Feels like the arrival of this study is a bit ... poorly timed? All of the EU - now dubbed legends - is no longer canon, including the Old Republic era.

Re. Kylo Ren’s defeat at the hands of Rey: he had just killed his own father and was still dealing with the emotional ramifications of that. Hence why he pounds his wound throughout the fight: he’s trying to tap into his anger and pain to block out whatever vestiges of the light side remain in him. Then there’s the…

You’re complaining about the fact that Poe hugs Finn at the rebel base? Seriously? The guy saved Poe’s life and helped him escape certain death at the hands of the First Order. Also, Finn thought that Poe had died in the crash and vice-versa. I’m pretty sure that, in a similar situation, any normal, thinking, feeling…

While I agree that the Force Awakens has many superficial similarities to A New Hope, I don’t agree with the author’s statement that “Story beats, character arcs, even the ending are pretty much straight from the original movie.” As far as I remember, episode IV ended with Princess Leia bestowing medals on our…