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LyricalRiot asked if I’d seen Wayward Jedi’s recent video on Ben’s redemption. I started to reply as a comment, then decided the topic merited its own post. Yes, I did see it, and I was going to post about it, but I didn’t want you guys to get sick of me just parroting someone else’s thoughts. But since you asked… I agreed with the general points WJ made. I think he oversimplified the crimes that Ben’s committed as Kylo Ren, …
Thanks again, Monica, for pointing me in this guy’s direction. Dude’s a fricken genius. His review of TLJ was fascinating, and he just posted his commentary on the TLJ novel. I encourage anyone who’s interested in Reylo or the mythology of Star Wars as a whole to listen to it. I saw little to no Reylo in the novel, but he saw Reylo and Save Ben Solo everywhere. I don’t hate the book as much now after he took me …
So I’ve watched TLJ several times since I got it last week, and I swear I pick up more details every fricken time. It just occurred to me tonight that Poe was indirectly responsible for killing more Resistance members throughout the movie than I realized at first. The bombing fleet in the beginning, obviously, but also the Resistance transports that got blown up. If he’d trusted his superior and hadn’t panicked and gone rogue, sending Finn and Rose off to …