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Originally Posted by RINGLEADER
It seems like Rian Johnson and the Star Wars braintrust went out of their way to do the opposite of what fans expected because -- why not? The misdirection worked in the film, but the place it got them to with respect to Rey's parents, Snoke, Luke, and Leia would actually have been better if they had gone in the opposite direction. I get that you don't want to be derivative, but they ended up in just about the worst place you could take a Star Wars film and they did it only to "be different."
Audience scores continue to fall in difference to the reviewers. Big disconnect on this one.
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If they wanted to do something against the grain (which in many ways, they didn't), why not just go with George's initial ideas for the sequel trilogy?
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Solo flops (and at this point, it's certainly not a guaranteed success), Iger may need to step in and make changes at Lucasfilm.