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OTBWY on 19 December 2017
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Mandalore76 said:

 

34.  Exactly.  If he was just going to die from exhaustion from doing that, then have him actually go there, and go out like a hero, not a bitch.  It was even hinted at, since they specifically decided to show his X-Wing under water.

36.  That was really cringe inducing.  They wanted to have their own Hoth, but it's totally not Hoth if it's salt instead of snow.  Right?  Right?

And I do agree with you that this was basically them trying to make Star Wars more like Marvel.  Don't get me wrong, I love the Marvel films.  But, that's just it, they are the Marvel films.  Their own thing.  They aren't Star Wars, nor should Star Wars be them.  I guess Disney saw that the Marvel films were making more money off of toy sales than the last SW film, so they wanted to try to correct that.  In doing so, though, they are going to make quite a bit less money at the box office with this film compared to TFA.

I didn't like that they ended Luke's character they way they did, but I won't say that the way it was done doesn't make sense.  If Luke had physically gone there, Kylo's AT-AT's would have obliterated him on the spot and would not have bought the Rebels any time.  Kylo feared Luke and wanted The First Order to kill him for him before having to attempt a face to face confrontation.  So in that sense, a force projection ruse by Luke makes sense.  It was disappointing to see him disappear afterwards, but again it makes sense that a manipulation of the force on that level would have strained his lifeforce to the point of breaking.  Besides, he did successfully buy time for the Rebels to escape.  And he gave up the last of his lifeforce to do so.  How does that make him go out like a bitch instead of a hero?  (Mind you, I'm not gung ho about what happened, I just disagree with your interpretation of that specific sequence)

And yeah, Disney definitely was leaning towards their Marvel tendencies with this film more than being true to Star Wars.  And by Marvel, I mean their post Guardians of the Galaxy tendencies, because not all Disney Marvel films have been this over the top with humor before GotG.  The original Guardians was a great family movie and a lot of fun.  Unfortunately, ever since then, Disney has been trying to over apply this to all of their films ever since.  Even in the sequel to Guardians it seemed like they were pushing it too hard with jokes that were supposed to be huge laughs but weren't, or were out of place.  I didn't enjoy the first 1/3 of The Last Jedi, because it felt more like a parody of Star Wars than an actual Star Wars film.  I like to laugh as much as the next person, but that's what Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and SNL are for.  A funny quip here and there can be used to great effect.  But on this level, it's like Disney is lampooning Star Wars within it's own universe.

On the holocrons. They are canon if the Disney tv-show is canon. The jedi library is also canonically a database. So there is some form of digital storage medium in Star Wars. Why are the sacred texts only left on paper? It just doesn't make sense.

And on Luke going to the planet himself. Sure the AT-AT's could have blown him up, OR the blast could have been something that Luke would be able to handle as a powerful Jedi. If Leia can survive being exposed to open space, why not let Luke withstand blasterfire? If were asspulling as we go, why not do that instead?