“I brought up Luke’s flight to Cloud City as an example of how the balance between skepticism and belief in the Force is always there in Star Wars films.”

“After Luke witnesses Yoda lift the X-Wing, you’d think that he would listen to whatever Yoda has to say, right? Wrong. He trots off to Cloud City, ignoring both Obi Wan and Yoda.”

I like how you continue to think that because one character believes something, the audience is meant to as well. So does Luke’s x-wing independently rise from the swamp, since that might not be the force? You’re completely failing to miss the point: in the world of Star Wars, the existence of the Force is a fact.…

The viewer is allowed to make their mind up? Star Wars presents The Force as fact and has a couple people who don’t believe it. It’d be like a Christian film having an atheist; clearly, the movie has a perspective (and the audience) that is intended to be different from a character. That’s all Han is, there. He’s the…

Explain to me how “Rey had experience fighting and knowledge of things that Luke never had” means there are no parallels between the character? Your reading comprehension is atrocious; it makes me wonder how you can possibly understand a movie when you think “Rey had experiences Luke did not” is the same as “there are…

And when did I say Rey isn’t meant to parallel Luke in some ways? I never said that. Your reading comprehension needs work before we can have a productive conversation. You grossly misrepresent my arguments in order to argue against them. Try addressing things I actually said.

You’re honestly saying Star Wars expects us, even on first viewing, to side with Han? Yeah, he represents unbelievers, but we’re not unbelievers. We’ve already seen Obiwan use his powers. We know there’s something to this magic. Han is skeptical, but not rightly so, and we know that as the audience. If you think that…

Really? They went out of their way showing that Rey is a literal fighter. They show her fending off multiple guys early in the film. It’s made clear she has had to learn how to fight in order to survive. It’s the whole focus of the scene where Finn is trying to save her but she doesn’t need him. Whether that’s just…

Wow. You’re such a parrot for all the crap people have tried to sling at Force Awakens. She is no more of a Mary Sue than Luke was. Luke was able to deflect laser blasts from a floating droid with his eyes shut without knowing anything about the force until like the day before, and having no training. He destroyed the…

That whole “ripping off A New Hope” whining is getting old. Yes, the framework was very similar, but the characters and their beats were very original, and that’s what matters in Star Wars. What weapon the big bad uses is hardly important.

I suppose you see it as antagonistic, where I see it as a descriptor of antagonistic behavior. Just because it’s harsh doesn’t mean it’s aggressive. But way to continue to fail to address most of my points.

Yes. When someone’s behavior is crappy, it should be pointed out. Most people don’t want to be seen as crappy, and if you point it out, even bluntly, it makes them see how some are perceiving them, and they can choose whether or not to amend their behavior. Someone might say something racist for example, and so if…

Your argument is weak. I used the friend example to show that place and context have different standards of etiquette, but you vaguely phrase your argument as if I said that was the only occasion where it’s acceptable. Calling someone a dick is certainly informal, but not overly cutting, and Kotaku frequently has…

It’s all context and what is appropriate in that context. I would never tell a judge in court that (s)he’s being a dick, but if a friend of mine is being rude, it wouldn’t be out of line for me to say, “dude, you’re being a dick. Quit it.”

I've told my friends when they were being dicks. It's not a matter of civility but of vocabulary. Civility is not dependent on vocab.

It’s pretty funny that you try to make me the bad guy for pointing out why what he said wasn’t “just a joke” and why that was a bad excuse, and yet, here you are talking down to me, assuming I’m a kid because you disagree with my approach. Still, you clearly misunderstood the point, because even as a joke, it’s still…

You’ve never calmly told someone they’re being a dick? Either you’re not around many people who aren’t saintly or you have a hot temper.

See, you just pointed out the problem. He thinks a mean-spirited comment is the same thing as a clever joke played for laughs, but fails to realize that good jokes make a point, so when someone points out his statement isn’t even true, he hides behind the fallacy that it was just a joke. People use that excuse to…

I love when someone says something rude making fun of someone else and gets called out in a way that shows that their original comment wasn’t even accurate, they act like the other person is having a temper tantrum. Emberdione was chill, S1D, and saying “I was joking” isn’t a good cover for being a dick and being…

To be fair, a lot of people are stupid and aren’t actually responding to the article or its content.