Looking back the number one complaint about The Force Awakens was that it was a rehash of A New Hope, so I think for Rian Johnson "subverting expectations" made sense at the time. Unfortunately for him adult children don't actually want a movie that challenges them, they want a movie that shows them things they've already seen before in slightly different contexts.
Looking back the number one complaint about The Force Awakens was that it was a rehash of A New Hope, so I think for Rian Johnson "subverting expectations" made sense at the time. Unfortunately for him adult children don't actually want a movie that challenges them, they want a movie that shows them things they've already seen before in slightly different contexts.