Posted on 12/20/2019 5:21:18 PM PST by EdnaMode
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This brings me to the absolute worst thing about The Rise of Skywalker, which can easily ruin the original movies as well.
Disney chose to go with Palpatine as the villain, without even making the tiniest effort to explain the logic of it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m willing to entertain the idea that a powerful dark master of the Force can’t be killed as quickly as you’d think. Well, unless you’re Rey, in which case it’s apparently quite easy. But Palpatine was able to survive in the shadows for years? He wields such immense power that he can enslave billions of people ready to do his bidding? All with no explanation whatsoever?
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No matter how you spin it, Palpatine’s existence and day job make no sense for Star Wars, especially when you consider the 30 years that passed between the second (original) and third Star Wars trilogies. And Palpatine’s presence affects the entire Rise of Skywalker story.
Not being able to explain the villain in a way the audience accepts ruins the whole thing. It even ruins part of the characters’ arcs, since Rey is the only hero we end up caring about. There might have been Finn, Poe, and Rose stories told in this episode, but they all seem like supporting characters who are not really necessary. Furthermore, because Palpatine was the villain we thought we beat back in Return of the Jedi, his surprising revival sort of ruins the original trilogy as well. I can’t rewatch the first movies now and pretend I don’t know that Palpatine’s death has been an absurd ruse all along.
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I read it on Usenet back in the day. I’m not even sure where I’d find it today.
I don’t know about that. Like I said, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan managed to beat up people twice their muscle-mass and bone density all the time, and those guys are practically toothpicks (compare their muscle mass compared to, say, Schwartzenegger at his peak).
Besides, I definitely recall seeing a car commercial where a kid not only wrestled with a bear, but was actually WINNING. It’s this ad, in fact, 20-25 seconds in:
So it’s definitely within the realm of possibility.
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