Leia seriously needed more to do. Hell, I felt like it was out of character for her to not go with them and leave trying to talk to Kylo all up to Han. (But she had to stay behind so he could die.) You know, sadly, I think the way her not going would've worked best was if she _were_ a Jedi. She would be sensed, he's angry with the Jedi, etc. Dang it, writers, you missed an opportunity to have things hang together better.
The Starkiller thing had me WTFing in the theater. It is so ridiculous it actually took me out of the movie a little and I had to go "You know what, it's Star Wars, just go with it." and ignore the zillions of reasons why it is completely ridiculous.
Sidenote to finish up the day: what is even going on with the two sides here?
This is partially headcanon, but I think (though this doesn't explain the First Order's name)... I think what's supposed to have happened is that the Rebellion/New Republic couldn't get the entire Old Republic back and made a peace treaty with the Imperial Remnant (much as eventually happened in the EU) and either the Imperial Remnant came to style itself as the First Order, or an extremist group in it took it over and restyled it to the First Order. The Resistance is people in Imperial Remnant space (as opposed to New Republic space) who object to the First Order. I think. It is decidedly unclear.
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Date: 2016-01-19 06:21 am (UTC)The Starkiller thing had me WTFing in the theater. It is so ridiculous it actually took me out of the movie a little and I had to go "You know what, it's Star Wars, just go with it." and ignore the zillions of reasons why it is completely ridiculous.
Sidenote to finish up the day: what is even going on with the two sides here?
This is partially headcanon, but I think (though this doesn't explain the First Order's name)... I think what's supposed to have happened is that the Rebellion/New Republic couldn't get the entire Old Republic back and made a peace treaty with the Imperial Remnant (much as eventually happened in the EU) and either the Imperial Remnant came to style itself as the First Order, or an extremist group in it took it over and restyled it to the First Order. The Resistance is people in Imperial Remnant space (as opposed to New Republic space) who object to the First Order. I think. It is decidedly unclear.