Whoever decided that Rian Johnson had carte blanche to do whatever he wanted with the story is also to blame, IMO. Because when it comes down to it, why did some fans feel let down by the direction some storylines took? Because this is a movie trilogy where the first movie introduced a couple of threads and the second movie just brushed them aside because its writer just didn't think they were important enough. For example:
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- TFA leads the viewer to believe that Snoke is someone important to the story and TLJ kills him off without even bothering to explore his story. I have no doubt that some fans were upset that Snoke didn't prove to be Plagueis and what not, but they are probably a small minority. The biggest disappointment is getting invested in a Big Bad who proved to be less intriguing and developed than General Grievous.
- Rey's parents being nobodies works just fine. If you overlook the fact that she had a Force vision in TFA (ignited by Luke's lightsaber) that clearly alludes to her being connected to Luke or Obi Wan in some way. Or Maz Kanata telling her that Luke's lightsaber called to her for a reason. Speaking of Maz, I suspect we will never find out how she got her hands on that lightsaber either. [/SPOILER]
So I don't think fans were wrong to speculate. They were encouraged to do so by The Force Awakens, only for its sequel to laugh in their face for doing so. So I think it's something deeper than just fanboys throwing tantrums because Snoke and Rey didn't prove to be who they predicted.
Just a case of different strokes, IMO. Personally, I always thought people were too harsh on the prequels, especially episodes 2 and 3. So it doesn't surprise me that some people enjoyed at least those 2 movies more than The Last Jedi. At least the prequels were a more coherent trilogy than the one we've gotten from Disney until now.
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- TFA leads the viewer to believe that Snoke is someone important to the story and TLJ kills him off without even bothering to explore his story. I have no doubt that some fans were upset that Snoke didn't prove to be Plagueis and what not, but they are probably a small minority. The biggest disappointment is getting invested in a Big Bad who proved to be less intriguing and developed than General Grievous.
- Rey's parents being nobodies works just fine. If you overlook the fact that she had a Force vision in TFA (ignited by Luke's lightsaber) that clearly alludes to her being connected to Luke or Obi Wan in some way. Or Maz Kanata telling her that Luke's lightsaber called to her for a reason. Speaking of Maz, I suspect we will never find out how she got her hands on that lightsaber either. [/SPOILER]
So I don't think fans were wrong to speculate. They were encouraged to do so by The Force Awakens, only for its sequel to laugh in their face for doing so. So I think it's something deeper than just fanboys throwing tantrums because Snoke and Rey didn't prove to be who they predicted.
Just a case of different strokes, IMO. Personally, I always thought people were too harsh on the prequels, especially episodes 2 and 3. So it doesn't surprise me that some people enjoyed at least those 2 movies more than The Last Jedi. At least the prequels were a more coherent trilogy than the one we've gotten from Disney until now.
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