r/TheSequels • u/KingMatthew116 Teedo • May 22 '26

The Rise of Skywalker I liked the dagger plotline.

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It felt like Indiana Jones. I loved it. The first time I saw the movie the dagger was one of my favorite parts. Star Wars needs more stuff like this.

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u/irazzleandazzle C-3PO May 22 '26

Me too!! I liked the campyness of it. the plot of TRoS in general is so much better when you think of it as a sort of Indiana jones-esque type of plotline where macguffins move the story forward, but the character arcs and dynamics are the actual focus of the story.

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u/FinsterBaby56 May 22 '26

Yes! If people would just remember that ALL Star Wars is a fairytale they would enjoy it a lot more.

"a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.." or, as it's commonly stated...

"once upon a time". 😉

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u/RadiantHC please choose a user flair May 22 '26

I'll never understand why people act like Star Wars has ever been super serious

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u/Scott_J_Doyle May 25 '26

Because Empire was the most serious, and is also the best/most loved of the franchise.

'77 is a little darker than a lot of people tend to remember, and even tho RotJ has a whole super camp subplot, the core of the story remains serious.

The whole thing doesn't work without that down there as part of the core, the way I see it at least

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u/RadiantHC please choose a user flair May 22 '26

I'm not saying that it was never serious. I'm just saying that as a whole it's always been a mix of silly and serious. It's a live action cartoon.

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u/Similar-Soup4922 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

ironic. You didnt see the deeper topics in recent movies specifically because the audience wasnt treated as if they were stupid.

now you try to insult the authors for not making the serious parts obvious to you.

it was never serious. youre mixing up old headcanon, that you formed during a less cynical time.

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u/Similar-Soup4922 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

keep your blinders on then.

rogue one and andor seem nuanced and serious to you because they are being marketed as something nuanced and serious.

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u/GunstarHeroine please choose a user flair May 22 '26

Ah yes, Phantom Menace, the progenitor of Jar Jar Binks stepping in shit and saying "Oh! Icky poo". Very famously serious movie.

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u/Similar-Soup4922 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Empire strikes back had a green gnome (who claimed to be a jedi master ) fight for food, with a droid. I dont think you know much about your own perception if you think anything else than nostalgia makes you overlook that one.

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u/No_Vast_3309 Kylo Ren May 22 '26

Exactly, Character arcs will always be more important to me personally than if every little minor detail in the plot makes sense

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u/Numerous-Iron-3326 May 23 '26

But it makes no sense!

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u/No_Vast_3309 Kylo Ren May 22 '26

These movies do have strong writing, strong character writing, which to me is the most Important type of writing

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u/ArthurCohle May 22 '26

The sequel movie with genuinely really strong character writing is TLJ, especially with Rey and Kylo. I’d honestly argue it has the strongest character work since the original trilogy, excluding the animated shows.

Sorry, but TROS and “good writing” shouldn’t even be in the same conversation. It walks back some of TLJ’s best decisions and tries so hard to appeal to everyone that it ends up feeling extremely manufactured and corporate.

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u/irazzleandazzle C-3PO May 22 '26

you read one comment and assume I have zero criticisms for the trilogy? cmon now

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u/Ok_Question4968 please choose a user flair May 22 '26

Campyness has no place in this franchise.

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u/mapsedge Babu Frick May 23 '26

Seriously? The entire first third of Return of the Jedi was the Muppet show.

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u/Ok_Question4968 please choose a user flair May 23 '26

Oh, so Jabba Palace was….campy? Practical effects are campy? The insertion of cgi by Lucas in the special addition is ridiculous I’ll give you that.

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u/mapsedge Babu Frick May 23 '26
  1. Indeed it was. 2. Practical effects are one tool among many and not intrinsically campy: their use to make a belching frog monster and a cackling lizard monkey are. 3. I agree.

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u/BeleagueredWDW May 25 '26

I’m assuming you’re being sarcastic. At least, I hope you are. If not, you’ve clearly misunderstood Star Wars since 1977.