A Destroyed Legacy...

Rating: 2/10 (4 May 2020)

There was never any tension or stakes in the sequel trilogy. Right from the start they built up Rey as this unstoppable heroine who gets through everything flawlessly. She is instantly given amazing powers, abilities and titles even though she's done nothing to deserve any of it.
And then we have Kylo-Ren, a decendant of the Skywalker-bloodline, a Jedi turned Sith who spent his entire life in training. They've could have made him an interesting, powerful and dangerous villain. But instead they established him as a grown man with the personality of a whiny kid, and he always gets outsmarted and fails at everything he does.
The reason why Luke was such a great protagonist was because he was vulnerable. He was beaten up by Tusken raiders, he had to be saved by Han from a snowstorm and he was saved by Leia and Lando on Bespin after he lost his arm. Luke was always dependant on the supporting characters and they were always dependant on him. Luke had to struggle and make personal sacrifices in order to succeed and therfore his succsess felt so much more rewarding. The same thing can't be said about Rey...
The reason why Vader was such a good villain was because he was scary and relentless. He defeated Obi-Wan, he crushed Luke cutting off his arm and he would repeatedly choke officers to death. Unlike Kylo-Ren, Vader posed a serious threat and felt dangerous. The only time Kylo ever felt dangerous was in the first 10 minutes of The Force Awakens...
Through the lapse of the Original Trilogy we saw Luke grow from an insecure farmboy into a Jedi Knight capable of defeating Darth Vader. And we saw Vader himself, who grew form a ruthless killer into a loving father who found his way back to light side.
The Original Trilogy had proper character development that was both rewarding, satisfying and it made sense according to the rules established in Star Wars.
The Sequel Trilogy on the other hand failed utterly to achive this...
We now have to deal with the fact that the so-called "Skywalker-saga" ended with all the Skywalkers dead and a member of the Palpatine-family came along and stole their ship, their lightsabers and their name...
Everything that the Skywalkers had done in the galaxy and everything they represented meant absolutley nothing in the end.....