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boasamishipper · 2 years ago

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[image description: a comparison of luke skywalker in 'the last jedi' to maverick mitchell in 'top gun: maverick'. under a picture of luke, there is a list of traits that read:

old luke:

old and grumpy

nothing like the real luke

gives up on the jedi

ridiculed

refuses to train rey

sad and pathetic

won't fight

dies for nohing

under a picture of maverick, there is a list of traits that read:

old maverick:

older and wiser

same core character

still believes in top gun

respected

trains new pilots

jaded but inspiring

fights despite the odds

puts his life on the line

end id.]

listen i hate rian johnson and the last jedi as much as the next guy but this post Just Ain't It

#top gun: maverick #the last jedi #first of all if you're gonna talk shit about tlj don't compare apples to oranges to prove your point #mav and luke are completely different characters with completely different motivations #'ridiculed' by whom?? exactly?? if anything mav is the one ridiculed he's literally thrown out of the bar by his own students #and cyclone makes a point of saying he wouldn't piss on mav if he was on fire #whereas luke is respected and feared by Everyone in the galaxy #'sad and pathetic' i hate what rian did with luke's history with kylo too but like can you blame luke for being sad??#and how is he pathetic exactly??#'still believes in top gun' what the fuck does this even mean #mav believes in himself and his wingman and his kids Not in the system #'won't fight' luke very much did fight tho?? that was a thing that happened??#he literally astral projected and fought the first order at the cost of his own life??#(yes that was a stupid way for luke to go out but you can't say he didn't fight.)#second of all if you're gonna criticize rian and tlj Do It Right #talk about him completely sidelining all the characters of color in favor of making the white fascist villain more sympathetic #or rey's entire personality narrowing down to 'kylo can be saved!!' literally five canon minutes after kylo killed han #and then tried to kill finn (for which rey almost killed kylo)#or rose teaching finn (a former stormtrooper) about the cruelty of the first order like he didn't know Full Well firsthand??#or the fact that rian was so invested in telling His Story he tossed everything jj gave him in the trash #even tho it threw a wrench into the narrative and everyone's characterizations and thereby fubar'd the sequel trilogy #also you mean to tell me the man who was so kind and forgave darth vader would've been tempted to kill his own nephew (even for a second)?#I Don't Think So #good characterization shat on because rian and kathy kennedy wanted to make kylo the byronic tragic hero or whatever #which is why it's so shocking that rian wrote knives out and glass onion. apparently he Can give characters of color depth.#he just didn't want to for john boyega and kelly marie tran and oscar isaac.#which. again. is why he's on my eternal shitlist.#my stuff #anti rian johnson #tlj critical

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