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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9583437" data-attributes="member: 11760">If JJ hadn't gotten his knickers in a twist, TLJ set up some really exciting alternate possibilities for a third movie:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Show us what Kylo Ren looks like ruling the First Order instead of, weirdly, the status quo being essentially the same after he ganked Snoke</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Resistance is now small enough to fit into a single starship, rather than being a galaxy-wide rebellion -- show us how a small handful of rebels fights back and rebuilds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The villains have essentially won -- what do they do with their grip on the galaxy other than, you know, stuff stays essentially the same?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Luke Skywalker, at last, is dead. But the awakening Force (remember that?) may be calling to a new generation of Force sensitives -- show us Kylo Ren and Rey each racing to find those kids first</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">With the Jedi gone, the Knights of Ren are the most powerful group of Force sensitives in the galaxy -- do something with them</li> </ul>TLJ's extended casino heist thing was a fine idea that would have been a great TV episode or two on Disney+, but which was a weird diversion for the movie, and "we're running in hyperspace and it'll take however long the sidequests to complete before the chase is up" was also not great.But it is high art compared to Rise of Skywalker and the responsible thing for JJ/Disney to have done was to say "great, let's show how this time of darkness can make the best damned Star Wars trilogy finale ever." The Empire Strikes Back ended on a bleak note and Return of the Jedi (which was a pretty mediocre movie, IMO -- any time Lucas says "it's for the kids," someone needs to take him for a walk away from the writer's room) was all about triumphing over dark times. The third prequel movie could and should have been the same instead of whatever the heck it was about.</blockquote>

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