A Star Wars Case Study in Cause and Effect

A Star Destroyer in orbit... a young Dreamer stuck in their status quo... droids in the desert...

Wait, which movie am I talking about?

Ten years after The Force Awakens was released, this movie has, somehow, escaped much of the criticisms the other movies in the sequel trilogy have received, but looking at it just from a writing perspective, can it even achieve basic setup and follow-through? Or does it completely fall apart the second you stop to think about it? And how does it compare to its progenitor?

00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Chapter 1 - Setting the Stage
01:06 - Like Poetry...
10:43 - Chapter 2 - The Old Ally and The Messiah
10:45 - And the Award for Most Important Character in the Sequels is...
17:55 - Chapter 3 - The Followthrough
39:42 - It just gets worse
41:31 - Outroduction

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