!!SPOILERS!! Star Wars: The Force Awakens !!SPOILERS!!

I actually enjoyed that fact that after MONTHS! of speculation, they did not go into ANY detail about Kylo Ren's lightsaber.

 

Only found that out from wookiepedia.

 

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oh right whoops. But why did han and leia name their son ben? Thats my question. I think leia only knew of him never met him. Han barely knew him.

 

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Finn apparently is a force user, this can be seen when starkiller base is shooting the planets. When the screen goes to Finn he hears the screams of all the people on the planets. Another way to tell Finn is a force user is because the programing he received at birth didn't work on him.

 

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The one thing that super bugs me more then anything. Rey would be tan as hell if she lived on a giant desert planet yet she is white, she is whiter then me and I live in florida. this just blow my mind more then anything that this super white chick aint tanned that lives out in the desert.

also the whole never having been trained to use the force but can do things like force mind tricks and what not.

 

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even though the EU was "thrown out" it is still showing itself. Lukes son at the point it reached which was 40 years after a episode 4 is named ben after obi-wan kenobi. There is no reason to choose ben if he isnt named after him. Especially not when the movie is full of references to past characters and the movies. But that is my opinion. Could be wrong.

And i see a theory that rey could be kenobis granddaughter. Who knows what he got up to in the 20 years between episode 3 and 4. I dont see him going against that part of the jedi code though. Plus tatooine isnt exactly a place to meet people.

 

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I actually liked that about Ren. His style was far more practical compared to that ballerina stuff they were doing in the prequels.

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Interesting.

 

shit i didn't even notice the kyp durron part.

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Kylo ends the film with a big scar across his face that's a bit reminiscent of Anakin's scar in Revenge of the Sith, which he got during the Clone Wars.
While Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is an original character and first introduced in The Force Awakens, he's inspired in part by his Legends canon counterpart, Jacen Solo, who also eventually fell to the Dark Side in the Legacy of the Force book series. After years of serving the New Jedi Order, under the leadership of Luke Skywalker, Jacen joins the Sith and assumes the title of Darth Caedus
Although he doesn't murder Han Solo in Legends canon, Jacen does kill his aunt, Mara Jade Skywalker, in Legacy of the Force novel Sacrifice by Karen Traviss.
Kylo Ren also shares some elements of his story with Kyp Durron, a Legends character introduced in Jedi Searchby Kevin J. Anderson. Durron was also trained in Luke Skywalker's Jedi Order, had a close relationship with Han Solo, and eventually turned to the dark side and possessed a superweapon, the Sun Crusher, capable of destroying entire planetary systems.
- It's interesting that Kylo Ren was named Ben for the film, since in Legends canon, Luke and Mara had a son named Ben Skywalker. To add to that, Jacen Solo's apprentice in Legends canon is Ben Skywalker, until the young Jedi fell to the Dark Side.

also chewie is killed in the yuuzahn vong war. because the vong droppped a moon on a planet.

 

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The Sullustan who flies alongside Poe Dameron during the Battle at Starkiller Base is indeed Nien Nunb, the alien who co-piloted the Millennium Falcon with Lando Calrissian during the Battle of Endor.

The Stormtrooper that Rey Jedi mind tricks on Starkiller Base is actually played by Daniel Craig (James Bond himself) in a cameo role.

 

Fuck spoiler tags. If you got this far, and can't read a fucking title before you click, you're an illiterate jizzmonger that deserves to have shit spoiled.

The shit with starkiller base was weird, that I'll concede. Mostly the whole "drain the sun, which manages to replenish itself" thing.

I mean.

What the fuck is that shit?

That said, I suppose it just falls under the umbrella of "in the vein of one of the earliest and least scientifically-founded science fiction franchises ever" sorta thing. We're not talking about the writings of Asimov here. We're talking about star wars. We're talking about a franchise where it's absurd to even suggest there was a scientific basis of thought for even a tenth of the shit Lucas and Co. originally penned.

Lightsabers. The force. The way their fucking spaceships fly. Jabba the goddamn goliath sentient slug. Han being froze in carbonite... and then "dethawed"? All of this structured around a big reveal that the primary antagonist is the father of the primary protagonist.

Yea, I get that EU and whatnot has made a greater effort to work towards realism, but, in the end, I look for as much realism in Star Wars as I do in a high fantasy series.

So, yea, drain a sun for power. Hell, use an entire system instead. Make a gun that shoots fucking black holes for all I care.

Finn for prez though. Finn is the shit. I really did enjoy how they explored the idea that storm troopers are people beneath the masks, despite the First Order (and the genesis of the Empire) trying to stamp that out. They have thoughts and personalities of their own, and they very well may not be down with the whole mow-down-a-village thing. That was probably my favorite part of the movie.


"Why are you doing this?"
"Because it's the right thing to do."
"You need a pilot."
"...I need a pilot."

 

when they were stuck by the anchor thing and poes all "i can fix this" finn is just "i'll blow holes in this ship while you fix this"

which i'm curious did those ties have lasers on the back as well? i couldn't tell with the seat setup i want to say yes.

 

It has a rotating blaster/weapon pod setup below that either the pilot or co-pilot operate. If the co-pilot is busy spinning up the shields/doing fuck all the pilot shots ahead, otherwise the backseat driver gets to shoot at a 75* cone at either end of the craft, but basically its a gimbaled turret.

 

Are we done with spoiler tags?

But i think the main theory with rey learning the force fast is that she has had some training from luke before she was left on jaaku but she doesnt remember it or her parents because someone wiped her memory. Now that is just a theory.

And it makes sense that finn could use a lightsaber if he just extends any melee weapon training to it. Also if they (first order) are looking for luke it makes sense they would give melee training to combat lightsabers to their troops. But he was a bit to good.