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Why do you supposed Ren looks down his blade like this? I assumed it was his way of focusing, kinda like one would use a scope, but I can see it being just a threatening gesture, like that aggressive stomp he does when he ignites his sabre in TLJ and the TFA teaser trailer (0:50). Like an “I’m coming for you” sort of thing. Or maybe it’s both. Or could it be a martial arts thing? Just wondering what you …
This is from a couple years ago, but I wanted to throw it out there in case you guys haven’t seen it yet. If I’m having a bad day, this is guaranteed to make me smile. I like the bloopers even more. I listen to Collider Jedi Council almost every week, and a few months ago they had Bobby Moynihan on and he talked about making the above skit, the action figure skit, the audition spoofs (these were cut), …
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, …
So… I don’t think anyone but Luke knew that Vader died redeemed. He told Leia, and presumably Han, after the fact, but I don’t think anyone else knew. So then how did Snoke and Rey know? A million guesses as to Snoke, but Rey… I can only assume Leia told her before Rey took off to find Luke. Hmm….
Something that just occurred to me because I’m an idiot who doesn’t notice as many details as I like to think I do: Skywalkers. They who walk in the sky. Who do we know who walks in the sky? Gods. And WJ’s theory just became that much more compelling.
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 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 …
Is it just me or is Rey astoundingly intelligent and articulate for someone who received no formal education growing up? She must have been very good at self-teaching… I mean, she managed to teach herself how to pilot a starship without any practical experience, if I remember correctly… I guess where there’s a will, there’s a way… 😉 Or I could just be ignorant to a portion of her background. *shrugs*
I never noticed until yesterday that Ren’s sabre and Rey’s quarterstaff are perfectly aligned in the TFA poster. Coincidence? I think not!