I like the way this trilogy seems to be headed for one major reason and that is that we are getting something new; we have seen the Jedi vs Sith game for 6 films now and neither side seem to be getting anywhere in universe so its time for a change and I'm cool with that if only for the reason that it wont be predictable
I dunno, Jedi are so part and parcel to the franchise. It's gonna be weird without them. But at least Disney are showing some guts for once. Let's see if they have the guts to replace stormtroopers.
Beni how was the plot point of the Jedi sucking not addressed in both continuities? I thought it was, it just wasn't shoved in our faces, but it was there to an extent.
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AFAIK the Jedi sucking has existed pretty much unsaid except by people arguing that the prequels are actually great because everyone is unlikable on purpose.
Hm...I guess in a big way sure, though I feel more subtle works just as well imo.
Anyway guess I'll give my thoughts now that the dust has settled. Even though TLJ seemed to have just rewrote what TFA had set up with Luke...
I'm more indifferent to the character, him dying is a 0 issue for me, I guess we all expected him to die at some point....although I kinda do wish he had least lived to Episode 9 at the least.
His characterization...again indifferent, some parts I liked, some I didn't. I suppose there I had some expectation which was kinda met at 50/50 range.
Sure, it's not necessarily a criticism, but the way in which [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Luke out-and-out attacked the Jedi for allowing the rise of Sidious, and questioned the idea of whether it was right for them to try and exert control over the Force in the first place broke new ground imo.
Except Yoda and Obi-Wan already reflected on those issues post ROTS.
Yoda realised the mistake of the Jedi in the final Clone Wars episodes. And as a result they are more pacifist in their ways post ROTS, and presumably taught their new insights to Luke.
It's cool and all for Luke to bring those issues to the audiences attention on the big screen, but he should already have thought those things through. Especially given how he overthrew the Sith through Love for his Father, and not via his Lightsaber.
I agree with Hamill that Skywalker should have been wiser than that by this point in time. Instead of needing Rey and another lesson from Yoda to put his mind straight again.
Yeah didn't like how they portrayed him in the first 2/3rds of the movie, but Loved him in the Final Act, "And I will not be The Last Jedi" being my favorite line.
So Hamill's right, and I see why he flip flops about his feelings on how the character was portrayed.
Btw does anyone know how much Hamill was paid? I hope it was a good $10mill at least.
I get that, but he clearly changed his mind after meeting Rey and Yoda putting him in his place. Which would be fine if Kylo just turned end of the last film. But he turned years ago and Luke shouldn't have been all miserable about it for 10+ years, which is where I agree with Hamill.
Also not sure who Luke was expecting to stop Snoke and Kylo. Perhaps he figured Kylo would kill Snoke or vice versa, but then that still leaves 1 BIG problem in the Galaxy. So a bit premature for him to decide the Jedi should be no more IMO.
He lost faith in the Jedi and himself yeah, only an external influence could have restored some of that faith, which he'd cut himself off from.
Although I feel it's implied that Luke spent a lot of those years not in hiding but searching for answers.
And that only feeds back into the idea of pacisifism. The first thing Luke does when he meets Rey is ridicule the idea of him coming out of hiding lightsaber swinging to put down the First Order, it's that idea of the Jedi as intergalactic problem solvers that he's lost faith in.
That's Mark's point. He's the Jedi Master and should be capable of counseling himself. Like Mark said, if this was a few weeks or months, then fair enough, but not for years.
Now That I liked!
Then he should have said that, instead of saying "The Jedi Must End!"
Problem is he wasn't reforming the Jedi, which he could have done being the only one. But instead He was advocating their extinction. And this before he's helped in sorting out the Snoke and Kylo problem.