Interesting, as Lucas did spend some time in Japan in the early 70’s and fans have speculated about the anime influence on Star Wars ever since. I certainly saw elements of Star Wars in Space Battleship Yamato when it reached American tv’s as Star Blazers.

What’s wrong with being nice to animals others are clearly abusing for their own pleasure and greed? Nothing political about that. ROTJ hung on being nice to teddy bears.

I think Rey is just modest about seeing her nemesis half naked. 😉