Yeah I blame the fans. They bitched about having their expectations subverted in Last Jedi and Rey not being a Skywalker… so the next movie gives her an important lineage and makes her an honorary Skywalker and suddenly giving fans what they ask for is a bad thing.
The only thing wrong with Rise of Skywalker are Poe and Finn getting girlfriends out of nowhere in a blatant attempt to stop the fans from shipping them… (ironically in a movie with a gay kiss… a blink and you miss gay kiss admittedly) well that and Chewbaca’s fake out death.
Pandering to fans is IMO a mistake by the creators, unless they can do so without compromising their vision. Like I think Lucas made a mistake pandering to the Jar Jar hate. No idea whether he was intended to be Plaguis or some other dark horse but I think it’s pretty clear from Episode I that there was more to that character than just providing childish comic relief. I wish he hadn’t caved to the pressure and stuck with whatever he had originally intended.
Rise of Skywalker?
Not on your life
Yeah I blame the fans. They bitched about having their expectations subverted in Last Jedi and Rey not being a Skywalker… so the next movie gives her an important lineage and makes her an honorary Skywalker and suddenly giving fans what they ask for is a bad thing.
The only thing wrong with Rise of Skywalker are Poe and Finn getting girlfriends out of nowhere in a blatant attempt to stop the fans from shipping them… (ironically in a movie with a gay kiss… a blink and you miss gay kiss admittedly) well that and Chewbaca’s fake out death.
Certainly the people who actually make the sequels can bear no blame!
Pandering to fans is IMO a mistake by the creators, unless they can do so without compromising their vision. Like I think Lucas made a mistake pandering to the Jar Jar hate. No idea whether he was intended to be Plaguis or some other dark horse but I think it’s pretty clear from Episode I that there was more to that character than just providing childish comic relief. I wish he hadn’t caved to the pressure and stuck with whatever he had originally intended.