Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Useless Character Build Up

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2017)

I usually mock the people that complain a lot in every movie that comes out, mainly cause you can't expect the same result again and again.
When Force Awakens came out, I love it so much and I considered it a new Trilogy rather than an original Trilogy copy-cat.
But there are key elements not only in Star Wars but in every movie out there that still fit a certain profile that pleases the average viewer.
One of them is the character build up and their use in a movie.
We're in the second movie of a magnificent trilogy and I still don't know the purpose or even worth for some of the characters. Their character build up is just not there.
Take Finn for example.
We know he used to be a storm trooper, we don't know why he stopped being one and he's just in the movie....just to be there.
It's not about learning his past or anything. We didn't know much of the past from the original trilogy either.
But we know NOTHING about this character and it offers nothing as well.
Rose Tico could give us a better character build up, even though she really offered me nothing in this movie other than a back story which was nice and cool but..that's pretty much it.
Dark Luke.
Luke has always been one of my favorite characters but in this movie instead of acting wise or mysterious or dark...Luke was just like one of these kids where instead of telling you what's wrong, they act weird and angry towards you. That's NOT my Luke Skywalker. This is someone else.
Kylo Ren.
I get that Kylo lost trust when Luke tried to attack him but he showed us that he was doing great and all towards the middle of the movie but then...out of no where and for no good reason, Kylo turns bad again, even though he grasps the meaning of Dark vs Light side and everything seems clear to him now.
It wasn't a trust issue cause he specifically asked Rey to join him.

I liked the movie...but we're in a certain place in a trilogy where all of the above make no sense and it feels as if Lucas Films is literally just milking the cow with no other purpose but gain.