billd91
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I'd say semi-bleak note. Luke may have gotten maimed, but we see him getting the cybernetic replacement. Han has been captured by a bounty hunter, but the movie ends on our heroes setting plans in motion. And, perhaps most of all, in the backdrop is the massing Rebel fleet. The heroes took a hit, but it's a setback, they and their fellow Rebels aren't crippled by any means.The Empire Strikes Back ended on a bleak note...
I hate to say it, but I think even the TERF (She Who Shall Not Be Named) learned more from Empire than the Sequel Trilogy team did. When Moldy Voldy comes back, it's a shock and horrible blow, but the book ends with Dumbledore setting forces in motion in response and his allies rising to the call, raising the mood from one of despair to one of resilience. The Resistance may get rescued by Rey and Chewie with the Falcon, but that's a small relief. And the kid using the Force on the casino planet isn't much help since it's a generational seed taking root and wouldn't help the next movie unless Rise of Skywalker had been set WAY in the future.