Aug 19, 2016

Maybe they can cut off her head, then she regenerates it from the Force lol

 

Aug 19, 2016

Well in Rey's defense, Luke probably didn't have to fight for his life multiple times either. Rey obviously has had a rough life and HAD to defend herself more than Luke ever did.

Finn didn't really hold his own though. I mean he got a strike on Kyle but Kylo ended up f---ing him up pretty bad.

Now, as far as the flashback sequence, I agree. I don't really understand why that happened, but The Force has given visions before, so it's not really crazy to me. But yeah, that's kinda weird in theory.

The Jedi mind trick was bs to me too. I loved her reversing the mind probe though but her Jedi mind trick was stupid. She should've just used the force to break the restraints lol.

I wonder if Rey was trained by Luke at an early age though. Maybe there's a fear from Luke in training her. Maybe Luke killed her parents, and they were bad? I feel like Kylo knows her already and is kinda protective of her.

I hope Luke and Rey set out to recruit Force users and establish a new Jedi order, and they have to fight off the Knights of Ren.

And I agree. Luke better be bad a---.

I understand your concerns but Star Wars has never really been iron clad. I'm a huge fan of the OT but even as a kid, I NEVER bought into Ewoks beating Storm Troopers, or the insane plan to free Han from Jabba lol

 

Aug 19, 2016

You see the issue, though? There weer so many holes in the movie, and I'm not trying to nitpick, but star wars has never been explained with flashbacks or with lightsabers calling out to users. There's just a lot of BS in that movie even for SW standards.

She's not a great lightsaber wielder, sure. Her competency with a melee weapon was shown earlier with her staff (maybe they can give her a double bladed lightsaber to use? now that would be cool) but thats another thing that TFA didn't account for; Finn and Rey being able to use a lightsaber with no formal training. It's established in the canon that non-jedi or non-force users cannot wield a lightsaber competently. Now Rey is clearly an anomoly but Finn should have never been able to duel with Kylo and hold his own.

I wasn't referring to her piloting skills (although she was good at that too!) was referring to her ability to fix the millennium falcon, when han solo couldn't. That is utterly ridiculous.

The thing with Luke is this; Luke was not perfect like Rey is. Luke got beat up by Tuskan raiders. Rey beats up the thugs on Jakku by herself. Luke had to train with Yoda in degobah for weeks before he could challenge Vader. Luke had to hone his skills; whereas with Rey, the force comes to to her naturally and anything Rey does, Rey is good at. She even knew how to do Jedi mindtricks ffs! She was the mary sue of the film, which is fine.. I just hope her powers have a better explanation than "oh she's anakin skywalker reincarnated, thats why she's so good at everything"

I think I read that episode 8 will cut right where episode 7 left off, with Rey being trained by luke ala Yoda training Luke in degobah. If we don't see Luke absolutely f--- s--- up in episode 8 then I'll be seriously pissed. If Luke isnt the most powerful force user on screen, ill be pissed.

 

Aug 19, 2016

I really don't think TFA is as unoriginal as everyone tries to make it out to be.

Sure, Starkiller Base and Rey living on a desert planet are parallels (Phantom Menace does the same thing), but overall, I felt TFA was pretty original

How about Finn? I read somewhere that Finn was unoriginal because Luke and Han dressed up as stormtroopers in ANH. Seriously lol? Finn might be the most original character in ALL of Star Wars.

If it was ANH remake, wouldn't Rey have blown up Starkiller Base? Who's Obi Wan? Is it Han Solo? That is such a reach.

Literally all Han Solo did was say the Force was real. Now he's Obi Wan in ANH? That's just people trying to make their agenda fit, just because he died. He wasn't a mentor to Rey or Finn.

TFA, to me, will be judged on how episodes 8 and 9 are formulated.

Like we don't know ANYTHING about these characters yet. We know the basics.

We have ZERO clue what or who Snoke is.

If people watched the story arc of Anakin BEFORE Vader, people would think he was an even bigger b---- than Kylo is. He was a complete crybaby.

Kylo with the mask on was f---ing great. Maybe he never takes the mask off again? Who knows, we have zero clue at this point. Maybe he ends up being f---ing ruthless, even more so than he was in TFA. Maybe the Knights of Ren go planet to planet and destroy everything in their path to find Luke/Rey.

I kinda want to know Kylo's history. I want to know more about the Knights of Ren (I honestly LOVE this concept, and I heard they're in Episode 8 way more).

And I hear a lot about Rey, but again, we have ZERO clue about her. We don't know what she ends up being. Maybe Kylo ends up being the hero, and Rey ends up being the villain. Maybe Rey has a new power that has never been explored by the Force. Who knows.

Everyone complained about Rey being too strong, but Kylo was injured PLUS was trying to recruit Rey, not k--- her, much like Vader did to Luke in ESB.

Point is, TFA isn't unoriginal until we really see who these characters are. If they're all carbon copies of original characters? Sure. But, I think they made it that this story could go ANYWHERE, and that's what I'm excited about.

TFA was extremely fun for me. I loved the characters WAYYYYY more than ANYONE in the prequels. There was actual chemistry between them.

 

Aug 18, 2016

it's honestly such an underrated movie. i have faith that when it's finished this new trilogy will be considered to have surpassed the quality of the original. they're a third of the way there

 

Aug 18, 2016

same 7 been on repeat

- DP

 

Aug 18, 2016

Never watched that show before, but thats cool as f--- that he's being reintroduced into the new canon.

I was big on the thrawn books as a kid. I hope they do the character justice

 

Aug 18, 2016

idk if you're that much into Star Wars or if your knew already but he's gonna be in rebels this season :3