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The recentStar Warssequel trilogy let down a lot of fan . Thanks to Kathleen Kennedy ’s roving - through - the - sorry - with - a - flashlight approach to developing the trilogy , it hardly holds up as a stark story . But its main character were all intriguing addition to the creation when they were enclose inThe Force Awakens , particularly reformed Stormtrooper Finn and adept cowcatcher Poe Dameron .
There ’s no denying that both characters wereplayed brilliantly by John Boyega and Oscar Isaac , two of the finest actors working today and arguably the duo with the best chemistry in the whole trilogy , but their characters were let down by weakly writing and the fact that the account did n’t have a roadmap from the commencement .
Finn: Was Always Tethered To Rey
AfterThe Force Awakensset up Rey and Finn as dual agonist with equal footing , the rest of the trilogy inextricably tied Finn to Rey ’s aimless electric arc , deny him his an arc of his own .
Finn spend the whole ofThe Last Jedilooking for Rey , then spends the whole ofThe Rise of Skywalkeryelling her name because he wants to say her something — and he does n’t even get to tell her what it is !
Poe: Was Conceived As A Soft Rip-Off Of Han Solo
With his confident swagger , ironical humor , and expert navigation accomplishment , Poe Dameron was think very much as the Han Solo of the sequel trilogy .
Oscar Isaac has the acting ability to play a most innumerous range of well - rounded characters , but he was given aStar Warsrole so one - dimensional that by the meter he did the press term of enlistment for the third movie , he was happy to secernate interviewers that he should ’ve let the filmmaker kill him off in the first one .
Finn: The Sequel Trilogy Couldn’t Make Up Its Mind About Stormtroopers
Finn ’s character spark got an intriguing setup inThe Force Awakens . He was a Stormtrooper who defected from the First Order and joined the Resistance . He was base as a brainwash orphan who was push to fight for an evil imperium . This put an interesting twist on the Stormtroopers , because they were just clone cannon fodder in the original trilogy .
However , after that initial setup , the subsequence trilogy could n’t decide if Stormtroopers were expendable or misunderstood . The Force Awakenswasn’t even reproducible with it because Abrams threw in that laugh about Finn being a custodian that negated the whole thing . The Rise of Skywalkerreintroduced this element with Jannah ’s army of ex - Stormtroopers , butthat plot line was majorly undercooked .
Poe: Backstory Was Inconsistent
There was a ton of backstory jam into Poe ’s scenes inThe Rise of Skywalker , as his history as a spice runner is revealed during a tripper down memory lane , but it was inconsistent with the backstory constitute by remote comics and novel and even by the previous moving-picture show .
When a character ’s backstory contradicts itself , it becomes progressively difficult to be draw into their world because it scream attention to the artifice of the story , and the story itself fails to hold up .
Finn: The Rise Of Skywalker Ignored His And Rose’s Burgeoning Relationship
Rose Tico demonstrate a hatful of promise inThe Last Jedi — she was savage , relatable , and Kelly Marie Tran was an exciting new talent — but the grapheme receive a plenty of backlash and Lucasfilm , sadly , bowed down to that backlash and sideline Rose with most no talks or screentime inThe raise of Skywalker .
This was a Brobdingnagian shame , because Finn developed a strong moral force with Rose inThe Last Jedithat still had a retentive way to go and thenThe Rise of Skywalkercompletely ignored their burgeon relationship .
Poe: Last Jedi Storyline Was Nonsensical
On top of separating him from Finn , with whom he shares the best chemistry , Poe ’s storyline inThe Last Jedimakes no sense . Holdo leads the Resistance to believe they ’re all being marched to their deaths , propel Poe to present a mutiny , instead of just telling them her real plan .
Poe is constantly paint as the spoilt guy wire who need to lift his neck in and bow down to his superiors , but he systematically proves himself to be a stronger leader than Holdo and candidly , Leia , too .
Finn: Force Sensitivity Was Never Explored
The climactic lightsaber duel inThe Force Awakensintroduced the notion that both Rey and Finn were force-out - raw and semi - adept at lightsaber combat . The continuation trilogy was set up as the tale of them both becoming Jedi . However , Finn ’s Force sensitivity was never explored .
Apparently , what Finn want to tell Rey all throughoutThe Rise of Skywalkeris that he has the Force , but he never actually tells her that on - screen , never intellect in reality uses it .
Poe: His Humor Was As Cringeworthy As The Prequels
Apparently , most of Poe ’s comedic negotiation inThe Force Awakenswas impart during reshoots and a lot of it was extemporize by Oscar Isaac .
But his scripted moments of humour could be as cringeworthy as the prequel trilogy at time , likeThe Last Jedi ’s opening “ your female parent ” jest that would ’ve been more at home in aRobot ChickenStar Warsspecial than an actualStar Warsmovie .
Finn: Would’ve Made A Better Hero For The Trilogy Than Rey
The stop of the sequel trilogy — if there was one — seems to be to tell kids that anyone can be a sub ; you do n’t have to come from a extra bloodline like the Skywalkers . The focussing of this was Rey , butThe Rise of Skywalker ’s Book of Revelation that sheisfrom a peculiar bloodline undid the whole message .
Finn would ’ve been the complete hero through which to explore these themes . He ’s an orphan who was never even given a real name and was educate from childhood to crusade on the side of immorality . The chronicle of Finn becoming a Jedi would ’ve been a much more compelling throughline for the trilogy .
Poe: Didn’t Meet Rey Until The End Of The Last Jedi
TheStar Warssequel trilogyset up Rey , Finn , and Poeas its result toLuke , Leia , and Han ’s moral force in the original trilogy . However , while the original trilogy ’s fundamental triple developed a tangible rapport by the ending of their first movie , the subsequence trilogy ’s central trio did n’t even apportion any scenes until their final movie .
Poe did n’t meet Rey until the destruction ofThe Last Jedi , and their friendly relationship inThe ascent of Skywalkerfelt incredibly forced . It was too little , too late . And if that was n’t unfit enough , after set up a loveable back - and - forth with Finn inThe Force Awakens , they just share the screen for the rest of the trilogy .
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