“Of course he didn’t want to divide people. Think about it. This guy is a geek, just like us, and got the opportunity of a lifetime.” — And he pissed it away by not having a story to tell and instead making an incoherent movie filled with scenes and messages that are in conflict with each other. Oh, but they look…

See, I’m totally okay with Rey being a nobody who is strong with the Force, because that’s exactly who Luke was in A New Hope and the first 90% of Empire. Even after Empire, many of us STILL wanted Luke to be a nobody rather than accept the truth! But my objection is the deliberate misdirection, where we weren’t just…

I don’t have any problem with the choice, in fact I support it because frankly I’m tired of the “Chosen One” trope.

I didn’t care for the reveal. Rey being a nobody is fine, but I don’t see the point in all the hints in The Force Awakens and then the actors and directors coyly talking around it between films. It’s like someone giving you a box and encouraging you to speculate what’s in it, and then yelling “surprise!” when you open…

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