>Many of the criticisms lobbied against The Last Jedi purported it retconned The Force Awakens in order to meet Johnson's vision, taking things in a different direction for the sake of surprising the audience with expectation subversions. Despite that belief, Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker helmsman J.J. Abrams said nothing in The Last Jedi contradicted The Force Awakens, allowing him to wrap up the Star Wars sequel trilogy the way he saw fit. However, it appears members of Abrams' crew didn't feel the same way and have some strong opinions about The Last Jedi.
>Brandon: "I feel very much like, in hindsight, that the trilogy, the last part of the trilogy, needed one vision."
>Markey: "I couldn't agree more. It's very strange to have the second film... consciously undo the storytelling of the first film. I'm sorry, that's what it felt like."
>'s a pretty bold statement to claim The Last Jedi aimed to "consciously undo" The Force Awakens. Johnson's approach definitely didn't work for everyone as he thought outside the box on some plot developments, but a case can be made he was trying to build on The Force Awakens in his own unique way. Twists like Snoke's death weren't necessarily in line with audience predictions, though on close analysis, none of them seem to negate the information relayed in The Force Awakens.
>Of course, it's worth wondering how different opinions might have been if Colin Trevorrow was able to make his Duel of the Fates, which reads on-paper as more of a proper followup to The Last Jedi than The Rise of Skywalker. It's a little shocking to hear the Rise of Skywalker editing team make these comments publicly, but it just goes to show how impossible it is to please everyone when it comes to Star Wars - even the people who work on the movies.
Further proof that there was no plan to begin with.
Star Wars 9 Editors Argue Last Jedi "Undid" Force Awakens
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>Further proof that there was no plan to begin with.
the plan was to destroy the legacy of all white males
>"I couldn't agree more. It's very strange to have the third film... consciously undo the storytelling of the second film. I'm sorry, that's what it felt like."
Ftfy
Why didn’t they use George’s treatments!
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>'s a pretty bold statement to claim The Last Jedi aimed to "consciously undo" The Force Awakens.
I can't stand the parts of The Last Jedi that don't involve Luke, but I find it hard to believe that it undid TFA.
I mean, they're completely right. The Force Awakens was derivative and uninspired, but it was at lest a competent Star Wars movie that set up initial motivations for all the main characters. Had they properly followed the character arcs set up in the first one then Rey, Poe, and Finn might have ended up as interesting characters. Instead we have Luke trying to kill his nephew and drinking green milk, the guy who should have been the main villain killed off which made them so desperate they had to bring Sheev back, a pointless subplot with Poe that left his character with nothing to do and no development, yo mama jokes, and a setup for 9 that was impossible to salvage. I dislike Abrams because he's a hack with no originality, but he was put in a horrible position with The Rise of Skywalker.
Indeed.
It's as if they're trying to imply this trilogy even had a plan to begin with, which wasn't the case.