The whole project is so strange. A second film dedicated to how much the first film sucked; a third film dedicated to how much the second film sucked, so bad that it makes you wonder if maybe ALL films suck. It almost feels like someone ratfucked the franchise on purpose.

the funny thing is that in the first film you can see the outlines of a genuinely quite interesting and clever film about the impossibility of filling Star Wars’ shoes that JJ Abrams had absolutely no idea he was making

If the big bad had been a handful of Star Destroyers rather than DEATH STAR BUT EVEN BIGGER, it would have worked. sadly that would have required JJ Abrams to know how to make a film, which he does not

honestly if starkiller base was a planet where they still had a shipyard capable of making star destroyers they could have had another two movies about the fallout of stoping the launch of a fleet capable of conquering a planet. it would have just worked, and the name would have also worked better

like, star killer? you already have star destroyers! it's right there! make it match! argh

The second film was contrarian to the point of trolling (I did like it overall but its critiques of the franchise were frequently clumsy) and the third film was a bunch of studio execs yelling "YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!" at the second film for 2 hours and change