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AfterThe Force Awakensplayed it too safe andThe Last Jeditook too many bizarre risks and neither of them bothered to build toward a coda , there was no means thatThe Rise of Skywalkerwas going to pleaseStar Warsfans . But even a luck of fans who croak in with stone - bottom expectations were disappoint by what J.J. Abrams had to offer .
Fromthe unexplained return of Emperor Palpatineto Rey ’s surname suddenly becoming the most interesting topic in the galaxy ( multiple strangers ask her about it ) , there are plenty of egregious moments inThe Rise of Skywalker .
“Somehow, Palpatine Returned.”
To make up for his own trip-up in the foundations of the sequel trilogy , J.J. Abrams decided to bring Emperor Palpatine back from the dead , negating Anakin ’s redemption and the fall of the Empire inReturn of the Jedi , and what ’s the expert explanation he could come up with ? “ Somehow , Palpatine returned . ”
Oscar Isaac ’s delivery of the ancestry is pained , like he knew the script he was work out with made no sense . If fans wanted more selective information about Palpatine ’s return , then they had to be playingFortniteat a sure time .
Chewbacca’s Fake-Out Death
This scene did n’t work for a number of grounds . For starters , it has a very cavalier attitude about one of theStar Warsuniverse ’s most darling characters . Chewie is arrested by Stormtroopers , Rey tries to stop the regal raptus he ’s on , anda sudden turn of Force lightning destroys the ship , so Rey thinks she ’s mangle Chewie .
Then , seconds after , it ’s give away that Rey blew up a dissimilar shipping and Chewie is okay . So before we ’ve even perceive the ramification of what just happen , we ’re ensure that there will be no ramifications . Rey ’s guilt no longer matters because she did n’t do what she thinks she did , and there ’s no suspense about whether or not Chewie ’s live because J.J. Abrams give us the answer faster than an eager biz show contestant .
The Knights Of Ren Finally Show Up… And Do Nothing
After being teased as Kylo Ren ’s badass personal army inThe Force Awakens , the Knights of Ren did n’t make an appearance inThe Last Jedi . in the end , after three moving picture , they showed up inThe Rise of Skywalker , but they did n’t do anything .
They just endure there while the camera panned around them , realise them look cool . Ben Solo look his own knights in the last battle , but Rey gave him a lightsaber , so it only took a few seconds to dispatch them .
Finn Gets Yet Another Love Interest
InThe Force Awakens , Finn was given two potential love interests in Poe and Rey , but he did n’t finish up with either of them . InThe Last Jedi , he was given another love interest in Rose , but he did n’t end up with her , either .
InThe Rise of Skywalker , he was given yet another love stake in Jannah , a fellow X - Stormtrooper , and once more , he did n’t end up with her . And she was barely give a personality .
“REEEEEY!!!”
J.J. Abrams himself make Finn as a Stormtrooper who break loose from the First Order and the character was passably well - established as a budding Jedi inThe Force Awakens . But when he returned to the character inThe raise of Skywalker , he gave him nothing to do beyond yelling Rey ’s name . His whole bow in the movie is thathe ’s seek to tell something to Rey , who could n’t be less interested in try it .
The music director had to enjoin fans in interviews what Finn was trying to severalize Rey that he was Force - sensitive , a plot point that was n’t explored in the thin beyond Abrams ’ initial “ mystery box ” annoyer inThe Force Awakens , which means he did n’t do his job as a narrator .
Darth Rey Vision
Rey could be seen wielding a double - bladed reddish lightsaber inThe Rise of Skywalker ’s trailers and the powers that be insinuated that it was n’t a visual sense and that she was , in fact , turning to the dark side in the subsequence trilogy ’s final chapter .
But alas , it was just another sight . There are some really awful moment in the Darth Rey vision , too , like when she express off her acute tooth .
Poe’s Shoehorned-In New Backstory
Midway throughThe Rise of Skywalker , we meet Zorii Bliss and the rest of Poe ’s former gang as he ’s let out to have been a spiciness Caranx crysos in his past .
It was a unusual option to cram in a backstory for Poe in the thick of an overstuffed plot , specially since it contradicted the backstory that had already been explain in Poe ’s comic Holy Scripture storylines .
Rey And Ben Solo’s Lifeforce Transfer Kiss
Of all the turning point of theStar Warsfanbase to gratify to with the worked up climax of the entire Skywalker saga , Abrams and co. choose “ Reylo ” shippers . After defeat Palpatine , Rey dies .
Then , Ben Solo buss her , transferring his lifeforce into her , and he dies . And then , after making out with a genocidal lunatic , Rey takes his family name .
The Pandering Same-Sex Kiss
A few calendar month after the Russo brother give themselves a pat on the back for putting an anon. gay character in a few seconds ofAvengers : Endgame , J.J. Abrams gave himself a pat on the back for put a kiss between two anon. lesbians in a few second ofStar Wars : The advance of Skywalker .
During the celebrations after the final struggle , two completely nameless distaff characters are look kissing . Abrams noted in consultation that he was majestic of this scene , but it ’s the spare lower limit for LGBTQ representation .
Rey Skywalker
Rey did n’t really have a character arc because Rian Johnson ’s estimate about Rey inThe Last Jediconflicted with J.J. Abrams ’ estimation about her inThe Force Awakens , andAbrams then ignore Johnson ’s changeswhen he came back forThe Rise of Skywalker . But the most obvious thing about her characterisation is that she ’s a nobody from a desert planet who does n’t come from a major bloodline . Abrams did n’t like this idea , however , so he project it out the window and made Rey a Palpatine inThe raise of Skywalker .
Her journey throughout the film is to rid herself of the Palpatine fellowship and latch onto the Skywalker family rather . To cap off the Skywalker saga , Rey buried Anakin ’s lightsaber insandand then occupy the Skywalker name as her own , apropos of nothing . Could there have been more of a slap - in - the - typeface end to the saga than that ?
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