The director says she likes to make men feel uncomfortable. Expect another divisive Disney hit. And by hit I mean flop.
How many times will they fail before they learn to focus on just making a good story? I was one of those folk who back in 2015 was excited to finally see a female lead in Rey and for the first what, 1/3 of the film or so I was really enjoying her character until the quote unquote "Mary Sue" characterization crept in. Same goes for FInn, I was loving his story up until he was cheering for killing his equally victimized comrades he had grown up with and failed to talk or behave like someone who had the backstory he was given. Disney really ruined the characters they introduced at the same that they were ruining Luke, Han and Leia.
I truly hope the Rey movie (if it doesn't get indefinitely delayed aka cancelled) is a great movie. We need a hit. It feels like the last good Star Wars movie was Rogue One (Solo was just OK) and all the others were just bad. The franchise is on life support again after Mando s3 failed and Ahsoka fizzled out. in less than 10 years the most profitable and beloved franchise on the planet went from the excitement of rebirth and endless possibility to the point of general apathy from the bulk of the public, diminishing returns, a failing toy line that often now isn't even present in stores outside of lego and long time fans quitting. All that because Disney thought the built in audience was not good enough and they wanted girls to love what was mainly a boys brand. Plenty girls already liked that boys brand just how it was, Disney just couldn't help but try to fix what wasn't broken and the result is increasingly universal rejection.
