Far, far away...

[kayshapero]

OK, yesterday Nicolai and I finally went out to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens (yes, it can still be found in theaters, locally), in the same theater I saw the latest Jurassic Park movie (why don't they just give up, declare the velociraptors sapient and write stories about THEM

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[sue_bursztynski]

Well, for one thing, Anakin in his Darth Vader period NEVER sulked or threw a tantrum! Remember that scene where two Stormtroopers outside hear his latest tantrum and tiptoe away? Clearly they've seen this before and would rather be somewhere else! And the scene where his Dad tells him to take off the damned mask: "You don't need it!" . As you say, a wannabe. He never finished his Jedi training and at the end of the film you learn he hasn't even finished his - what shall we call it? - Dark Lord training? Despite that, he has the nerve to offer to train Rey! Darth Vader had some gravitas. His men respected him and in the first movie, at least, one of his men actually asked him whether he thought something was a good idea and he explained why it was - can you imagine his weaselly little grandson doing that? You never know, maybe Force-Anakin will turn up some time in the next two movies and offer to train him properly, after telling him he's an idiot.

[kayshapero]

I wonder how many other people had the same reaction when he took off his mask - what, the new DV is a nice Jewish boy? Just Not Scary!

[sue_bursztynski]

Actually, I thought he looked more like a young Severus Snape, myself. ;-) Complete with black robes.

[kjn]

Yeah, I pretty much agree with this. It's a return to form, and the new set of heroes are just as good as the old ones. But it sticks too closely with the old story (not just the tone), and Kylo Ren is just wimpy compared to Darth Vader.

Granted, Darth Vader is one of the great movie villains of all time, but still…

[sue_bursztynski]

I don't think there's any contest here. I suspect there wasn't meant to be. He may just regret his behaviour well before the trilogy is over and then we'll see who's the villain. But he will have a hard time explaining to his mother why he killed Dad.

[kayshapero]

Yeah, that would be a tough one...

[kjn]

I'm not sure how the new movie series will be able to build up a decent story arc here, given such a setup (or even in general).

Well, if nothing else it might become an interesting failure, compared to the thoroughly uninteresting one that is episode 1-3.