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While George Lucas shepherd both the original and prequelStar Warstrilogies through their development with a singular guide imaginativeness , the sequel trilogy tack hands twice . J.J. Abrams began the trilogy withThe Force Awakenswith no intention of conclude it , then Rian Johnson took it in a wildly dissimilar direction withThe Last Jedi … then Abrams returned to eat up it off withThe Rise of Skywalker .
As a outcome , the narrative development was very disjointed andplot duds came and went at the pearl of a dime bag . For all the storylines that got paid off , for proficient or for speculative , there were peck that never got resolve .
Maz Kanata’s Possession Of Luke’s Lightsaber
When Luke ’s lightsaber ( formerly Anakin ’s lightsaber and currently known in the canyon , very controversially , as Rey ’s lightsaber ) called to Rey from Maz Kanata ’s basement , Han ask how she got a hold of it and Maz state that it was “ a upright story , for another time . ”
But that other time never come . J.J. Abrams place up a whodunit for another director to resolve , and then when he was that other director , he just ignored it . viewer never found out how that lightsaber made its way from the catacomb of Cloud City to Maz ’s basement .
Irredeemable Ben Solo
AfterThe Force Awakenstelegraphed a painfully predictable redemption arc for Ben Solo andThe Last Jedimade it clear that he was beyond redemption , The Rise of Skywalkerwent and redeemed him anyway .
He went from being a bad guy to a good guy at the cliff of a hat , propel by a vision of his Father of the Church , whom he murdered and who was n’t personnel - tender , so he essentially made up an shadow of his dad to forgive himself .
Finn Wanted To Tell Rey Something
All throughoutThe Rise of Skywalker , Finn is always yelling Rey ’s name . On a few occasions , he tells her there ’s something he needs to state her , but he never in reality state it . harmonise to J.J. Abrams , he want to tell Rey that he was Force - sensitive . But that ’s something that should ’ve happen in the actual movie .
Audiences should n’t have to be recite this form of data by the director ; if it ’s not in the movie , then the movie failed to tell its story . As it stand , Finn ’s part arc has no ending and the gift of John Boyega were wasted by a meandering , half - baked screenplay .
Palpatine’s Resurrection
We got some soundbites about Palpatine ’s Resurrection of Christ inThe Rise of Skywalker , like the origin “ I ’ve died before , ” but these jot are mostly plot holes . Dominic Monaghan mentions cloning , but cry it a “ secret only the Sith know , ” as if there was n’t a three - year Galax urceolata - wide conflict called the Clone Wars and an full species know for cloning .
It was a portion of fun to see Ian McDiarmid back in the theatrical role of the Emperor — and this far into the sequel trilogy , fun was practically a miracle — but the movie did n’t make any attack to have his resurrection make sense , simply trust on sports fan not give care .
Stormtroopers Are Brainwashed Orphans
Finn was introduced to us as a Stormtrooper who was brainwash from a young age to believe in an inequitable lawsuit . This established that the First Order ’s Stormtroopers are n’t just expendable clone , but rather displaced orphans . This was even stick to up inThe Rise of Skywalkerwith the all - too - abbreviated introduction of Jannah .
But the sequel trilogy ’s Stormtroopers were still treated like expendable clones because of J.J. Abrams ’ ceaseless focusing on nostalgia . The Stormtroopers were carom fresh fish in the original trilogy , so they were cannon fodder in Abrams ’ movies .
The Knights Of Ren
AfterThe Force Awakensteased the Knights of Ren as Kylo Ren ’s Gestapo , his top band of ruthless enforcer , The Last Jedididn’t even advert them . They finally appeared inThe ascent of Skywalker , but they mostly just stood there .
In the film ’s last deed , Ben Solo has to defend his way through them to get to Rey and Palpatine , but they were pretty easy to kill . That movie did n’t instruct us anything about the Knights of Ren besides what they seem like . We did n’t even learn their names ! Who are these people ?
Luke Knew Rey Was A Palpatine
agree toThe Rise of Skywalker , Luke knew Rey was a Palpatine all along . But prior to the events ofThe Force Awakens , he try out to down his nephew Ben Solo in his sleep because he saw an inkling of the non-white side in him .
And when Rey came to be trained by Luke inThe Last Jedi , he was still a wretched recluse depose off his dearly - held Jedi tenets . So then why , if he knew the unknown who arrived at his home was a Palpatine , would he train her in the way of the Force ?
Pretty Much Everything About Snoke
Fans hated Snoke from the beginning . As a scarred puppet - captain who manipulated a obstinate Jedi padawan into link the dark side and then sat atop a throne while his apprentice ruthlessly built an evil conglomerate , he was a pretty blatant rip - off of Palpatine . When Palpatine himself came back into the congregation , Snoke was shrug off as one of Palpatine ’s creations in a throwaway line as we saw a couple of Snokes float in a vat .
ButThe Last Jedirevealed that Snoke bridge over Rey and Kylo Ren ’s mind . How many of Snoke ’s action can be attributed to Palpatine ? Did Snoke do anything for himself ? What was the deal with this guy wire ?
Palpatine’s Kids
After J.J. Abramsunnecessarily set up Rey ’s descent as an of import questioninThe Force Awakensand Rian Johnson attempt to decrease its grandness inThe Last Jedi , Abrams finally answer the dubiousness inThe upgrade of Skywalker . She ’s Palpatine ’s granddaughter .
But if that ’s the case , then Palpatine had at least one kid and that youngster had a kid . Who are all those people ? Who did he multiply with ? Or are his Thomas Kid clones ? Non - movie textile have made limp attempts to fill in some of the blanks , but the movie itself failed to answer any of these questions .
Broom Boy
At the end ofThe Last Jedi , Rian Johnson gaveStar Warsfans a glimmering of hope in the form of the young hard worker male child who ’s been dub “ Broom Boy . ” He wassail inthe myths of Luke Skywalkerbefore using the Force to beak up a Calluna vulgaris and optimistically looking up at the maven .
This kid could ’ve been the first in a new course of instruction of Jedi younglings to be trained by Rey and Luke ’s Force ghost to take on the First Order . But alas , J.J. Abrams discount Broom Boy entirely .
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