I have a lot of issues with the film after my first watch, and right now, for me, it ranks about the same level as Revenge of the Sith for me because of that. Whether it ultimately ends up above or below that film on my list I can't really say right now, but it certainly won't go any higher than being better than the prequels regardless.
But will I buy toys? Yes. For the same reason that I'd still buy select prequel or EU figures. Because there are some characters and designs that I do like, even if the film itself doesn't hang together enough for me, makes some fundamental errors in judgement along the way, and as a result isn't as good as it should have been in my opinion.
So I'll get old Luke, because Hamill was great in the film, even if I don't agree with where they took his character, and because I want an old Luke to join old Han on my shelf. I would have gotten old Leia for the same reason, but sadly I just don't like the sculpt.
I'll buy Phasma because I don't have the first one, and because she's another distinctive trooper for the shelf, and I like troopers. I'll probably get the execution trooper for the same reason, eventually, but I'll be waiting for a good deal on both, which will either happen or it won't.
I'd probably get Kylo and Snoke (if they made him), because even though I wasn't a big fan of either in Force Awakens, they were both amongst the things I liked most in Last Jedi, and both made a strong impression, especially considering what they had to work with, and around. There's a place for both on my villains shelf, just as there would be for Dooku and Maul.
Poe I'll likely grab to go along with Rey and Finn and BB-8, despite the fact that they barely spend any time together, because I like the idea of the character, I like the actor, and I like the pilot look.
But that's it for me. Maybe Hux, if he was made, but just to have an officer to go with my troopers, not because of the character at all.
None of the new characters like Rose, Holdo, or Space-Fenster, sorry, DJ, have a hope of ever being on my shelf, even in the unlikely event that they do get made.
But will I buy toys? Yes. For the same reason that I'd still buy select prequel or EU figures. Because there are some characters and designs that I do like, even if the film itself doesn't hang together enough for me, makes some fundamental errors in judgement along the way, and as a result isn't as good as it should have been in my opinion.
So I'll get old Luke, because Hamill was great in the film, even if I don't agree with where they took his character, and because I want an old Luke to join old Han on my shelf. I would have gotten old Leia for the same reason, but sadly I just don't like the sculpt.
I'll buy Phasma because I don't have the first one, and because she's another distinctive trooper for the shelf, and I like troopers. I'll probably get the execution trooper for the same reason, eventually, but I'll be waiting for a good deal on both, which will either happen or it won't.
I'd probably get Kylo and Snoke (if they made him), because even though I wasn't a big fan of either in Force Awakens, they were both amongst the things I liked most in Last Jedi, and both made a strong impression, especially considering what they had to work with, and around. There's a place for both on my villains shelf, just as there would be for Dooku and Maul.
Poe I'll likely grab to go along with Rey and Finn and BB-8, despite the fact that they barely spend any time together, because I like the idea of the character, I like the actor, and I like the pilot look.
But that's it for me. Maybe Hux, if he was made, but just to have an officer to go with my troopers, not because of the character at all.
None of the new characters like Rose, Holdo, or Space-Fenster, sorry, DJ, have a hope of ever being on my shelf, even in the unlikely event that they do get made.
