Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker (Spoilers)

[titanfan]

The franchise was hard on all the cast, esp. since the movies weren't perfect.

Don't blame any of them for not wanting to do anything with Star Wars for awhile.

That said, time heals these wounds so it's certainly possible they may be willing to reprise roles 5 or 10 or 20 years down the road.

[Punisher007]

They just turned Poe into "Latin Han Solo" here. Complete with a backstory as a spice smuggler.

[titanfan]

They just turned Poe into "Latin Han Solo" here. Complete with a backstory as a spice smuggler.

The other movies seemed to imply that Poe had a much darker past. I was underwhelmed with the reveal--but I guess it's Disney so I shouldn't have been surprised.

(I did like Zorri Bliss as a side character though)

[Punisher007]

Nah if anything they implied that he was loyal to The Resistance from the get go, it helped separate him from Han. Also this backstory contradicts most of the EU stuff with him as well.

Also giving the guy from Guatemala a backstory where he's essentially a drug smuggler, really JJ, really?

I wouldn't mind seeing more of Zorri though.

Also apparently Oscar said in an interview that he's also done with SW as well.

[Buried Alien]

Agreed, I went from hating Finn just because of the buffoon they made him into, to now being frustrated by the fact we may never see new elements introduced in him that will never have a progression and pay off. Imagine a general that leads a squadron former trained stormtroopers that all may be force sensitive having jedi showing them the ways to the force.

Finn needs a TV series or his own movie.

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[SiegePerilous02]

I liked Zorri on her own, but I couldn't help but feel Disney mostly put her in there because Finn and Poe have a case of the Not Gays.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I liked Zorri on her own, but I couldn't help but feel Disney mostly put her in there because Finn and Poe have a case of the Not Gays.

If they made Poe and Fin gay now that would be progressive not a background kiss with minor characters that can easily be cut.

Amazed some people patting Disney on the back for that...

[dkrook]

I liked Zorri on her own, but I couldn't help but feel Disney mostly put her in there because Finn and Poe have a case of the Not Gays.

Lol, that funny is exactly what I thought of it. Seemingly giving the middle finger to any social media movement for Poe and Finn to be gay together. Personally I was thinking that Finn needed to get with Jannah! Forget Rey and Poe!!!

[ChrisIII]

I'm guessing the Poe stuff is probably before he was a New Republic pilot, perhaps a rebellious phase (apparently he was orphaned at an early age) although I think Zori's dialogue said he went from the spice thing straight to the resistance, which does kind of mess up the backstory.


Curiously the Poe Dameron comics also hinted that Poe might have some force ability all his own as well...and he was raised next to a force tree.

[ChrisIII]

He wanted to complete the Sith ritual since he was clearly not well.

Basically there's still not a lot of them but at the beginning they have some new starfighters, troop carriers and Leia's old Corellian Corvette; they try to take out the fleet's control tower with just those. However, they almost lose until Lando-who is sent to give a sort of rallying cry to the galaxy-arrives with a ton of other ships as reinforcements. That's the big fleet seen in the trailers. It's pretty much every Rebel/resistance Star War ships ever plus various cameo ships from the animated series.

[ChrisIII]

Regarding Fleming I'm pretty sure that they just used the stock footage from TFA. In the new parents footage we only see Rey's back.

[Immortal Weapon]

I liked Zorri on her own, but I couldn't help but feel Disney mostly put her in there because Finn and Poe have a case of the Not Gays.

Those two never came off as gay to me. I'm not the type to think people two should be romantically involved because they're great together.

[SiegePerilous02]

If they made Poe and Fin gay now that would be progressive not a background kiss with minor characters that can easily be cut.

Amazed some people patting Disney on the back for that...

Lol, that funny is exactly what I thought of it. Seemingly giving the middle finger to any social media movement for Poe and Finn to be gay together. Personally I was thinking that Finn needed to get with Jannah! Forget Rey and Poe!!!

I think stuff like the background characters kissing is important too in its own way. But on its own, as a half assed attempt to be progressive while pretty blatantly backtracking/ignoring other options at the same time? Yeah kind of pitiful.

Especially as they will likely cut it out in some international releases like you say.

Those two never came off as gay to me. I'm not the type to think people two should be romantically involved because they're great together.

I think the chemistry could go either way. Isaac played it that way I think in TFA. They seem to be the only two people with consistently good chemistry between each other and enjoy each others' company.

But seriously, there is a pretty vocal segment on social media wanting these two to get together for something legitimately new and different. And their attempts to shoehorn in female love interests for Finn and Poe (though more of a **** buddy in the latter's case) seems like a pretty transparent attempt to diver attention away from it. Amusingly enough, Boyega plays it with disinterest with the new woman he's paired up with in this film. Because the other two avenues (Rey or Poe) would have been more interesting and progressive.

[Derek Metaltron]

Rose did seem to come across in Last Jedi like a beard for Finn. I thought the treatment of her in ROS was probably a tad unfair, even though I am not a big fan of the character.

I don’t think it’s essential to make Finn and Poe an item mind. Bromances in fiction don’t especially seem to be understood by parts of fandom these days. TFA implies that Poe might have a bit of a crush on Finn but not the other way around.

I know the parallels to ROTJ were inevitable but did anyone else think that they were gonna reveal out the blue that Finn and Jannah were siblings?

[Immortal Weapon]

I know the parallels to ROTJ were inevitable but did anyone else think that they were gonna reveal out the blue that Finn and Jannah were siblings?

I got the feeling that Jannah might have been related to Lando after their meeting. Lando is the type of guy I can see having a few bastard children around the galaxy.