The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs

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    I legitimately forgot all of those plot points. I saw it in the theatre right after it opened and mostly remember it being really bad and aimless with Palpatine having been resurrected off-screen with no explanation, and the movie working hard to act like 8 didn’t happen.

    I walked away thoroughly unimpressed and don’t even remember much of what happened.

    Like - after your recap there, I still don’t remember anything about Chewie dying OR not dying, and I still don’t know if he made it to the end. I was (and still am) a die-hard Star Wars fan, and I can’t believe that not only do I remember the last film so poorly that not know if one of the OG heroes survived the last film, but I don’t really even care.

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      the movie working hard to act like 8 didn’t happen

      Honestly, that would have been better, and even as a TLJ-stan I would have understood. Instead, it went out of its way to fuck up its own pacing and damn near break the fourth wall to call out how much it didn’t like TLJ.

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      If you want a more comprehensive recap, I recommend either Jenny Nicholson or Red Letter Media, they both have very funny videos on all of the movies but especially RoS.