was just thinking about some things,
the Kylo/Rey duel. keep in mind that he's also inexperienced too. Not so much as Rey but Kylo hasn't been exactly dueling with any other Jedi prior, because there ARE no other Jedi, or at least, no other Jedi with lightsabers. You can argue he was out of practice so to speak. So he was caught off guard with Rey who is obviously a natural prodigy Jedi*, whereas he dominated Finn (also Rey was pretty much fleeing the entire fight, it wasn't until she was "backed in a corner" when she struck back at him heavy). Dude was also heavily injured after taking a direct hit from Chewie's bowcaster rifle. Remember, upon hearing of what happened at Starkiller Base, Snoke told Hux to retrieve Kylo so he can "complete his training." hopefully this explanation can smooth things out a bit lol. he is still in conflict with the light and dark sides within himself, he's still not 100% evil despite wanting to be.
*perhaps even Luke's daughter or granddaughter, which explains why she is so powerful.
Lupita Nyongo's character I forget her name, is obviously the new "Yoda" and I can't wait till they reveal how in the hell Anakin's old lightsaber is still intact, to which she said "a question for another time." They knew all of us would have questions so they gotta keep us guessing which is great. Snoke is the most mysterious character thus far, a lot of criticisms about him but I thought it would be cool & unique to have a friggin gigantic intelligent alien character in Star Wars, so I was somewhat disappointed to see that instead of being this menacing 25ft tall practitioner of the darkside, it was just a hologram LOL. oh well. I don't think he's Darth Plagueis but we shall see
Cap'n Phasma is being set up to be the new improved "Boba Fett" and she will have her time to shine, mark my words. Kinda like how Boba was originally in A New Hope but was cut; he didn't do squat in that scene, he was just there to look cool & mysterious. Same with Phasma's role in this movie. Although that 1 Storm Trooper that was kicking Finn's ass, THAT should've been Phasma instead. o well
Also loved how they aren't completely ignoring the prequels; little nods to those events are in this film such as them considering using clones and the new Yoda mentioning the Sith by name. Despite peoples valid opinions on those films it's still ALL canon, as it should be and this movie acknowledges this
was one of the planets Starkiller Base blew up Coruscant? It kinda looked like it was but not 100% sure. If so then that's kinda a big deal since Coruscant was pretty much the "capital" planet of the Star Wars galaxy. General Hux did say they would eliminate the remaining of the Republic, so it would make sense for them to destroy Naboo, etc. since that was what those planets stood for in the prequels
why did Kylo Ren, Phasma, etc. care so much that Finn betrayed them? He was just 1 random soldier in an army of thousands, they shoulda been like "oh well no big loss jokes on you fam cuz we are legion" but instead Kylo was PISSED lol
Apparently during Rey's flashback scene of past events of the SW saga, you can hear Obi Wan as voiced by Ewan McGregor saying "Rey, these are your first steps..." among other voices such as Luke screaming from ESB. perhaps it was Obi that told her to use Jedi Mind Trick in that 1 scene with
James Bondthat Storm Trooper
I want my own lightsaber now. One red, one purple.
true Jedi build their own lightsabers just saiyan