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Another thing that Poe and Holdo failures exemplify is balance, which is parallel to the balance of the Force that Rey learns about. Poe is extremely emotional, and Holdo is extremely mechanical. They failed hard in their own ways. Maybe Leia represents a more balanced emotional/rational approach that is more successful?

Basically all the successes in the movie were acts of balance. Rey is not just a powerful light force jedi, she is extremely balanced. She dived into the dark force and searched it for answers, while still keeping her way. She is not deathly afraid of the dark like Luke and she is much stronger for it. Kylo also shows a balance in helping Rey or following Snoke. The way he killed Snoke was an ultimate act of balance and then the fight with/against Rey also. It's an evil kind of balance, but balance nonetheless. Maybe he was able to confuse Snoke's mindreading because internally he truly was balanced between killing Rey or killing Snoke. A balanced force is also what broke the old lightsaber.

Balance in general is the antithesis to the original trilogy, where everything was literally black and white. So if the movie is trying to subvert the originals, balance would be the way to do it.

That stuff is reading a bit deeper into the story than I think the writers intended but it's plausible. Now I just wish they would take this concept further and have gray jedi in 9.
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