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This is getting out of hand! Now there are more than 3 of them! (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Shardikprime@lemmy.world to c/starwarsmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah maybe I'm just bitter because they advertised TLJ as "being about strong women" and it made me think we were going to see Leia do some bad ass shit with a light saber. I was so down for that. Instead she Mary Poppinsed her way across the screen and was in a coma for most of the movie.

Having older people do action is always a challenge, check the scene where Liam Neeson is climbing over a fence and there's like 20 cuts before he makes it. But Star Wars is the kind of thing where that isn't much of an issue. Carrie Fisher could wave around a s stick and throw out her hand and with some CGI she's be deflecting blaster shots and throwing around Stormtroopers using the force.

Instead we don't see Leia with a lightsaber until RoS and it's CGI. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate them finally showing Leia with a lightsaber. I will always defend RoS because of this... and Palpatine blasting X-Wings with lightning bolts, because fuck it, it's Star Wars have some fun people.

Ok, we have so, so much established canon to work with, what parts of it can we focus on or interweave and tweak a bit to tell precisely the kind if story we want?

Yeah but you gotta consider what Star Wars is about at it's core: some kids going on an adventure to save the galaxy. A lot of the EU wouldn't work because the actors that portray the characters are too old to do those stories in the same way. Still they should've had Leia with a lightsaber and bring in Thrawn, who could have some younger underlings himself. And yeah Mara Jade could make an appearance too, but it wouldn't be a starring role. But at least have the older characters doing things to help and maybe have the good old "I'll deal with this" thing happen so the kids can get away.

TFA was the best of the three because Han Solo did stuff. Luke and Leia just didn't feel all that relevant in the other movies. I give RoS a pass because Luke Skywalker was dead in the story and Carrie Fisher was dead in real life. Not much could be done at that point. TLJ was where things needed to go down, but it just didn't.