So, did every single person on the casino planet get rich from selling weapons or was that just an overassumption from Rose?
This is her quote:
"Who do you think these people are, there's only one business that will get you this rich, selling weapons to the first order"
I thought only Sith deal in absolutes?
Rose gets super judgmental and high and mighty, yet the rebellion has done some nasty, guerrilla warfare shady shit to survive over the years. They aren't squeaky clean and free of criticism, and those in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.
And I was shocked that the first order's sensors didn't pick up on Finn and rose flying away from the fleet on their way to the casino planet. In ANH, the empire was ready to blow up a tiny escape pod seconds after it launched. A way they could have given Phasma more to do would have been to have her track the ship to the casino planet and unravel or antagonize Finn/roses plans.
And also, Ren and his 3 back up tie fighters were now out of range of the First order's cover fire, so they were called back. Well, they have hundreds if not thousands of tie fighters (and disposable pilots) that they could just launch and decimate the last remaining pieces of the resistance. Like a chess game, sacrificing pawns could have gotten them the checkmate. But instead we got the slow speed pursuit.
And are we really to believe that in all that time on the island, Rey never once asks "hey, who's this Snoke guy", seriously? Knowing nothing about this villain or his motivations makes him flat and one-dimensional. And I was actually really getting into his character. Just one single scene with a couple mins of luke saying "here's the deal with snoke" or even him at the the least acknowledging like "rey, I don't know where this evil presence came from, but I do know that he has immense power and is not to be underestimated" throw me a bone
And why does luke/anakin's lightsaber "call to" some random junk orphan girl. Since when do inanimate objects call to people? I found that strange while watching TFA but was like "well, its got all this history and heavy emotions surrounding it from it's skywalker users, so maybe it would react a little to a skywalker". That stretch I was willing to accept, but not to some random junk girl who is nobody and came from nothing and is just some nobody. And if she was a skywalker, then I could kind of buy her inate abilities, but being nobody who came from nothing special, for her to be a master fighter, master pilot, master engineer, master jedi and defeater of a trained, experienced heir of Vader for god's sake is bullshit. I dismissed her being a mary sue in TFA since I thought there would be some justification, but now as far as I'm concerned is 100% Mary sue and a very boring character for that. Ultimately, I would be totally cool with her coming from nothing, but there should be a struggle and effort for her success and ability. For it to come without earning or working for anything makes for a boing character that I can't invest in.
And the impression I got from TFA is that Luke went to the island to gain some knowledge, recover and rise from the ashes stronger than before so that he could face his unfinished business of Ren and Snoke. Not someone who just gave up. TLJ luke thinks the best thing to do is let the Jedi end, but by doing so he's willingly letting the Dark side rise. I just can't get behind that. And if you absolutely don't want to be found and absolutely want to just give up, then why provide a map of how to get to you. I took away from TFA that he was like "I'm going away so I can get my shit together. If shit really hits the fan before I am back, then here's a way for you to get to me, and then we will figure out a plan from there". TFA and TLJ just feel so wildly different and unconnected.
The score is weak as well. Nothing really memorable, with the exception of the re-used themes from previous films. And in all honesty I don't put the fault with john williams. The dude's 85 for god's sake and he's delivered more than enough excellent material throughout his career. So it is what it is.
The more I think about The last jedi, the more I realize that its just like sand. Its coarse and rough and it gets everywhere. Ugh...