Star Wars Stand Alone Films

2009ring said

To be honest if there was one scene I would love to remove from TLJ, it's the one where Luke cavalierly tosses the light sabre over his shoulder down the hill and walks away. Like you said, fans like me have been waiting 30+ years to see Luke again and to have that be the first thing we really see after being teased two years ago? No way.

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See, to my way of thinking that’s pretty strong story-telling (if you want the story to evolve vs circle back on itself)
At the beginning of the movie you very succinctly allude to 30 years of backstory and signal that ‘we’re not telling a nostalgic story’

I get that’s not what done people want
But if you’re going to re-direct the story, that’s a great way to do it