"Long-lost daughter, I have found a way to smuggle information out about this horrible doomsday weapon that could kill trillions. Instead of a basic schematic, I have sent a holographic message of myself, and by a very roundabout way. Now, let me first spend several minutes waxing maudlin . . . okay, the Death Star has a flaw in that it doesn't handle direct hits to the reactor very well, which apparently is not obvious in this galaxy, so, uh--" [message interrupted]
"Yes, I, wheezy Forrest Whittaker, have seen the entire message! But I will hang out and die uselessly here!"
"Oh, my daughter! I finally have a chance, in this face-to-face meeting, to give you more than a vague hint about wrecking the giant murder thingy I helped make! I'd better . . . wax . . . maudlin . . . URK!"
There are other examples, but basically the whole plot of Rogue One fails to make any sense at all. But I view the original SW through rose-colored spectacles, so in the interests of fairness, was the first trilogy this utterly nonsensical? I mean in terms of plot holes, not the nonsensicality of the universe itself which remains basically constant. The prequels of course need not be mentioned, nor Ep 7. Luke's plan to rescue Han is flagrantly stupid in ROTJ, and the Ewoks' magic acquisition of medieval siege weaponry is a puzzler. Are there other cases of This Makes No Damn Narrative Sense, say in ANH or ESB?
"Yes, I, wheezy Forrest Whittaker, have seen the entire message! But I will hang out and die uselessly here!"
"Oh, my daughter! I finally have a chance, in this face-to-face meeting, to give you more than a vague hint about wrecking the giant murder thingy I helped make! I'd better . . . wax . . . maudlin . . . URK!"
There are other examples, but basically the whole plot of Rogue One fails to make any sense at all. But I view the original SW through rose-colored spectacles, so in the interests of fairness, was the first trilogy this utterly nonsensical? I mean in terms of plot holes, not the nonsensicality of the universe itself which remains basically constant. The prequels of course need not be mentioned, nor Ep 7. Luke's plan to rescue Han is flagrantly stupid in ROTJ, and the Ewoks' magic acquisition of medieval siege weaponry is a puzzler. Are there other cases of This Makes No Damn Narrative Sense, say in ANH or ESB?
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