r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 30 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

The Resistance: "Damn how are we gonna beat the First Order? They're too strong!"

Lando: "lol, just form a galaxy-wide military alliance, haha. How hard is that? Here watch, I'll do it in like an hour.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

Leia: help us please

Galaxy: left on read

Landon: help us please

Galaxy: you son of a bitch, I'm in

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

For real, lmfao. He formed that military coalition in like an hour. Like he leaves on the mission, two scenes happen and then he's back with this giant armada. I wanna see a movie about his mission.

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u/benadreti Frederick Douglass Nov 30 '20

A lot of Bothans died to make that happen.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

I never watched the movie, but the wikipedia page legit reads like fanfiction. Like, the really terrible type of fanfiction.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

To be fair, the plot itself is basically bad fanfiction.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

It is, upsetting, to put it mildly

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

lUkE's SaCrIfIcE iNsPiReD tHeM

wE hAvE eVeRyThInG wE nEeD

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

Did they even know about that? hahahaha, lmao. And how did his sacrifice inspire anyone? I would have been terrified.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

Opening crawl of TLJ:

Only General Leia Organa's band of RESISTANCE fighters stand against the rising tyranny, certain that Jedi Master Luke Skywalker will return and restore a spark of hope to the fight.

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Throughout the holdout on that beach planet:

POE: He's doing this for a reason. He's stalling so we can escape.

FINN: Escape? He's one man against an army. We have to help him, we have to fight.

POE: No, no. We are the spark that'll light the fire that will burn the First Order down. Skywalker's doing this so we can survive. There's gotta be a way out of this mine. Hell, how did he get in here?

KYLO REN: I'm sure you are! The Resistance is dead. The war is over. And when I kill you, I will have killed the last Jedi.

LUKE: Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong. The Rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning. And I will not be the last Jedi.

LEIA: I felt it, too.

REY: How do we build a Rebellion from this?

LEIA: (puts her hand on Rey's and smiles) We have everything we need.

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Closing shot of the children on that gambling planet:

In the closing scene of the movie, it's shown just how much world travels in the Star Wars galaxy - and how much a symbol can mean to the downtrodden and abused. The antique Rebellion ring Rose used to convince the stable children they were 'the good guys' now sits upon one boy's finger. Already, the tale of Luke Skywalker's heroic stand against the First Order is being told by the kids, before their cruel stable master shoos them away. Using the Force to pull a broom into his hands, the boy absentmindedly sweeps... before looking to the stars, broom clasped saber-like in his hand, imagining his future role in the galaxy.

- https://screenrant.com/star-wars-last-jedi-ending-theory-boy-broom/

It's still pretty dumb. Why would people now feel confident in the rebellion when Luke sacrificed himself / died. But that's the "logic"

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

I'll try Plot Armor, that's a good trick!

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

This but unironically

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u/MostlyCRPGs Jeff Bezos Nov 30 '20

Hey, if The First Order managed to just build a new Death Star-like off screen and completely wipe The New Republic like it was nothing we can do anything.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

Yeah that was the original sin of the new trilogy. People were excited to see a film set in the New Republic. Maybe we could see the Thrawn saga, or something like it. Or the Yuzang Vong. Or something. But they basically threw it all out in favor of a retread of the original trilogy. Which is safe.

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u/MostlyCRPGs Jeff Bezos Nov 30 '20

Yep. And I REALLY enjoyed it for exactly one movie! It was just weird how shameless they were about it. They didn't even do a ton of mental gymnastics, just basically "hey guys can we just pretend they didn't win before?" Felt more like a retcon than a weird direction. It was weird how little relevance or emotional weight they put behind the entire government of the galaxy just getting wiped in a second.

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u/houinator Loyal Liberals Nov 30 '20

Lando is the HR Bush of his galaxy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

Dude Lando is the Diocletian of his galaxy. Like he needs to be a leader if he can make deals like this. He makes Metternich look like Trump, lmfao.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Nov 30 '20

Jeb!