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What role did the second lightsaber play in Rey's final fight?

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on September 29, 2021

In the final fight of Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, she is in the following situation:

Why did she bother calling the second lightsaber and what role did it play in the final defeat? Was the second lightsaber needed? Wouldn’t she be able to win without the second lightsaber even if

One Answer

It's a trope

Rule of Cool:

The limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief for a given element is directly proportional to its awesomeness.

Stated another way, all but the most pedantic of viewers will forgive liberties with reality as long as the result is wicked sweet or awesome. (....) Also known in some circles as a "rad herring", in which something doesn't make sense within the guidelines of the story's reality, but it's too cool not to include it.

(...)

There are no instances of this trope being justified, nor can there be — after all, the entire point is that it's about things that don't make sense but we still gladly accept just because they're cool.

Someone once said that if you extract the actual plot from some Star Wars movies the text would fit into the back of a postage stamp. Seems to be the case of Episode IX, in which the heroes have to get one thing so they can get another thing in order to finally confront the villain. A lot of what we see in the screen is basically fillers, so in order to make it enjoyable Disney abused the Rule of Cool.

Answered by Marvel Boy on September 29, 2021

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