I wouldn’t go so far as saying that I liked The Last Jedi, but I do think that it’s far and away the best of the sequels and a ton of the common criticisms are bullshit. I don’t think I’ve ever had to defend a movie that I didn’t really care for as much as this one.

Now Rise of Skywalker? That one is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, and when weighted by the talent and budget that went into it I think an argument can be made for the worst of modern cinema. It’s the only star wars movie I’ll never watch again. I could feel the lazy pettiness from the theater chair. Like at least the other franchise-disrespecting blockbuster matrix resurrections was self aware, Rise of Skywalker was earnestly weightless and cheap

For sure, this thing actually looks hella fun to drive!

Eh it doesn’t look like a purpose-built offroader to me. I mean you could do a lot worse offroad than with this thing, but there’s a few reasons that make it pretty obvious that this was just made for the fun aesthetic: 1 It doesn’t have very much room for suspension to travel at all, compromising high-speed desert and dune riding. 2. Due to reason 1, it’s articulation is likely very poor, compromising it’s technical trail riding abilities. Maybe it could hold it’s own when mudding? But then again, those aren’t quite the best wheels and tires for the job and I see no snorkel either, so I doubt that it does. So yeah I’m almost certain that they chopped it up not with the intention to make a solid off-road vehicle but because “lol wouldn’t it be hilarious?” Don’t look for logic in or underestimate the enginuity of a bored, slightly buzzed dude with a welder.

I dunno, I feel like between the shortened body and larger wheels, the height is a bit of an illusion. Just eyeballing it, I don’t think this thing is very tall, perhaps just slightly taller than stock. My point being, this thing probably sits lower than most modern crossovers. Here’s a stock taco for reference, notice that there’s not so much lift to fit the oversized wheels as much as they just enlarged and deapened the wheelwells:

For some reason this feels strangely wholesome to me, like a child asking their mechanic parent to fix their toy car