Oh hey a video review. Hard pass.
dahmaged if you can understand Phasma and bits 'o Finn complaints, I think you have to add BB-8 in there as well. Specifically, the walker sequence.
Why though? Chewie once hijacked a walker. Droids can’t?
Well, Chewie is an experienced pilot that uses his arms everyday. BB-8 is a droid that seemingly relies on a his data port or whatever to jack in to transportation vessels to operate them. It is a stretch.
Isn’t that what he does though? Or are you saying that’s hard to believe (but that’s what droids do)?
If I recall, he uses his little arm thingys to pull on the various levers to make the walker move.
If so, that is a little silly, but I don’t think the idea of a droid piloting a walker is a bad one (and it was a nice “yay!” moment in the theater).
Dom, do you not think you’re going out of your way to defend a stupid sequence?
No, I simply don’t think it was all that stupid. My honest reaction in the theater was “this is fun.”
To me, BB-8 in this movie was some droid factory material from AotC, especially that walker sequence and the weaponized coins.
I thought the coins was a nice bit. But honestly my only problem with the droid factory is A) R2 having jets which feels inconsistent with the OT, and B) C-3PO swapping heads with a battle droid which makes no sense and only serves to provide comic relief (which isn’t in any way funny).