Yeah, there's a couple of things in there that seem to be misdirects like:
I actually like Rey tbh, at least when it comes down to her character. Wasn't really a fan of her randomly pulling off a Mind Trick really quickly or how the Forest Fight was handled however.
Same here. I mean... I'll wait and see what that shit was about in the film.
It's like... The First Order didn't learn from the empire's mistakes. Instead of taking the TIE Interceptor or Defender designs, they stick with the basic one. Instead of building a fleet of Mandator IV-class dreadnoughts with like Class 0.5 hyperdrives, they waste money and resources building a wanked Death Star that can fire through hyperspace. What were they thinking?
It recently came to light that Lucasfilm chose to play it safe as they felt the nostalgia factor of the OT was easier to market. But now they're apparently trying to experiment and Abrams himself supposedly said he no longer wants to play it safe.
I wonder how you'd react if Rey was somehow connected to Palpatine.I watched it. Absolutely loved it! The throw back to the original movie when Yoda said he'd be afraid was incredible. I honestly can't wait. It is going to be gooooold.
(I also like Rey as a character. Maybe not some of her awesome feats, but her character seems good so far. Really hoping she has a connection to Obi-Wan or something. I know it'd be cheesy or whatnot, but I want her to have a connection to someone we know and love.)
I have no idea why they haven't improved/specialized their starfighters, out of everything that's the criminal part IMO. They've seen an Executor-Class Star Dreadnaught get taken down by a single A-Wing crashing into its bridge, and while this did mainly happen because the Battle over Endor was sheer chaos, it still doesn't explain their refusal to innovate. Especially since, like you said, it would be much more efficient from a money/resources/effort point of view. Plus it would just be easier to believe, IIRC the Death Star 2 pretty much bankrupted the Empire, so I don't see how a tiny remnant of it is making things like Starkiller base and
Seconded on wanting Rey to be connected to an already established character, though I wouldn't really want it to be Obi-Wan, his entire relationship with Satine in TCW would be weakened a tad if he moved on and Rey is his child/grandchild IMO. Unless she's like his grandniece, that could work. That said, I'd take granddaughter of Obi-Wan over Rey Palpatine... or worse, a reincarnated Anakin.I watched it. Absolutely loved it! The throw back to the original movie when Yoda said he'd be afraid was incredible. I honestly can't wait. It is going to be gooooold.
(I also like Rey as a character. Maybe not some of her awesome feats, but her character seems good so far. Really hoping she has a connection to Obi-Wan or something. I know it'd be cheesy or whatnot, but I want her to have a connection to someone we know and love.)
If I were an engineer working for Sienar-Jaemus, I honestly would have taken the TIE Interceptor design and slapped a deflector shield generator and at least a Class 3 hyperdrive on the bloody thing.
Canon Star Wars omits a lot of info when it comes to starship armaments (especially capital ships). For example, we know from multiple scenes in the OT that ISDs (I and II line) have SB 920 laser cannons but this info is often omitted (even in Legends sources which go really in depth). It only makes sense to me that the Mandator IV has at least capital ship grade medium if not heavy turbolasers. They're just a standard on 600+ metre capital ships.
I don't think Luke's going to go Dark Empire on us. He's just more likely to go down the Bendu path. I just hope they haven't nerfed him and made him a wimp. I actually want to see him kick some ass.
I dunno, either he is going evil or the guys behind the movie are seriously trying to mislead us at least. Just look at the color theme... it is not an accident that the sith color is being used. Luke being like bendu wouldn't be quite bad though. IIRC the novel, which I didn't read though, is supposed to say that snooke took an interest in ben because he had good balance of light and dark in him. Bendu is specifically said to be the middle way in rebels... I guess grey jedi or a new path for jedi is going to be a thing. On the other hand this seems contradictory with george lucas earlier statements about the force as he did say the light is supposed to be greater than the dark. As in simple good and evil. Then again perhaps lucas already backpedaled a bit on that when the mortis family was introduced.
Yeah. Snoke's exact words are that Ben is an "ideal embodiment of the Light and Dark".
Lucas has indeed done a U-turn on many ideas. The introduction of the Father as the embodiment of the balance between Light and Dark (Daughter and Son) and Anakin being his "replacement" clearly shows that he wanted to explore the in-between.
I'd extend that to Star Wars in general since, at least from my POV, Luke's stand out feature has always been that he is completely hopeful and incorruptible. This is the guy that faced both Vader and the Emperor alone and chose to sacrifice himself rather than join them, the guy that thought his father could be redeemed despite both Obi Wan and Yoda saying it would be impossible. Luke joining the Dark Side would be character assassination IMO, I didn't like it in Dark Empire and I'd hate for it to happen again. If Order 66 survivors like Yoda and Obi Wan managed to resist the Dark Side despite being complete hermits, with Yoda even hiding on a massive Dark Side nexus, then Luke should be able to keep himself on the Light Side even in exile. I don't even think the argument of this being different from the case of Yoda is valid as a huge part of Yoda felt the Jedi Order's downfall was his fault, which is incredibly similar to how Luke apparently fled due to the fact that he felt guilty for his new Jedi Order's destruction at the hands of the Knights of Ren.
Well that kind of stuff I like. As long as they at least consult a bit with his ideas and vision then cool, otherwise outside of that its meh to me. I will stick to the books and the original 6 movies
Yeah. Most likely he'll go grey (using both Light and Dark). The Journal of the Whills clearly hints at this.
Not a bad idea really. The Force Awakens novelization and comic adaptation do a much better job of explaining a lot of shit that they just couldn't in the film.
Sequel series had Vader.
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The books are fantastic. You get a much more fleshed out experience than canon could ever offer. Legends was good too. The Clone Wars even xD. Until Rebels that is.
