Now that the stardust has settled, the consensus is in: Star Wars Episode IX wasn’t a disaster
Now that the stardust has settled, the consensus is in: Star Wars Episode IX wasn’t a disaster, but it was kind of a letdown. The fan service of Episode VII, thrilling after George Lucas’s iconoclastic prequels, felt overdone. Rey and Kylo got a satisfying resolution to their story arc, and Poe got to run the Resistance, but Finn and especially Rose were hung out to dry. The return of Lando was almost perversely bland.It was satisfying to see, as he put it with characteristic modesty, “the one true Emperor” return in the person of the inimitable Ian McDiarmid — but his retconned master plan made absolutely no sense, robbing the film of opportunities for compelling conflict and motivation. Our heroes ended up chasing a MacGuffin of a “Sith wayfinder” across the galaxy, only to arrive at a climactic confrontation in which, yet again, an ultimate weapon has a crucial flaw for a few plucky pilots to exploit.Working in the new model of Star Wars novelization, in which the book comes out months after the movie and is advertised as an “expanded edition” of the adventure, author Rae Carson had an opportunity to buttress the shaky story and add resonance for fans ready to flip 272 pages — or, in the case of the audiobook, to listen for nine-and-a-half hours.full review -- source link
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