What if Rey isn't anyone's "daughter" and was a product of the Force like Anikan?....
it would be very dumb, just like anakin's backstory
Anakins backstory wasn't dumb because he naturally had the force.
It was dumb because it was just dumb
it was just a classic example of the prequels being lazy and telling you stuff rather than showing it
"he has more midiclorians than yoda"
proceeds to never look anything more than an average jedi on screen for the rest of the prequels
its like they didnt know how to show how powerful he was because everyone's fighting styles are the same highly choreographed foolishness, so they just imply it in exposition
They got lazy on the story and execution of emotion and just like you said, showing power instead of just explaining everything.
They spent all the time and resources on CGI and all the newest technologies/special effects for 1999
Same reason why Spiderman sucked.
TBH the Matrix is the only film from the early 2000's to pull it all off.
it came out 5 years earlier but jurassic park was amazing with what it did with CGI
That's not really fair of a critique. I thought the prophecy angle was pretty good. It brought more weight and intrigue to Vader and that he wasn't just a regular Jedi.
He displayed his gifted abilities in many ways even though he got washed at times using his lightsaber.
(Took out Dooku, slayed all the Sandpeople, massacred like all the Jedi, etc.)
Just because he was strong with the force didn't mean he automatically was godly skilled with a lightsaber. For example, Lebron is probably the most talented ball player ever but will never be as great of a shooter as Steph.
Yes, many of the examples of his power are weakly exploited but I don't think that was the point of the prequels..
@Seamanup you mentioned earlier that you wished there was a Jedi that wasn't a "extremist" basically, that he was a normal guy who just happened to be a Jedi. That totally goes against the traits of what it means to be a Jedi. It may seem "boring" but in a galaxy of normal individuals that "boriness" of a Jedi lifestyle stands out as unique.
You can't limp in between two aspects of the dark and the light. You either just become overly basic and eventually deteriorate or just deteriorate as a person. Episode 3 may have not left that kind of impression on the masses of character introspection but if you look past some of superficial flaws of the film its definitely there.
Anakin was a very flawed character cloaked in the mask of the chosen one. He had many desires of power and felt jealousy, fear, disappointment etc.. While trying to live up to the high standards of being a Jedi all of this these other traits brewing underneath adds depth to his character. Also, while trying to put the puzzle of his life together he started a new one with Padme on the low and got her pregnant. He was living a lie as a Jedi not following the code and potentially being expelled.
It sucks that many people couldn't see that in the prequels. I think with better writing or acting this could have been fleshed out. Even though it wasn't it still is there.
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