehow (probably through docs)

Spoilers in the comments for tros and also the fic (read, the major plot point changes I would make)

[blancofemphobic]

Hot take

[savoureachsensationx]

It’s been four months and one of the differences between my reaction to TLJ and TROS is that after TLJ came out, I rewatched every Reylo scene countless times for almost two years until TROS came out.

With TROS I haven’t been able to watch any scene again since I saw it in the cinema. It still hurts too much knowing what comes at the end of the film.

It’s ruined my enjoyment of the saga entirely.

[hayleysayshay]

I don’t really talk about Star Wars much on here but I’m just thinking about how the rise of Sky Walker just... was. Yes Kylo and Rey have a connection in The Last Jedi, but it’s more for the development of their characters. I’m not saying that there isn’t romantic subtext (I’m not sure if I really see t, but so many pro and anti reylos did, so let’s just say it’s subjective), but that’s all it is, it’s more about them pushing and pull each other to their ‘sides’. Kylo thinks he can bring Rey over to his side by pushing her into despair, hatred etc (hence that her parents are just nobodies who didn’t care for her) and Rey has compassion and empathy for Ben and thinks she can save him. I don’t think the half-arsed romantic reylo ending in TROS was really set up in TLJ.

In the end, Rey recognises the inherent violence in their relationship and closed the door on it. Rey’s story is fairly progressive— there is power in empathy, but she chooses to end her relationship with Kylo. She is in charge of her own destiny. In the Rise of Skywalker it sort of just goes ‘they had a connection once and now they kiss’ and I’m like... wha... way to remove the autonomy of the main female. Like and then they just re-do her arc in the Last Jedi But make it less nuanced with ‘she’s related to evil people! Will she give into her dark side?’

Like I don’t think TLJ is perfect— I think Poe’s conflict probably could have been solved with better communication (though I guess that’s the point maybe on his half, but maybe the general could have just explained a little bit more.) and Finn’s subplot did appear to have undergone rewrites (though I generally love the subplot of him learning to support the resistance, and not just his friends). But what Star Wars is?

But like everything interesting the last Jedi set up with letting the past die with Luke and being a ‘nobody’ and forging a new path with the new cast is just shelved in favour of the legacies of the Skywalkers and the Palpatine. It just feels like they gave into the loudest voices and retconned the parts some fans didn’t like, and forgot to tell a good story with like themes and shit. It’s just such a limp and lame ending to a series, playing it extremely safe with no bold storytelling. I totally get why George Lucas liked the Last Jedi more, why would the original creator want to see ‘the original trilogy, but again!’ Let the past dieeeee

I suppose you can say that people got what they wanted, but the Last Jedi fans didn’t like it, and a lot of fans who loved the TFA are still dissapointed with the way characters subplots were resolved. No-one was really enthralled by this film is seems.

I did like the bit with the whole resistance coming to aid; the big swelling, sentimental moment. I just wish that Rose Tico had a role in gearing everyone up, because she believes in the resistance and the cause, literally what she did in TLJ, she was right there and they just didn’t use her. But the resistance plot in TROS was still my favourite.

[mulhollandoates]

Next time I watch TROS (if I can bring myself to it at this point), I want Rian Johnson sitting on my left and Adam Driver on my right.

During the best parts, I need each of them to hold my hand (and hopefully consent to intermittent squeezes like I’m a woman in labor).

During the worst parts, I need them both to get up in front of the projector and put on a shadow puppet show of alternate scenes. They can be totally improvised, dialogue and all. I’m sure they’d still create a more coherent, engaging narrative on the fly than what we got in theaters.

I’ll have to call their agents. Maybe I could get a sponsorship from Kleenex to finance the exclusive screening, too. xD