To be fair, the resistance being flabbergasted and in the dark at the return of their dead arch nemesis is actually quite reasonable. The return itself also harkens back to the prequels when Palpatine mentions Darth Plagueis.

The reason the Disney era movies are so underwhelming is a lack of soul and other writing blunders.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The movies feel like toddlers making up the story as they play with figurines.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Checklist movies. It becomes more important for the movie to have X element due to marketing reasons rather than plot reasons.

If the movie has more marketing elements than plot elements, it's a checklist movie.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

Honestly, I'd rather them have let toddlers make up the story while playing with figurines. I was certainly coming up with better plotlines than what they shat out with the sequels when I was a kid.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Episode 9, absolutely.

The Last Jedi is an anarchist critique of Star Wars that somehow got made into a Star Wars.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

That got me a chuckle. It does look like that.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Honestly, the idea that the good guys win and then forget that they have to continue to be vigilant and let the evil they defeated come back is as topical now as it was in 2015