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The end product ended by being exactly what I imagined it would be. Fan service to try and justify the bad decisions made by Rian Johnson in the Last Jedi. What would have served for a better conclusion was finding ways to make the things that seemed out of place in LJ work better for the universe. The whole force healing thing was a conveniently placed troupe that was able to be placed squarely in this movie with no context thanks to it being made cannon in the Mandalorian.

Every big return was downright cheesy. Mark Hamill was given more screen time in this film than the last one and it was not needed. Plus what the hell was with a ghost stopping a physical object. That had to be one of the most cringe worthy scenes in cinematic history.

Adam Driver deserved a better conclusion for his character as they played it safe and went the predictable route and it didn't really suit Driver's talents and the trajectory of the character up until this point. Carrie Fisher deserved a better send off as opposed to previously shot scenes being chopped up and inserted to try and conclude her narrative. Clearly their were thoughts about ending her narrative in LJ but they didn't do it.

I thought the set pieces were amazing of all things including the debris from the original Death Star and the look and feel of Endegol. Someone presented an idea that this like many ending installments to major franchises should have been broken down into two parts. That probably could have allowed for more growth and less feeling like every major plot device was done and undone just to have the wow factor of saying it was "unpredictable".

There is a long standing story that Harrison Ford asked for Solo to die in Return of the Jedi and was refused by Lucas. Perhaps he only agreed to return if they killed him.

I do not mind the creative endeavour to kill off major staples of the universe in order to create new and engaging story. I am more appalled that they did not try and create a real ending for Leia instead of us now being reduced to already filmed sequences that probably will not fit in with the movie.

It is more appaling to me that Carrie Fisher is posthumously being used with no real sense of conclusion for a character that deserves better. The Star Wars Universe has already shown love to Fisher through messages, videos during what was a really difficult time showing her on screen again to just feature her seems really detrimental to the series as an overall plot device.

Perhaps the answer does now fall on a return from Mark Hamill and having him return at least ensures one of the original trio makes an appearance in the final installment. I doubt anyone would have been severely angry if Leia would have been entirely left out. We cannot just expect cinema to be able to ignore the death of a major star with modern technology. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus comes to mind with how the narration and script were altered so Heath Ledgers final film did not have to go to waste.

What they are doing with Carrie Fisher is in my opinion a step too far. We can seperate that Carrie Fisher was a legend who passed away too soon from General Organa who was and always will be a fictional character. I hope this all makes sense. Sorry for the long post.

news:
Dead Carrie Fisher will be back (via unused shots from Episode 7).
Dead Luke Skywalker will be back (I'm sure as a force ghost).

Honestly, to me as a Star Wars fan it feels like the creative minds behind the sequel trilogy have squandered a golden opportunity: I mean, they were lucky enough to have Carrie Fisher still alive (as it turns out in her last years on Earth). They had Harrison Ford, who had almost died in a plane crash, so they were also pretty lucky to have him. And Mark Hamill, too. I mean, the OT was a long, long time ago ...

And what did they do?
They killed off Han.
They killed off Luke.
They only saved Leia, but the actress died.

It's such a blunder.
And now they are trying to revive dead characters and dead actresses ... such a bitter irony.

It really hurts me to think, how much more they could have done. Not just with the films, but with all these beloved characters.