Responding to everyone who thought my points are just really nerdy nitpicks
https://www.resetera.com/threads/st...unmarked-spoilers.11671/page-400#post-2577780
Sure some of them can be seen that way, the main point however, that slow chase scene setup had to bend or violate so many established SW logic to make the script work, that I think a lot of old time fans just couldn't suspend their disbelief (within SW logic!) anymore. Character actions, sacrifices, a whole sub plot all in service of that main construct and a lot of folks, at least subconsciously felt like that construct was really weak.
But I wanted to resurrect the thought about TFA and TLJ's failure to hint or build at something that could give part 3 the feeling of an earned payoff, a climax that feels organic or even something where the audience can feel this thing was built with a 3 movie arc in mind.
Not saying the OT was more than a series of movies and that Lucas had it all planned out. It was not on Harry Potter 1-7 level, but the character conflicts and setup was done in a way where 4-6 feel like a proper package. Sure 6 is basically the condensed version of what could have been more movies and the Ewoks arguably showed the first sign of how Lucas had changed but still.
Where do we they go from TLJ? It feels they didn't plant any organic seeds in TFA or TLJ that could bloom in part 3. Do they even want to have these characters have their arcs complete in part 3 or are they not thinking about this like a trilogy?
The OT had Han mention Jabba in ANH and again in ESB in which he was also kidnapped, which organically lead into the first act of ROTJ. The throne room confrontation also was telegraphed in ESB already.
Nothing of this sort exists in TFA or TLJ. Rey's parents are a non-story if we want to take Kylo's words for it, the Republic got killed off screen and the one mystery figure Snoke (who could have been Plagueis if not for that high level policy of not using anything from the prequel era) was cut in half.
The end of this trilogy will be a drawn out continuation of the Kylo-Rey skype calls and probably a "Leia died offscreen" funeral to kick the movie off. What will be Kylo's main goal? "To burn it all down?" What else does he want to burn down? Nothing else has been introduced in these first two movies.
I just can't see which element in TFA or TLJ they want to build on for a plot in part 3. Han is dead, Luke is dead, Leia will have to be dead. Good luck with that future universe that 2 movies didn't seem compelled to set up properly.
So I would love to hear basic outlines of what could happen in part 3 from people who felt TFA and TLJ were constructed well. Where do Finn, Rey, Kylo and superfluous Poe go from here?
