Never once did he refer to the stuff that was indoctrinated in him since birth. He already knew something was wrong with what the empire was doing. He just had the wakeup call when a dead dude smeared characterization onto his helmet.
Instead of a journey anyone could've had, dismantling the real evil of the sith with hard work and introspection, he was just special. Once he got permission, he killed his former bunkmates like they weren't special. Because they and all of the other victims of imperialism were nothing to the writers.
These are the people who tell themselves that they'd refuse to applaud at Hitler's speech and say 'how dare you, sir' as they no scoped the entire SS.
People who know nothing about imperialism and fascism wrote Finn's character arc.
Why wasn't Finn distrustful of the Republic and the rebels? Why did they trust him so quickly? To fast track the retelling of episode 4?
A more interesting arc was in season one of the new She-ra.
Later seasons are hard for me to remember, but I was satisfied with a lot of it. And it definitely has more nuanced conversations about good and evil than this slop.
When I heard about Rey, I assumed her character would be something like this: an orphan girl who has grown up on a cutthroat world becomes a hardened and jaded loner. Bitter. Emotionally closed off.
I assumed that fate would throw her together with Finn, who would be in a similar place vis-à-vis fascist deprogramming. They'd have to learn to trust each other and yadda yadda yadda.
Instead, we don't really get a story. Maybe my idea was a little trite, but at least it was something.
Never once did he refer to the stuff that was indoctrinated in him since birth. He already knew something was wrong with what the empire was doing. He just had the wakeup call when a dead dude smeared characterization onto his helmet.
Instead of a journey anyone could've had, dismantling the real evil of the sith with hard work and introspection, he was just special. Once he got permission, he killed his former bunkmates like they weren't special. Because they and all of the other victims of imperialism were nothing to the writers.
These are the people who tell themselves that they'd refuse to applaud at Hitler's speech and say 'how dare you, sir' as they no scoped the entire SS.
People who know nothing about imperialism and fascism wrote Finn's character arc.
Why wasn't Finn distrustful of the Republic and the rebels? Why did they trust him so quickly? To fast track the retelling of episode 4?
A more interesting arc was in season one of the new She-ra.
I haven't finished She-ra but what I saw was pretty good. And refreshingly gay.
Later seasons are hard for me to remember, but I was satisfied with a lot of it. And it definitely has more nuanced conversations about good and evil than this slop.
When I heard about Rey, I assumed her character would be something like this: an orphan girl who has grown up on a cutthroat world becomes a hardened and jaded loner. Bitter. Emotionally closed off.
I assumed that fate would throw her together with Finn, who would be in a similar place vis-à-vis fascist deprogramming. They'd have to learn to trust each other and yadda yadda yadda.
Instead, we don't really get a story. Maybe my idea was a little trite, but at least it was something.