The one good thing I can say about the movie is that it has me thinking about it a lot. I remember as a kid thinking about how cool it would be to use the force. This movie has me thinking a lot too, but for different reasons. Now I'm asking questions like, Does Disney think the audience is stupid and does Disney hate making money? I said this in the Ep 9, thread but I never knew I was a Star Wars fanboy until now. After seeing this movie, I went home and watched the original trilogy again just to see Luke how I remember him.
The whole movie was one giant troll to a lot of people and was completely intentional. The planet where the last fight took place was made of salt. Like the TFA ending on a cliff with a cliffhanger, the visual pun here was subtle, but I picked up on it.
They really up-ended everything you know about Star Wars and I feel like it could have worked if they had saved it for after this Trilogy. The way they handled the lore and the characters completely destroyed everything. The messaging was clear that the rules don't apply so now that there is no grounding point, it just seems like they could do anything and it really doesn't matter. That was the general vibe I got out of the movie - nothing matters.
As I walked out of the theater, I realized that I don't care about any of these characters - especially the new ones. There is no reason for me to see what they do next because they completely destroyed any hype you had for them going in along with the Star Wars lore in general.
The other feeling I got about half way through the movie was that Disney thinks they can do whatever they want and people will continue to pay money. I'm so pissed off about what they did (especially after finding out about how they probably hid Luke's death from Mark Hamill) that I don't plan on seeing Ep. 9 in theaters. I wanted to go back and watch this one again, but decided I'm not going to give them my money. I think that's coming across in second week sales and I wouldn't be surprised if Ep 9 bombs in the box office. When considering the backlash over the game Battlefront 2 as well, this only adds more fuel to the fire.
That being said, here's an idea I have for Ep 9 which I posted in the other thread. I don't think I would pay to see this movie, but I think it will continue what was started in Ep 7, wrap everything up in this new trilogy and also set them up for something new going forward.
Here's my outline for Ep 9. It picks up right after 8 just like 8 started right after 7. So the entire new trilogy takes place in about a one week span.
- All the rebels are on the Millennium Falcon and it's cramped. People start getting really irritated and friendships are torn apart. Also, everyone is wondering, "Where is Leia?" She's just gone and it becomes a mystery sub-plot for the movie.
- Meanwhile they are being followed by Kylo and his armada of ships.
- They approach an asteroid belt and are like, "We're all gonna die." and there's also a lot of in-fighting but it's also funny. Ex. There's only one bathroom, someone is claustrophobic, etc.
- Rey suddenly has new powers and teleports everyone but her to a ship where they have allies (including those from Canto Bight) on the other side of the asteroid belt. She gives them a mission to find Leia.
- Rey uses the force to launch asteroids at light speed at the approaching armada from Kylo.
- Kylo tries to stop Rey with his force powers, but is too weak. Before he dies, he tells Rey that he loves her and is prepared to die for her. He also tells her that she is the light and the dark. Anyway, everyone in the first order is now dead including Kylo.
- Back to Finn and Poe. When they arrive on the ship, everyone there are female except the little kids from the Canto Bight.
- Poe takes a ship to go find Leia and you suspect that he is secretly in love with her.
- Finn it turns out also has force powers and was a First Order spy all along. He senses that everyone in the first order is dead. In addition, he also senses that all of the women have PMS at the same time. Gone insane from the situation on Millennium Falcon, the crabby women and the loss of all his true friends, in a fit of rage like his idol Kylo Ren, he sabotages the entire fleet of allies with his awesome new powers and all of their ships blow up. In the process, Finn heroically commits suicide dying for what he believes in.
- Rey leaps out of the Millennium Falcon and starts growing in size and glowing. Like a super-massive black hole she sucks up everything and then causes a giant explosion destroying everything in the universe. She realizes she is the force and becomes a goddess. This segment has the best special effects ever seen in a movie.
- At this point, the only thing left in the universe is Poe and Rey.
- Rey used the force to protect Poe and to bring Poe to her. She's tells him everyone is dead, that he is the only man left in the universe and that together they will rebuild civilization.
- Poe tells Rey he is gay and there's no way they can rebuild civilization because he has absolutely no attraction to her.
- Rey is angry that she couldn't sense this with the force and then decides to eat Poe.
- Rey swallows Poe whole and in the process Rey becomes both a man and a woman. Rey impregnates himself. The movie ends and alludes to Rey being the true savior of the universe and the only one to ever bring balance to the force. The movie ends but hints of Rey dying while giving birth to a new universe.
