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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 7304948" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Overall I enjoyed the move better than TFA. TFA felt to me mostly like a rehash of ANH. The Last Jedi still rehashes the conceptual role of ESB (the heroes basically lose, but survive), but seems much more different in the actions and situations that happen. It helps there is no Planet-Destroying superweapon involved in either movie.</p><p></p><p>Some random thoughts:</p><p>1) A reason the casino world wasn't under obvious First Order control or the First Order wasn't the threat there might be to explain that a planet like this is as much responsible for the sorry state of the galaxy as the First Order - because people profiteer from it, and they do it because they can, not because someone is holding a gun to their head.</p><p></p><p>2) Ramming always works in Science Fiction, but for some reason it is always considered a surprising tactic. Hyperspace ramming seems to be a logical way to build weapons in the first place - build FTL capable torpedoes of whatever size is necessary to bring down your enemy ships, starbases, or planets.</p><p></p><p>3) The fundamental problem of the new movies is really that it's undoing the accomplishments of the heroes of the original trilogy, and it barely makes an effort to explain why or how. </p><p>The best thing from the EU was probably that the heroes were in a role where they fought to keep what they achieved, and build upon it, even if there was a lot of stuff I didn't like or disagreed with. Unfortunately, the new movies picked a different path.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 7304948, member: 710"] Overall I enjoyed the move better than TFA. TFA felt to me mostly like a rehash of ANH. The Last Jedi still rehashes the conceptual role of ESB (the heroes basically lose, but survive), but seems much more different in the actions and situations that happen. It helps there is no Planet-Destroying superweapon involved in either movie. Some random thoughts: 1) A reason the casino world wasn't under obvious First Order control or the First Order wasn't the threat there might be to explain that a planet like this is as much responsible for the sorry state of the galaxy as the First Order - because people profiteer from it, and they do it because they can, not because someone is holding a gun to their head. 2) Ramming always works in Science Fiction, but for some reason it is always considered a surprising tactic. Hyperspace ramming seems to be a logical way to build weapons in the first place - build FTL capable torpedoes of whatever size is necessary to bring down your enemy ships, starbases, or planets. 3) The fundamental problem of the new movies is really that it's undoing the accomplishments of the heroes of the original trilogy, and it barely makes an effort to explain why or how. The best thing from the EU was probably that the heroes were in a role where they fought to keep what they achieved, and build upon it, even if there was a lot of stuff I didn't like or disagreed with. Unfortunately, the new movies picked a different path. [/QUOTE]
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