Rise of Skywalker: The Seen It/Spoilers Thread

[Morrus]

I never understood why Ford was so insistent that Solo die. It’s not like Disney can force him to keep playing the character as long as the character lives in fiction. Why does he care that a fictional character he doesn’t instead to play again is alive or dead?

 

[Gradine]

I never understood why Ford was so insistent that Solo die. It’s not like Disney can force him to keep playing the character as long as the character lives in fiction. Why does he care that a fictional character he doesn’t instead to play again is alive or dead?

It's not like dying kept him out of the films at all. I always thought it was more a genuine desire to see his character arc turn out that way.

 

[Morrus]

It's not like dying kept him out of the films at all. I always thought it was more a genuine desire to see his character arc turn out that way.

He wanted to be killed off back in the original trilogy too. Lucas clearly disagreed.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Morrus]

Well, I can think of a few reasons.

1. Ford always wanted Solo to die in the original trilogy,

I know he wanted him to die. The question was why did Ford want Solo to die (then or now)?

2. In fairness, given Disney's penchant for resurrection of characters via CGI, can you blame him?

Back then, that wasn't a thing though.

3. Actors that become identified with a character often take some ownership of it; few are as identifiable as Ford/Solo (perhaps Ford/Indy being up there).

Sure. But again -- why did he want the character to die?

 

[Raunalyn]

Sure. But again -- why did he want the character to die?

I think I read somewhere that Ford didn't think that Star Wars would be as popular as it was, and that he was fine with Solo dying because he didn't think the franchise would go anywhere.

I'll have to dig around and see if I can find that article

 

[lowkey13]

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[Morrus]

I think I read somewhere that Ford didn't think that Star Wars would be as popular as it was, and that he was fine with Solo dying because he didn't think the franchise would go anywhere.

I'll have to dig around and see if I can find that article

There’s a difference with being fine with the character dying and actively wanting it to happen.

 

[DragonBelow]

I loved it, it was a bit cheesy at times (Chewie and Matz moment for example, cool, but how did she know?). It was a good finale to the saga, left the theater happy, and have seen it twice already. I'll probably watch it once or twice more at theaters, IMAX and 3D.

 

[MarkB]

Why the hell spoil Palpatine like that? It literally came out of left field. This was a missed opportunity throughout the entire trilogy; I watched TFA and TLJ right before going to watch RoS, and I saw no hints in any of the previous movies that he was the puppet-master.

Because they hadn't decided it when they made the previous movies. There was no plan for an over-arching three-movie plot when they made The Force Awakens, so subsequent movies just picked up the dangling plot-threads and muddled through as best they could. That still seems utterly insane to me.

The final battle. Good and bad here. Palpatine draining the life force from Kylo Rey was interesting, and it was a neat hint as to how he survived. The bad, though...

Why did Rey have to die after reflecting the force lightning back on Palpatine?

I feel like you answered your own question there. Rey was already almost dead after Palpatine had sucked the life out of her and Ben. Her final counter-attack was simply too much strain in her already-weakened condition.