We'll see when the time comes.
I think that the Takodana scenes showed that Rey wouldn't've had a chance had Kylo not been injured. Also, we don't know the details of how Kylo attacked the Jedi school (did he bring First Order squads, was Luke even present for the attack?, etc.) Until we get the specifics, it's hard to say what exactly went down.
I guess the question is how much of his Force usage was just for holding himself together and how much he could expend for extra stuff. We don't know for sure, but we do see him get worse and worse the longer he has to fight.
Like I said, her attacks are pretty clumsy when she tries that (she spends most of this time retreating as well).
Doesn't he seem more vicious after she connects to the Force at the cliff? Like he was going a little easy before?
She was also in retreat and running the risk of loosing. (As I understand it, Kylo was in very bad shape, hence the extra effort needed to subdue her, but was probably going to win until Rey connected to the Force and changed the tide.)
I don't think it's been exactly confirmed why he was hitting himself. However, if he was trying to boost his Force powers, it didn't work that well, as we see him deteriorate over the course of the duel.
If you watch the R1 Blu-Ray features, they explain that they used Saw since he was a preexisting character that fit a slot they wanted in the movie's cast. The actor also watched the Clone Wars shows his character appeared in a p
Two decades of time will change people. It's not a mistake that the guy we saw in the cartoon became the guy we saw in the movie.
Yeah, Saw's Rebels appearances were made to be prequels to his role in R1. However, when I said that R1 had Rebels materials, I was referring to the fact that they did things like put Chopper and the Ghost in the movie. The Hammerhead ships that played a role in the battle were also established in Rebels.
Accidents happen. It's has no bearing on the sources validity, at any rate.
As I recall, "word of God" statements were taken as accurate, so I'm guessing a form of G?