The point is the film relied on the comics and whatever other merchandise is applicable, such as the novelisation, to fill in the holes that should have been covered in the film. I have some limited screenwriting experience and a working knowledge of the craft (I just missed by that much having one of my scripts read by Douglas Adams); I watched the film with that background in mind and saw straight away where at least one more rewrite was sorely needed.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
