By Chris Snellgrove
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With Kathleen Kennedy who finally withdrew to Lucasfilm, I found myself looking back Skywalker climbOtherwise known as the worst film of the Suite Trilogy. Fans love to give The last Jedi shit, but this film could as well have been Citizen Kane Compared to Tros, a film that offers nothing more than a lazy nostalgia rolled up around an even more lazy plot. However, while Skywalker climb is the worse Star Wars film is a secret triumph in the way he centers his story around Rey’s quest for identity.
Skywalker’s climb does a correct thing
The original Star Wars films were written with Joseph Campbell The hero with a thousand faces In mind, this is why the characters are wide and recognizable archetypes (Luke Skywalker is a young man of destiny like King Arthur, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Merlin-Esque sorcerer who gives our hero an Excalibur magic sword, etc.). This contributed to making these films a success, but the later prequelles and suites ended up feeling like a lame recupeted because the creators again created largely archetypal characters. On the other hand, Skywalker climbEven at worst, a narrative triumph made Rey in three dimensions in his quest for self -identity.
Obviously, Disney confused the suites at almost all levels, which is why Rey has gone from a possible connection with Obi-Wan in The Awakens force (A little digital magic had Sir Alec Guinness called the name of Rey after obtaining the Luke Skywalker Laser) The last Jedi. Skywalker climb Sadly famous made her the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine, and although it was the worst narration decision they could have taken, he became an accidental triumph thanks to Rey’s awareness that self-identity is a social construction.
In practical terms, this means that Rey the character finally achieved something that had escaped countless fans and Disney’s own leaders: that the debate on Rey’s identity is completely meaningless. Everyone wanted to stand on whom she could be connected in the Star Wars universe and how these connections define who she really is. Skywalker climbHowever, transformed his worst rhythm of history (Rey’s connection with the Emperor Palpatine) into triumph by having our new Jedi realized what almost everyone in the public realizes: his identity does not have to be determined by his family.
It may seem like a fairly basic idea, but it is a Star Wars concept has never really adopted before. Most of the three trilogies revolved around how the Skywalkers alternated between the condemnation and the safeguard of the galaxy, which facilitates the thought that the anterior force really cares only one family. Skywalker climbDespite all its faults, oar at home that our heroes can define themselves and live full lives outside the shadow of their predecessors.
Now, before saying, I will be the first to admit that it does not do as if by magic Skywalker climb A good film. Everything, from the HOKEY return of Emperor Palpatine, from the plot of feet of fetch to the inexplicable remains of the death star is stupid enough to ask you why you fell in love with this franchise in the first place. And even Rey’s revelation that she identifies as a Skywalker has made an awkward darding of an end, but that laziness hides a fairly important message on the choice of your own identity.
Once again for cheap seats: Skywalker climb is the worst Star Wars film never directed, but it is also a secret triumph because it recontextualizes all the franchise. After eight films that insisted the opposite, the franchise is obsessed with cosmic fate Finally admitted that our heroes are free to choose their own paths and their own identities. Hopefully Star Wars himself can follow the plunge and his connection with Disney will not prevent him from identifying himself as a decent franchise.
