After the nostalgia bomb of The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson had to step in to make Skywalker function in this universe. His way in was to make the character a real, messy human, which turned the triumphant coda of The Force Awakens into a wry joke and his final showdown with Kylo Ren an exhilarating, religious moment. As good as The Last Jedi is, it’s actually a bad sequel to The Force Awakens (and The Rise of Skywalker, which feels compelled to squeeze in Skywalker a third time, is a bad sequel to both movies). The ramifications of Johnson’s way of making sense of Luke have been clogging up the Star Wars conversation works for years.
How can we unfuck the hole that Rian has just written us into? I know, let's get Chris Terrio, the scriptwriting genius behind BvS and Justice League! He'll definitely straighten everything out, and deliver a satisfactory trilogy ending.
But seriously, as much as TROS sucked, there was no coming back after TLJ. I spent two years trying to come up with a decent ending and failed utterly. I give TROS half a point for trying to undo some of Rian's damage though.
Rian bits:
The Last Jedi is the biggest piece of shit ever created in Star Wars media. Including the holiday special.
Rian Johnson should suffer horrible torment for eternity for inflicting it on us, and nearly destroying the franchise.
How's that trilogy coming on Rian?
Edit: "Making sense of Luke" = attempting to destroy the character of one of the most loved heroes in film. Fuck you Rian.
How can we unfuck the hole that Rian has just written us into? I know, let's get Chris Terrio, the scriptwriting genius behind BvS and Justice League! He'll definitely straighten everything out, and deliver a satisfactory trilogy ending.
But seriously, as much as TROS sucked, there was no coming back after TLJ. I spent two years trying to come up with a decent ending and failed utterly. I give TROS half a point for trying to undo some of Rian's damage though.
Rey goes dark side with kylo, jealous fin kills them both in their sleep, Galaxy accidentally saved by incel violence.