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[WhoaItsJBot]

Kylo was a laughable "villain", and I can't stand Finn... Rey had to pick up the slack. Poe is cool but needs more screen time.

A month or two before the movie came out I said to a friend that Rey and Phasma were gonna be the best new characters, and I was half right.

 

[Sithblade]

Luke who'd never flown a x wing before was the leader down the trench run, instead of more experienced pilots like Biggs, wedge.

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[JCFETT]

 

[Lumos]

^ BOOM!

Love me some Kylo.

 

[WhoaItsJBot]

He was physically tough but undisciplined. Maybe I'll like him more the second time around, but I sure didn't the first time.

Disney wanted to half ass copy the storyline from the EU where Jacen Solo turns to the Dark Side but had zero build up to it.

 

[pixletwin]

^ BOOM!

Love me some Kylo.

Agreed. It's almost like an entire generation of movie goers forgot how to observe/absorb things on a deeper level.

 

[Starfleet Captain]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before - what the odds that HT will release a second version of Rey ala Scarlet Witch (New Avengers) version for her look in the last few minutes of TFA? I wonder...

 

[Lumos]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before - what the odds that HT will release a second version of Rey ala Scarlet Witch (New Avengers) version for her look in the last few minutes of TFA? I wonder...

As someone waiting desperately for a v2 Kylo, hopefully the odds for a v2 Rey are high. I WANT them to milk the heck outta this line.

 

[Yorick]

I've seen a lot of criticism online that Rey was too perfect. Honestly, I have to wonder if all these people would be complaining if Rey was a man. It seems like a lot of viewers were just taken aback by how independent, resourceful, and strong she was, but how often do we question these qualities in male characters?

Mind you, I'm not saying that NOBODY would have claimed Rey was too perfect if she was a guy - I just wonder if as MANY people would have that complaint.

I agree. A lot of people complain about her piloting skills, cause she never had proper training, but I don't see much difference to Luke, other than sex.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Luke who'd never flown a x wing before was the leader down the trench run

Well, he used to bull's-eye Womp rats in his T16 back home.

 

[jkidd41011]

Some of you guys are talking like one day she had no force then BAM she haz teh Force.

What do you think she was using to scale all those ghost ships? What do you think helped her learn how ships worked? She has spent her whole life training with the force. She just didn't realize it until Kylo brought her up to the next level by accident.

Totally agree. Plus people keep saying she beat Ren. IMO it was a draw. He was emotional over killing Han to the point it distracted him when he was shot. Then he had Finn come after him and had to fight him, then he fought Rey. I'd put Ren on par with Anakin in AOTC. Very raw and easily distracted.


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[WhoaItsJBot]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before - what the odds that HT will release a second version of Rey ala Scarlet Witch (New Avengers) version for her look in the last few minutes of TFA? I wonder...

Technically the second Scarlet Witch fig is from a different movie.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

Kylo was a laughable "villain", and I can't stand Finn... Rey had to pick up the slack. Poe is cool but needs more screen time.

A month or two before the movie came out I said to a friend that Rey and Phasma were gonna be the best new characters, and I was half right.

To each his own, I suppose, but I think the idea of going with a very different kind of villain this time around is to the series’ credit. This villain, with his inner conflict and uncertainty is extremely appealing from a dramatic stand point, and I think Driver pulled it off well.

I also don’t understand why anyone “can’t stand “Finn. Again, they went with a protagonist who doesn’t fit the previous mold of a Star Wars hero. That’s a good thing. You may argue that a lot of the plot points were retreads. At least the new characters aren’t. Imaging finding and seizing the self-determination necessary to break the life-long indoctrination of a FO Stormtrooper. That story line by itself could stand alone. And moving forward with the character through the movie, my entire family found him extremely relatable and sincere.

One thing you might be perceiving as a weakness of the film is that the character building may seem to be largely incomplete. But this is because this film was clearly written to be the opening act of a trilogy (or perhaps more). This gives the writers the luxury of writing the characters over a three film arc allowing much of the character work as well as plot points to be revealed over time. 1977 Star Wars HAD to be written as a stand alone film because no one knew if there would be another movie (or indeed if Star Wars itself was even going to be produced).

I daresay some fans are allowing the fact that the film went in a different direction from their expectations to taint their observations…

 

[Lumos]

Totally agree. Plus people keep saying she beat Ren. IMO it was a draw. He was emotional over killing Han to the point it distracted him when he was shot. Then he had Finn come after him and had to fight him, then he fought Rey. I'd put Ren on par with Anakin in AOTC. Very raw and easily distracted.


