Legatus Legionis
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Not much character development though. Hell there was arguably more in Rogue One than TFA+ TLJ. Look at the OT, Luke was a scrub level 1 or 2, got trained leveled up, went to Death star, leveled up and then fought the Battle of Yavin, leveled up (lvl 4 or 5), roll credits. Got a bit cocky in ESB and had his ass handed to him.
Rey untrained, flies the Falcon like a boss, defeats a trained dark Jedi (trained by Luke and Snoke), and kicks ass in TLJ. Its also really boring although the actor is doing a better job than than Haydan and Hamil episode IV, the writing is not her fault. Her supporting cast is a lot weaker than the OT though I don't really care about Poe or any of the others and the villains are stealing the show (Kylo Ren and Hux). When Lando and Fett as support characters are way more interesting than most of the main cast in the Disney films you may have a problem.
And in Empire you knew Luke was special because of who he was, there was an explanation for it that made sense in universe (and he still got his butt handed to him by Vader). Snokes a chump, Rey is Mary Sue, Kylo throws tantrums. And we should care because? The Droids are also stealing the show (BB-8 and the Rogue One/Solo ones).
I think the absolute worst movie of them all is The Attack of the Clones. That forced love story was so awful to me. They tried to show Padme as this strong capable person. A good fighter, and a good diplomat. Totally independent. Then tried to sell me that some angsty young man with Chosen one syndrome was able to woo her? I mean I guess... everyone has their thing, but I thought a lot better of this character that they tried to portray. And they were like... cus plot baby.
So much simplification in this post.
Though somehow, I agree with Zard in his OP. I think the absolute worst movie of them all is The Attack of the Clones. That forced love story was so awful to me. They tried to show Padme as this strong capable person. A good fighter, and a good diplomat. Totally independent. Then tried to sell me that some angsty young man with Chosen one syndrome was able to woo her? I mean I guess... everyone has their thing, but I thought a lot better of this character that they tried to portray. And they were like... cus plot baby.
Oh, is it time to argue about The Last Jedi, again?
What they did to Anakin is just as bad. Instead of giving us a good man struggling to control his darker impulses, we get a whiny brat with so little self-control that it's hard to conceive how he ever earned the status of Jedi in the first place, Chosen One or not. This should have been a sympathetic character that we grieve to see corrupted to the dark side, so that we can cheer to see his ultimate redemption.