I think I know where they will go with Rey's past. We're betting that she's Luke's daughter. As for the Republic, didn't the Starkiller base pretty much kill off the whole Senate and a lot of the Republic when it destroyed the 5-7 planets early in the movie?
I really don't know what I expected. I did like the movie. My kid thinks it's the best movie he's ever seen in his whole life (then again, he also thinks the last 3 prequel movies are great). But, when it was so very much like the original, practically scene for scene, it was disappointing.
I think I would have liked to have seen something along the lines of the Star Wars Rebels animated series, which I truly enjoy. Not sure if you've seen that series, but basically you have a rogue group of thieves, one of which is a jaded jedi. They encounter a street orphan who steals the cargo they just stole from the empire, and the jaded jedi discovers the boy has the force with him (an untrained jedi in the making). The boy joins the crew and they all work together to thwart the empire at every angle - helping various communities that are under the thumb of the tyrants. Or maybe anything else - maybe a story where Rey truly is Luke's daughter and they are living on a remote planet - he is tortured and she is blissfully unaware though he has been subtly training her - when the war suddenly comes to them. I don't know *shrugs*
I have hopes the next movie will change direction and not be a rehash of The Empire Strikes Back. Though wouldn't it be cool if we find out that Han Solo doesn't die? Instead his fall is cushioned somehow, and a person recognizes him for the bounty on his head then freezes him 'for transport' which effectively stops him from dying from the light saber wound. hmmm...wonder where I got that plot bunny *pauses TESB while pondering the idea* ;)
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I really don't know what I expected. I did like the movie. My kid thinks it's the best movie he's ever seen in his whole life (then again, he also thinks the last 3 prequel movies are great). But, when it was so very much like the original, practically scene for scene, it was disappointing.
I think I would have liked to have seen something along the lines of the Star Wars Rebels animated series, which I truly enjoy. Not sure if you've seen that series, but basically you have a rogue group of thieves, one of which is a jaded jedi. They encounter a street orphan who steals the cargo they just stole from the empire, and the jaded jedi discovers the boy has the force with him (an untrained jedi in the making). The boy joins the crew and they all work together to thwart the empire at every angle - helping various communities that are under the thumb of the tyrants. Or maybe anything else - maybe a story where Rey truly is Luke's daughter and they are living on a remote planet - he is tortured and she is blissfully unaware though he has been subtly training her - when the war suddenly comes to them. I don't know *shrugs*
I have hopes the next movie will change direction and not be a rehash of The Empire Strikes Back. Though wouldn't it be cool if we find out that Han Solo doesn't die? Instead his fall is cushioned somehow, and a person recognizes him for the bounty on his head then freezes him 'for transport' which effectively stops him from dying from the light saber wound. hmmm...wonder where I got that plot bunny *pauses TESB while pondering the idea* ;)