Something I’ve wanted since the get-go, our heroes having an adventure together.
And it’s revealed that Snoke really is nobody important.
And that Rey really isn’t.
Which I’m less keen on, though it gets decent mileage out of her being a Palpatine, as I really liked the anti-twist in The Last Jedi and the democratisation of the Force. But, eh.
Which I’m less keen on, though it gets decent mileage out of her being a Palpatine, as I really liked the anti-twist in The Last Jedi and the democratisation of the Force. But, eh.
Her rejection of it sort of agreed with the earlier point. Sort of.
(I presume that a great big novel about Rey’s parents - the runaway son of the Emperor and Villanelle from Killing Eve! - will be out in time for the film’s DVD release.)
Though we do have Finn believing in the Force and its effects beyond what he can see, which I really appreciated.
The Lucasfilm production it most resembles is inevitably Return Of The Jedi... but it’s also a lot Raiders Of The Lost Ark to begin with, as our heroes follow a hard-to-decipher inscription to an ancient artefact which could lead to unspeakable power. And one of our heroes apparently accidentally blowing up another one who’s been captured and it then being revealed that the bad guys switched vehicle. And a big snake.
The main thing it does take forward from The Last Jedi is Rey and Kylo’s Force-powered distance connection, which steps up their ability to touch to teleporting stuff around.
I know the team thought long and hard about Leia’s death, but it still stings intensely.
Following the refusal of the call for aid with everybody showing up Dunkirk / Rohan style delighted me but also felt a bit abrupt.
Rose Tico is also in this movie. If you look very closely. >:(
Oh, such voice cameos!
I was amused that Ben’s non-Kylo outfit was, like, a sweater. I cosplayed him by accident.
(And his generally Solo-ish attitude, really a different character. Like redemption is more like getting your soul back...)
A yellow lightsaber!
The main theme in the final space battle.
Above all, Finn keeping faith in Rey, even as she doesn’t.
(I presume that a great big novel about Rey’s parents - the runaway son of the Emperor and Villanelle from Killing Eve! - will be out in time for the film’s DVD release.)
Though we do have Finn believing in the Force and its effects beyond what he can see, which I really appreciated.
The Lucasfilm production it most resembles is inevitably Return Of The Jedi... but it’s also a lot Raiders Of The Lost Ark to begin with, as our heroes follow a hard-to-decipher inscription to an ancient artefact which could lead to unspeakable power. And one of our heroes apparently accidentally blowing up another one who’s been captured and it then being revealed that the bad guys switched vehicle. And a big snake.
The main thing it does take forward from The Last Jedi is Rey and Kylo’s Force-powered distance connection, which steps up their ability to touch to teleporting stuff around.
I know the team thought long and hard about Leia’s death, but it still stings intensely.
Following the refusal of the call for aid with everybody showing up Dunkirk / Rohan style delighted me but also felt a bit abrupt.
Rose Tico is also in this movie. If you look very closely. >:(
Oh, such voice cameos!
I was amused that Ben’s non-Kylo outfit was, like, a sweater. I cosplayed him by accident.
(And his generally Solo-ish attitude, really a different character. Like redemption is more like getting your soul back...)
A yellow lightsaber!
The main theme in the final space battle.
Above all, Finn keeping faith in Rey, even as she doesn’t.
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