I felt like the movie was setting up lots of little side situations and characters for spinoffs, which was annoying. Mostly because all of them seemed far more interesting than the paint-by-numbers main story.
Like, I would so watch the epic tale of Enfys Nest, or the adventures of our new Lady Crime Boss at the end (she finally got interesting!). I'd watch the Lando Calrissian Chronicles. (How forward-thinking of him to start writing his memoirs now. He'll be ready for his political campaign!) I want to meet Lando's amazing mom. I want to know how many droids L3 has turned into revolutionaries as she and Lando traveled across the galaxy, and what they're up to now. Also, I am now certain that Artoo talked to the Falcon and they are plotting something together.
Other points:
- I couldn't shake the feeling during the whole Corellia sequence that they were in the Bay Area in California. Richmond had a lot of shipyards during WWII. Coincidentally. For such a major planet appearing on screen for the first time, it was a bit of a let-down. The real Bay Area is cooler.
- The train heist mostly reminded me that I already saw that episode of Firefly.
- Now that we have Qi'ra, Jyn, and Rey, all supposedly not related to Leia and Padme but all fitting the thin white brunette mold, I'm starting to miss the overabundance of blondes and redheads in the old EU. If it's an artistic choice, it's a weird one. Maybe they think no one will take a female lead seriously if she isn't a brunette. Is it so much to ask for all the female leads not to look like they came from the same manufacturer? Is there a GFFA Female Lead Cloning Company? And why isn't Lupita Nyong'o playing a major human character in addition to Maz Kanata?
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Like, I would so watch the epic tale of Enfys Nest, or the adventures of our new Lady Crime Boss at the end (she finally got interesting!). I'd watch the Lando Calrissian Chronicles. (How forward-thinking of him to start writing his memoirs now. He'll be ready for his political campaign!) I want to meet Lando's amazing mom. I want to know how many droids L3 has turned into revolutionaries as she and Lando traveled across the galaxy, and what they're up to now. Also, I am now certain that Artoo talked to the Falcon and they are plotting something together.
Other points:
- I couldn't shake the feeling during the whole Corellia sequence that they were in the Bay Area in California. Richmond had a lot of shipyards during WWII. Coincidentally. For such a major planet appearing on screen for the first time, it was a bit of a let-down. The real Bay Area is cooler.
- The train heist mostly reminded me that I already saw that episode of Firefly.
- Now that we have Qi'ra, Jyn, and Rey, all supposedly not related to Leia and Padme but all fitting the thin white brunette mold, I'm starting to miss the overabundance of blondes and redheads in the old EU. If it's an artistic choice, it's a weird one. Maybe they think no one will take a female lead seriously if she isn't a brunette. Is it so much to ask for all the female leads not to look like they came from the same manufacturer? Is there a GFFA Female Lead Cloning Company? And why isn't Lupita Nyong'o playing a major human character in addition to Maz Kanata?