What I think would have made the Star Wars sequel trilogy better. March 8, 2023

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 I already wrote about how I thought the last Star Wars trilogy was good sci-fi, fantasy, action/adventure movies, but not good Star Wars movies. I wrote a little about what would have made them better, but here are some things that I may have left out. I know I can't do anything about it, but maybe they can in the future. 

I wrote about how I didn't mind Rey going on the same basic adventure as Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy. The problem was they didn't do anything different with the other characters. I said, it might have been better if Kylo Ren didn't repent and stayed evil. They were clearly trying to give Finn a story arc, but they couldn't decide on the right one. They could have explored what made him renounce the First Order and meet more stormtroopers who did the same. But that only happened briefly near the end of the trilogy. I didn't mind the part on the casino so much, but they could have made it shorter. What they could have done was loose that subplot, about Poe Dameron needing to learn a lesson about being a leader, something that did not be established until the Last Jedi. What they could have done was lost that subplot because there was no reason for Admiral Holdo's plan to be a need-to-know plan. That means, Poe could have gone with Finn and Rose to the casino and skipped the part with the alien horses. A missed opportunity was when they didn't do anything with the character DJ or use more of Captain Phasma. 

Had they planned for the Emperor to come back at the end, it would not have been so bad. What they should have done was hint at how his spirit somehow possessed Snoke and how he was created from dark science. As for the plot twist about Rey being the Emperor's granddaughter, I had no problem with. They should have just hinted at it throughout the trilogy, but again, that was just like the plot twist about Luke and Leia being brother and sister. Now that I said all that, I will repeat that whatever Disney has planned for Star Wars in the future, I don't think anything in that galaxy will be as good as A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. But that doesn't mean there will never be another good Star Wars movie, so whatever they do in movies, I will see it for nostalgia. 

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