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HylianFox posted...

I actually liked the new characters, the writers just didn't do shit with them

I still say Finn & Poe should have ended up as a couple, given their "meet cute" setup

To each his own. I thought from a casting perspective, a dialogue perspective, and a story telling perspective, they went way too safe. The characters of Kylo and Ren came from the wrong angle, and I dont know what purpose Finn and Poe are actually supposed to serve.

I would have preferred a story where Luke is actually training Han and Leias kid, who is being pulled in a million different directions, and if they really needed to go the mother son route, have Luke fuck up as a teacher and Leia handle the redemption arc as they did. Although, I think it would have been better if Kylo and Rey were simply friends at Lukes academy, Rey can be a nobody, just a force savant as it were, and Kylo hates being second fiddle or something along those lines and gets pulled away from the academy by some OTHER mysterious dark power that isnt Palpatine. And have Luke be forced to learn how to be a better teacher and have him go after his lost apprentice. And if you have to kill him, then have Rey pick up the banner in the 3rd movie after she watches Luke die at the end of the second movie, and whatever lure of the dark side you have pulling Kylo over is revealed. So Rey either has a choice, to try and save her friend who has now killed both his father and uncle, or kill him herself.

Only problem with that idea though, is that is dangerously close to what they did in legends. But at least its a more personal story than the bullshit we got.

And if you notice, Poe and Finn do not fit in my story at all. I actually dont see a need for the rebellion against the empire story at all, and really dont need the massive space battles or intergalactic war at all. That shit was supposed to be done in Episode 6. The dogfighting we would have would be more similar to what we saw in Attack of the Clones with the asteroid field chase. And the whole concept of the first order makes absolutely no sense and exists only to sell merchandise. I dont see why you need a rebel pilot and rogue storm trooper at all. If you are going to make an episode 7 at all, it really shouldnt have been that similar to the originals. I actually like that the prequels tried to stay away from that. Its too bad someone put Gungans and Battle droids in George Lucas head, and forgot to review the dialogue before it was written.