[ SECRET POST #4379 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4739 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[sparklywalls]

This was my problem with it...so what was the point in Anakin's arc then? I think this feeds into my greater issue in that I refuse to believe there was a firm plan for the sequel trilogy. There were inconsistencies and tonal shifts between the films in the OT and the PT sure, but not to this extent.

[(Anonymous)]

Did anyone really try to sell the idea that there was a firm plan for the sequel trilogy?

I only watch the movies, don't pay any attention to interviews and the like, and to me this trilogy feels like a disjointed round-robin story.

[sparklywalls]

I personally actually don't know for sure! I'm sure I saw a comment somewhere about there being a vague plan but tbh this just makes my overall "mess" reaction solidify further.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this is my problem with the whole trilogy in general too. Not only does it not feel like a coherent trilogy but it doesn't feel like a coherent 'third part' of the stories from episodes I-V. The prequels, while they definitely aren't great movies, still tell a clear story that fits as a proper prequel to the original trilogy. The sequel trilogy feels like it's only a 'sequel' in that some of the old cast comes back, there's not really anything storywise that makes it work as the third part of a three-part canon (heck, all it does really is go 'everything you thought got resolved in the original trilogy actually didn't and the psuedo-empire just rose right back and nothing changed').

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure there wasn't a good plan and I'd love to peer into an alternate universe where there was a plan, or more continuity in who was creating the story, or at least more collaboration between Abrams and Johnson (like maybe at least pick a theme or something).

Regardless of what plans and ideas Lucas had, from the perspective of the audience the OT didn't need to go anywhere. It was fine to make a movie, then a sequel, then a third to wrap things up.

The prequels did have to go somewhere, but that somewhere was already determined before the prequels were ever filmed.

I feel like the sequels were approached more like the OT. "Here's a movie! Now here's another one!" But, instead of wrapping things up a la Return of the Jedi it was decided that as the last of a big saga, the move needed to wrap everything up in a Big Significant Way. However, that ending was unknown and hadn't been planned out (I assume) and they couldn't figure out something that felt like it was intentionally set up by both Force Awakens and Last Jedi.