I don't really see the 'question' in there but as someone who once was a lifelong SW fan...
But JJ is a hack who can't write anything good (see Star Trek + Lost) and Rian Johnson is some kind of cinema troll who seems to delight in pissing off audience intentionally to 'subvert expectations', he's actually said in interviews that his goal is to 'divide audiences.'
The problem was never really any of the characters. It was just the absolute dogshit story telling.
Anyway.. good luck on your 'marathon' whatever that is?
Thanks.
I did like the old ones, but I did not consider myself a fan, so, I was hoping to have an opinion from someone who may have been more into it like you, that was my "question".
Well, indeed, it is true that her character is somehow damaged by the way is made by the story.
Actually, I even find her somehow cutie-ish, and if I remember well, I think I saw her in another movie in which I liked her acting - it is just that indeed, I can appreciate the idea of making a story ark, but in a strange way, despite the fact they obviously tried to create, and made lot of efforts to give, depth to the characters, to me they seem kind of shallow.
It may be just that I am getting old and nostalgic, but despite their age, the old characters were better - in the first movies (IV, V, VI), it felt like they spent less time and energy purposedly creating the depth of the characters, and yet they ended up feeling more solid.
And the idea of "the force", which was good, has become a shortcut to solve any problem with the story, and make her so she can bypass and shortcut anything that would make the story more complex and require more time, but instead of solving incongruences and make the story go smoothly, their (ab)use of the idea of the force, actually made those incongruence worst - including Rey, can see why some people made erotic ones with her as sith
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At least, that is my opinion - though there are moments I like even in the new ones.
"Marathon", because in the last few days, I have been rewatching all the Star Wars, from Episode I to episode IX (watching it as I write this, not yet finished)
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Anyway, we are going to see how long it takes DL to finish the video, probably another year or so, if he releases a preview of the Rancor part that is longer, I will modify my edit of the joined previews adding up also that.