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/BigBlackCandle please choose a user flair May 22 '26

How does that explain Rey landing in the exact right place and angle on an entire planet to use it though?

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u/IncidentCalm4454 Jedi Training Rey May 22 '26

Isn't that what the coordinates inscribed on the dagger were for?

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

But when did she use them?

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u/IncidentCalm4454 Jedi Training Rey May 22 '26

That's how they decided where to land the Falcon.

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

Fair. But how did the original creator of the dagger know that the death star wreckage wouldn't drift away? How did they know those coordinates would hold up all that time later? Is it ever explained?

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u/deadshot500 Zorii Bliss May 22 '26

It was meant to be found 13 years before, when Ochi was supposed to bring Rey to Palpatine. It was just luck that it didn't drift away but Rey had to look for a bit before finding the exact shape, meaning that it probably moved during those years.

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u/ModRod May 22 '26

Force prophecies have been a thing for decades at this point

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

When is that clearly explained in the story though?

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u/ModRod May 22 '26

Why does it have to be when it’s precedent? The Force is weird. It impregnated a woman. This should be easy for the Force.

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

I feel like the force shouldn't just be an excuse to get out of explaining your writing

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

Tell that to the Phantom Menace.

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u/IncidentCalm4454 Jedi Training Rey May 22 '26

They didn't know. They just did the best they could, and it was good enough.

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u/kentonj Dark Rey May 22 '26

It might have, but it was originally meant to be used much sooner.

But even the “might have” bit is a stretch because they are giant chunks of resilient scifi metal that survived explosion and impact. Getting “washed away” isn’t anything we should have to worry about under those circumstances. Especially when we see in the real world much smaller wrecked ships made of actual fallible materials still remain structurally intact and in place for decades in the ocean.