Star Wars: 8 Ways The Last Jedi Says F**k You To J.J. Abrams

4. Making Snoke A Whole Load Of Nothing

Granted, one of the weakest parts of The Force Awakens was always the super-CG, oversized hologram that spoke in an evil voice, but Snoke - to have any real weight, purpose or watchability - needed to gain credence in The Last Jedi. Retroactively, we would've then been able to see why Kylo and Hux followed his lead, and how the First Order could amass the necessary funds to terraform an entire planet into one giant cannon.

Alas, the answers came and went about as fast as it took Kylo to slice Snoke in two, and though that marked one of the coolest moments in the canon, it came with just as much general bemusement from fans, as it means another potential-filled character is discarded.

Once again, subversion of expectation isn't de facto a good thing. Just because the movie went against what we all wanted or hoped for, doesn't mean the alternative is automatically worthwhile. The alternative here means that basic world-building and suspension of disbelief is discarded, and now we have a First Order that rose out of nothing, with Snoke's only background detail being that he came from the Outer Rim (thanks, Force Awakens Visual Dictionary).

Simply by virtue of being a hologram (making the audience ask where he really is), the dark lighting of his communications room (implying mystery by making us search for details) and his deep voice (showcasing power and stature) - all told the audience that "Answers are coming..."

Only, they weren't.