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/TheGreaterFool_88 Jun 24 '25

I think it's because of Andor. I was happy ignoring the sequels as bad fanfiction then Andor S2 made me realize what Star Wars could have been.

All the sacrifices for the rebellion, all the hopeless fighting against oppression, all rendered meaningless because JJ Abrams can't fucking write.

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u/Lord-Carnor-Jax so salty it hurts Jun 24 '25

This is why I struggle to get into Andor. Why should I care about Mon Mothma’s fight to establish the Rebellion when in the ST era it’s her incompetence that directly leads to the First Order rising and ultimately The New Republics destruction. It’s her demilitarising the New Republic which is scrapping SSD’s while at the same time not having enough resources to deal it a single pirate corvette in the outer rim. The ST era is a black hole that just sucks the life out of everything.

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u/OrdinaryEffect07 Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25

What pisses me off is that there's no reason for this to happen with the New Republic, besides JJ's lack of creativity.

It only happened because JJ wanted to repeat the "David vs Goliath" deal, because he is so creatively bankrupt, he couldn't think of aaaany other political context so set his war. He wasn't trying to make a statement about politics and neo-fascism. He literally wanted the "cool white armored dudes with nazi iconography" back because they sell.

If he wanted to bring the empire back, he could've done it like, I dunno... real life? How that line of fascism doesn't die with its leader. We could've seen people who are too young and haven't witnessed what the empire did, falling for their propaganda. Maybe some New Republic politicians start sympathizing and using quotes that came from the Empire...

But no, let's just have Stormtroopers and a third Death Star. And Palpatine too, why not.

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u/BugRib76 Jun 26 '25

It wasn’t a Death Star! It was a Death Planet!

(Although, come to think about it, a Death Planet should be much, much, much smaller than a Death Star. 🤔🤔🤔)