No, it’s not important. How would knowing that change the plot of TFA in any substantive way?

Yep. We’re given exactly as much information about Snoke as we are the Emperor in the OT, and they literally play the EXACT SAME ROLE (something for the actual antagonist to rebel against) but somehow it’s different or something.

This was a “mystery” purely invented by fans who are so used to having complex…

“The fans have spoken and TLJ has the lowest fan rating on multiple sites.”

No sweetie. Loud people online with burner accounts have spoken. And I couldn’t give less of a fuck.

“ignore/abandon virtually every plot thread that the previous film set up.”

No. You just can’t accept that this is a character-driven story rather than a plot-driven story. The Rey/Kylo dynamic is the driving element of the story and its developed perfectly. It’s exactly like the original trilogy in this respect and…

We actually aren’t shown that at all.

Exactly. Star Wars fans have become so obsessed with details, minutiae, explaining everything, endless exposition, etc. They’re missing the forest for the trees. The OT left a lot open to interpretation and worked just fine. I don’t need to be spoonfed a complex backstory for why the Emperor is the Emperor, or how he…

We never got any follow up about what the “Clone Wars” were when they were dropped in the OT. I didn’t have a problem with that and I don’t have a problem with not seeing the Knights of Ren.

Before then, actually. There was already a strong divide. The overall English/Celtic divide is a remnant of the post-Roman, pre-Norman, Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain which pushed the Celts into the north (Scotland) and the west (Wales). What is referred to by historians as the less-than-great moniker “the Celtic…

Because he was likely dead instantaneously from the Force lightning before the fall even happened. Whereas explosions are definitely survivable and you don’t die immediately in space like some people mistakenly think (it would actually be long enough to suck).

Also, we HAVE seen her use the Force. She uses the Force to communicate telepathically with Luke in Empire. It’s established that she is Force sensitive.

Because he had been zapped with Force lighting by a more powerful Force user.

Except it’s not the first time she uses the Force. We see her in the OT communicating with Luke with the Force.

More importantly, she is the ONLY Skywalker that has never lost faith in the Light Side of the Force™ even after literally every member of her family has either abandoned her, flaked out, or is on a non-stop…

That sure is a pretty man.

Flashback.

Exactly. The story ends perfectly. I’ve got a sinking feeling this is going to become some melodramatic thriller or something now that they’ve run out of the source material. The production value and acting will all probably be on point, but in terms of story, there’s no there, there. I’d be glad to be proven wrong…

This whole second season is unnecessary and I am not looking forward to it.

The time between ESB and RotJ is 6 appx. months according to LucasFilm. Luke shows up in Jabba’s palace basically a full Jedi in RotJ after 6 months of training despite the fact that it is implied (by Yoda, who is resistant to training Luke because he is too old) that Jedi training takes a lifetime of tutelage from…

I actually don’t need any of these explanations, but it’s interesting to hear the directors take nonetheless. I don’t need stuff like this spoon feed to me to like the movie. I connected the dots on my own when I watched the movie based on what I know about this world. I am just not seeing these huge inconsistencies…

The purpose was so that she wouldn’t die and to remind us that Leia is literally the only Skywalker who has never lost faith in the light side of the Force even though everyone in her family either abandons her, flakes out, or is actively trying to fuck up her life. Yoda tells Obi-Wan “No, there is another” in…

People on Coruscant wear these robes too. Everyone wears robes in Star Wars, Jedi or no. This is a really stupid hill to die on.