1. Star Wars - Anakin's Force Ghost Visits Kylo Ren And It's Impossibly Awkward
Family reunions are an awkward thing. In fact, when reaching into the darkness for an event that's as comparatively stiff as one they're struggling to describe, it's understandably a (lesser) writers metaphor-du-jour. That said, no matter how much your skin has crawled at a younger cousin throwing around slang words, or an older uncle blaming all of society's woes on "forrins", nothing would compare to that long-overdue Skywalker catch-up. Let's tally the scores. Kylo's real name is Ben, which presumably means he's named after the former Jedi Master his grandfather betrayed, lost his legs to, and ultimately killed - a good start. Secondly, he's just murdered his own father and will soon embark on a bloody rampage across the stars to do the same to his uncle. An uncle who's just been found by a young woman that may or may not be his own daughter, and by extension Kylo's cousin. To make matters worse, what's Kylo's entire motivation for this trail of destruction? Boredom? Lack of other vocational apprenticeships in the Outer Rim? Nope, it's all down to his grandfather's legacy. A legacy of hunting down the last of the Jedi and ruling the galaxy under the iron fist of an oppressive empire. Coincidentally, a legacy he turned his back on before saving aforementioned Uncle, killing the Emperor, and turning the tide of the Galactic Civil War for the Rebellion. So, all in all, probably not thrilled that his estranged grandkid is dressing up like him and performing a bad tribute act. If only Anakin could have found it in himself to magically reappear for something other than his own funeral... What do you think? Would carrying Hollywood's biggest scripts on for another few pages been quite this bad? Give me both barrels in the comments.
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