(12-23-2017 01:41 AM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  Heh. Saw a great tweet the other day, imagining JJ Abrams' pitch for Episode IX: "It was all a dream!"

No offense intended, but lots of these criticisms are nit picks. Nit picks I agree with but certainly didn't spoil the movie for me. And it feels like most of the significant criticisms come from the idea that the Expanded Universe and "canon" are so terribly precious. I just don't feel that way, and in fact am growing to like the movie the more I think about it. Just a couple of examples/rebuttals:
Snoke - How much did you know about the Emperor when he died in VI? Almost nothing from IV, and some from V. No background, very little development. Didn't take away from the story of the original trilogy at all.
Rey - Holy crap, the Jedi are an Order of celibates! Why are people demanding that Jedi be descended from other Jedi? They pretty much HAVE to be able to come from "anywhere". I thought that scene with Kylo and Rey was easily one of the best in the film.

It isn't nit picking. With this film Rian Johnson has taken a dump on the entire known Star Wars Universe. The concept of the good Jedi battling the evil Sith for the freedom of the galaxy is the backbone of the entire franchise. By taking that premise away, Johnson and Disney have turned this into a completely different thing. They may as well call their next installment by some other name, because under this new premise it will fail to be Star Wars. I guess the liberal think-tank at Disney could go more PC and name it "Star Capitulations: The Whinny Retreat Continues".

Because of the power Rey demonstrated in the Force Awakens, she needed to be a Skywalker. Johnson messed that up too. Of Course Jedi don't have to be the offspring of other Jedi, but Rey did. Anakin (Darth Vader), was the most powerful Jedi ever; created by the Force itself. He had no father. A Jedi with comparable power to his and more power then Vader's grandson (Kylo), just can't emerge from no where. The Force created the ultimate Force user. To have a random person born with powers that appear to be as strong or stronger then Anakin, without even providing a reason, is just stupid. I don't think anyone is arguing that Jedi can come from anywhere, just that Rey should have, because of her level of strength with the Force.