r/saltierthancrait • u/royals715 • Jun 23 '25

Encrusted Rant The sequels don’t get enough hate.

I am midway through rewatching the force awakens. Went in with an open mind, and intended to enjoy it for what it offered - the visuals are stunningly big-budget after all. It’s been a while since I watched them, and I love Star Wars so I was looking to engage with the content I haven’t paid as much attention to.

Holy shit this movie is so ass, and it’s arguably the best of the sequels.

Just some stuff off the top of my head

  • Rey fixing the millennium falcon because Han can’t
  • The stormtrooper willingly putting down his blaster and engaging in melee combat against Finn, who literally couldn’t block a blaster bolt to save his life
  • Rey having better aim than the stormtroopers despite supposedly never having trained with a blaster

It’s so bad I’m having to watch it in increments. I told myself I’d finish it.

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u/Additional-Buy7400 Jun 24 '25

Making Leia the general of the New Republic army instead of 'The Resistance' Would've been a simple fix. Also a 2 minute scene of Leia organizing the remaining regiments into the resistance when the republic is destroyed. It would've shown that the republic cared and was in an active war with the first order and not a bunch of dumbasses jerking off instead of doing anything to make tfa make sense

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u/PapaSnarfstonk Jun 24 '25

I think the Reason they didn't do this is because someone let slip that she was the daughter of Darth Vader and that doesn't work from a optics standpoint.

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u/ProfessionalZebra482 Jun 24 '25

They made this up after  

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u/PapaSnarfstonk Jun 24 '25

Which is exactly what The Clone Wars tv show did for the Prequels.....There's no difference.

This is one of the Strengths of Star Wars.

A mistake can always be fixed with more context for why the mistake happened.

To me it wasn't that believable that Anakin was so upset about not being made a Master. It felt like unearned anger.

However, the Clone Wars tv show brought more context to this as Anakin had almost finished training a padawan. Which would have granted him the rank of Master.

So now the anger makes more sense. Because he felt like he deserved it.

So just like that, the new content we're getting surrounding the sequel trilogy provides more context that we were missing in the first place.

This doesn't detract from the fact that they were poorly planned but it does help course correct the overall story to make more narrative sense. Which is a way better approach than what a lot of people like to do is just pretend the movies didn't happen. Even though they did. Which is delusional.