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LeeC:
Obi-Wan, who hadn't talked to Luke in what can be assumed as years based on Luke's conversation with his uncle, even knew of Luke's renown as a pilot. Sure maybe just a bush pilot but he had to learn how to fly whereas Rey just walked into a cockpit and flew. When Finn asked her how she did that she said she didn't know. That's just bad writing. A quick sentence of "I flew garbage barges for so-and-so" could have rectified that.

I think thats really the problem with the sequel trilogy, it just had bad writing. Like it went through one or two drafts before production. A lot of scenes just lacked context or was explained away with magic. I know we have not seen 9 yet but 7 and 8 just feel rushed in retrospect. Like the Disney team had to hit these deadlines NOW and not give them time to really flesh it out or give it the love it deserves.

I loved Rogue One. My only gripes are 1)there were some serious pacing issues with the first half and 2) it would have been great to have 1 or 2 more bonding moments with the team before the mission.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: LeeC on 01 Nov 2019, 07:14 ---Obi-Wan, who hadn't talked to Luke in what can be assumed as years based on Luke's conversation with his uncle, even knew of Luke's renown as a pilot. Sure maybe just a bush pilot but he had to learn how to fly whereas Rey just walked into a cockpit and flew. When Finn asked her how she did that she said she didn't know. That's just bad writing. A quick sentence of "I flew garbage barges for so-and-so" could have rectified that.
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Personally, I would have written the Falcon out of the story altogether and instead give Rey an A-Wing two-seat trainer that she had constructed from the abundant scrap on Jakku. She's taught herself to fly using it, hoping to eventually fly off into the galaxy to find her parents (all this can be explained in a quick burst of exposition whilst Finn helps her pre-flight the flying scrap-pile in question). However, escaping the First Order is a good alternate use for the ship. Unfortunately, she inevitably gets shot up by the pursuing full squadron of TIE Fighters and can only make a partial Hyperspace jump outside the system's heliosphere. Fortunately, Leia and Han are nearby for whatever reason (waiting for the Senate to allow the New Republic Star Fleet to drive off the First Order pirates attacking Jakku?) and Leia picks up Rey's instinctive Force 'scream' in response to the imminent likelihood of death. Being picked up by Han's New Republic cruiser, the MC80-class Mon Remonda solves Rey's transport problems and the problem of finding the nearest Resistance strong-point.

Heh... I can actually see it - The A-Wing drifting in space with a flight of TIEs about to finish  them off when suddenly: WHAM! The Mon Remonda drops out of lightspeed right in front of them. A brief volley of turbolaser shots and it's all over. The presence of the NRSF in the sector also explains how Poe gets away (previously another plot hole handwaved away) - He's hiding out on one of the wrecked capships on Jakku and uses its communications gear to signal for help. A shuttle from the Mon Remonda then comes to pick him up.

Um... Sorry, drifted into my half-written alt-TFA there.

Akima:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 01 Nov 2019, 06:37 ---There will always be asses with an axe to grind. You can't judge a group by what, by your own admission, was a tiny minority.
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I did not "admit" any such thing. I stated that the boycott organised by Return of Kings was ineffective. My point in referencing it was to point out that not only individuals, but organised groups, were bent out of shape by the casting of a female lead in The Force Awakens.

Theta9:
This latest trilogy has been pretty weak so far (stating whether it's weaker than the Episodes 1-3 trilogy would take more consideration than I care to put in.) But Ep. 7 was a blatant remake of Episode 4, and Episode 8 was a subtler remake of Episode 5. I'm not optimistic about Episode 9 - I'll still watch it at some point though.

At risk of sounding "Get off my lawn", the only truly good Star Wars films have been the original trilogy. And maybe Rogue One as well.

hedgie:
Agreed, and I did quite like Rogue One.

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