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Doesn't the script or novelization say something about how killing Han somehow "weakens" him?

Plus, he was wounded. It wasn't a fair fight. Rey's lucky!


Personally, the only thing I initially found odd about Finn is his strong/distinct personality and sense of humor. I thought it was strange that a Stormtrooper would have those qualities, but whatever! He's funny.

 

[JCFETT]

He was physically tough but undisciplined. Maybe I'll like him more the second time around, but I sure didn't the first time.

Disney wanted to half ass copy the storyline from the EU where Jacen Solo turns to the Dark Side but had zero build up to it.

Neither was Luke. Neither is Rey. Give him some time. He's being introduced to us as a newb not a veteran. I think mostly with the hopes that as a son he could still be pulled back from the dark side, so if he was too veteran or emotionless he wouldn't have been able to play that role as close to the tipping point as he did.

 

[JCFETT]

Well, he used to bull's-eye Womp rats in his T16 back home.

AKA get all the ladies.

 

[ZE_501]

[...]Personally, the only thing I initially found odd about Finn is his strong/distinct personality and sense of humor. I thought it was strange that a Stormtrooper would have those qualities, but whatever! He's funny.

Stormtroopers in the OT were bad guys, but regular guys. Remember them talking about the BT-16? Presumably the ones that boarded the Tantive IV were battle hardened, but some of the troops on the Death Star in ANH actually reacted like green recruits -- granted the latter part's reading a bit into it, but that bit of throw-away dialogue was revealing enough.

 

[JCFETT]

Some of you guys are talking like one day she had no force then BAM she haz teh Force.

What do you think she was using to scale all those ghost ships? What do you think helped her learn how ships worked? She has spent her whole life training with the force. She just didn't realize it until Kylo brought her up to the next level by accident.

I like this. She just lived with it as something normal to her. Who is to say what is normal to you when you've lived with it all your life and it has never been pointed out to you. Good thought. Would think it again and recommend to friends +1.

 

[JCFETT]

Stormtroopers in the OT were bad guys, but regular guys. Remember them talking about the BT-16? Presumably the ones that boarded the Tantive IV were battle hardened, but some of the troops on the Death Star in ANH actually reacted like green recruits -- granted the latter is part's reading a bit into it, but that bit of throw-away dialogue was revealing enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7Ha3VDbzE

 

[TonTon]

I agree. A lot of people complain about her piloting skills, cause she never had proper training, but I don't see much difference to Luke, other than sex.

For me she might have been a bit too perfect but it was such a great performance and she's a charming character with a bit of mystery/intrigue as to how some of her abilities were quite so strong that some of these issues get a bit of a pass from me. In my mind I imagine, as pixletwin said, that she knew some of these abilities but didn't have a name for them nor realize some of the different ways to manipulate them until something was jarred loose when Ren was trying to read her thoughts. But we see how long it takes Luke to learn so many of these abilities that it's still a bit strange to see her develop all of these skills in one half of the movie. We only see Luke use the Jedi mind trick by ROTJ, he struggles to get the saber out of the snow in ESB when no one is competing for it, etc.

Totally agree. Plus people keep saying she beat Ren. IMO it was a draw. He was emotional over killing Han to the point it distracted him when he was shot. Then he had Finn come after him and had to fight him, then he fought Rey. I'd put Ren on par with Anakin in AOTC. Very raw and easily distracted.

That's a good summation of that battle. In some ways I see her and Ren as much better versions of TPM Anakin and AOTC Anakin, respectively. TPM Anakin was good at everything as well, but Rey was a much more enjoyable character to me--no discussions about her midichlorian count, no accidentally blowing up a space station, but Anakin was also a skilled pilot, could fix and build ships.

Nothing to do with Rey as this seemed to be throughout the movie but I didn't like seeing the Falcon smashed around so much when she was first taking off (and then later when Han crash lands into Starkiller base). We've come to know the falcon as a ship that is always falling apart without it being smashed against the ground multiple times. I believe the only time we saw the Falcon actually hit something was the radar dish in the DSII assault, right? Maybe a small meteor in Empire?

You may argue that a lot of the plot points were retreads. At least the new characters aren’t.

The new characters were great. Poe is underdeveloped but Oscar Isaac is an awesome actor so I have high hopes he'll develop into an interesting character.