Holdo being introduced as a leading heroic character then killed later…
Holdo was a supporting character in Poe’s character arch meant to play against his off the cuff tendencies. The sacrifice was meant to be a jumping point for expected growth in the final act. That isn’t a plot thread cut.
Luke being killed for no reason…
It was both epic, had it’s reason and thanks to force ghosts was never meant to be the end of Luke’s plot.
I’m not gonna defend the Canto Bight plot as I obviously have issues with it. I would argue though that it’s ultimately a plot thread that was pointless rather than one cut before its end.
Snoke being set up as an immensely powerful bad guy, but later killed without any more explanation of who/what he was…
Snoke was the emperor stand in from The Force Awakens, which had no original ideas of it’s own. Snoke needed to die in order to tell an original story. Ben Solo was an infinitely more interesting and complexe villain to focus on. Why would any fan be upset at Snoke’s death, the story was set up to be better and different until “somehow the emperor returned”.
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Holdo being introduced as a leading heroic character then killed later…
Luke being killed for no reason…
Resistance contact on Canto Bight set up as an aide to the protagonists, but ending up being a useless rich brat…
That Del Toro character being introduced as an aide, then is apparently killed (?) after revealing himself to be a full-evil traitor…
Snoke being set up as an immensely powerful bad guy, but later killed without any more explanation of who/what he was…
…actually it’s hard to find a plot thread that was NOT severed in the same movie. Besides Broom Kid who surprisingly wasn’t killed, lol
Holdo was a supporting character in Poe’s character arch meant to play against his off the cuff tendencies. The sacrifice was meant to be a jumping point for expected growth in the final act. That isn’t a plot thread cut.
It was both epic, had it’s reason and thanks to force ghosts was never meant to be the end of Luke’s plot.
I’m not gonna defend the Canto Bight plot as I obviously have issues with it. I would argue though that it’s ultimately a plot thread that was pointless rather than one cut before its end.
Snoke was the emperor stand in from The Force Awakens, which had no original ideas of it’s own. Snoke needed to die in order to tell an original story. Ben Solo was an infinitely more interesting and complexe villain to focus on. Why would any fan be upset at Snoke’s death, the story was set up to be better and different until “somehow the emperor returned”.