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Amy commented on my post about Rey’s piloting. I meant to just reply there, but it got longer and longer and finally I decided it would be better to make a post of it. So this was Amy’s comment: The little I’ve read on Rey’s background in the books and the part of TLJ book that talks about how Rey has access to Ben’s training…I hate what they’re doing to her character. I always believed it was the force that …
The lovely Monica Perle responded to my post recommending Vincent Vendetta’s Reylo videos on YouTube and recommended more videos by Wayward Jedi. I checked them out. This was my experience. Wayward Jedi: I believe Kylo Ren and Rey are Anakin and Padme reborn. Okay, I know Star Wars is supposed to be mythopoetic, but that’s taking it a bit far. *starts to think about all the Pinterest posts I’ve seen drawing parallels to the prequels but …
I just realized–when that guard catches Rey’s sabre in his whip–well, for one thing, why didn’t she just deactivate her sabre before he got his hand around her throat?–but regardless, when she gets around the guard and pulls her sabre through him, she brings the whip with her, meaning she pulls it through his body, then flings it at the curtain and sets it on fire. That is so badass. And gross. But mostly badass.
The timing doesn’t add up to me. How did Snoke and Ben know anything about the transports or Crait? DJ doesn’t make his deal until long after Rey and Ren are already in the throne room, or so it was presented to us. We don’t see Snoke get informed of the development, so how did he know about the transports, and how did he know when they actually launched (bc they didn’t even launch until after Finn and Poe were …
I was cruising Pinterest when I should have been doing something productive and came across a post mentioning a YouTuber named Vincent Vendetta and his videos on Reylo. I liked that he was a guy Reylo shipper and checked out his videos. They’re pre-TLJ, but they are brilliant. He covers some clues from TFA I never noticed and considers parallels I didn’t even know existed. There are three videos, the first two all relevant, but the third one’s only relevant …
I’ve watched TLJ with my mom, as well as my brother and sister-in-law. Their reactions were underwhelming. [end credits] Me: So what did you think? Mom: Better than I expected. Me, waits a beat: That’s it? Mom, scrambling to form opinions: It’s too bad Luke’s dead. Me: Uh-huh. Mom: And so Leia’s evil son is in charge now? Me: You think he’s evil? Mom, wary, like she’s wondering if this is a test: Yes? Me: *sighs* [end credits] Me: So …
It occurs to me–what if, in IX, Ben and Rey lose everything, and they’re drawn back into each other’s company just so they aren’t alone? What if history repeats itself, only this time, they have each other to fall back on, however reluctantly? Because Lucas himself has said Star Wars is all about the poetry. What if Ben gets kicked out of the First Order, left for dead or something, just like he was more or less kicked out of …
You know, I get so confused when it comes to how lightsabres work. Do you have to press a button, or can you ignite it using the Force? Maybe both? I know in TFA Finn mistakenly pressed the button that adjusts the length of the blade on Luke’s sabre instead of the activation matrix. Fans noticed and I think it was Pablo Hidalgo who admitted it was a mistake. Now I’m studying the fight scene, and Ren doesn’t seem to …
Wrong again! Those sneaky, sneaky attendants–I never noticed them anywhere in the movie until I started studying scenes and watching closely. Ironically, I paid more attention to the camouflaged guards than the very visible attendants. Not only were they in the first scene with Snoke, they were there later, too. They were there when Ren brought Rey to Snoke. They were there when Snoke started monologuing. And then they’re just gone, and you don’t see them again. Guess it was …
It occurs to me that the editors of the TLJ novel probably knew Reylos wouldn’t like it, and that’s why the first words of the jacket blurb are, “Written with input from director Rian Johnson…” Like we would read that and think, “Oh, well this must be how Rian intended it, then. I guess the sexual tension was all in my head.” You underestimate Reylo. It will be your downfall.