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Post #1321651

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StarkillerAG
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The Rise Of Skywalker — Official Review and Opinions Thread
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Date created
24-Jan-2020, 6:54 PM

DominicCobb said:

StarkillerAG said:

She has family issues he always seemed okay with.

That’s just a plot point, it’s not a weakness. Rey doesn’t seem to be shaken by either one of her family reveals, unlike Luke who was shocked to his core by Vader’s revelation.

That’s funny. “Just a plot point.” It’s literally the primary motivator of just about everything she does.

I wasn’t denying that, I was just saying that Rey’s longing for her parents isn’t really a weakness, especially when she doesn’t seem shaken up about it at all.

“Not a weakness”? Kylo Ren literally calls it her “greatest weakness.”

Which was a really dumb line. The dialogue in these movies keeps trying to convince us that Rey is torn between the dark side and the light, but Rey never actually does any dark side stuff besides making an evil face a few times. Compare that to Luke in ROTJ, who wears Sith robes and literally Force chokes people in his first minute of screen time. I’d say that Luke’s temptation to the dark side was handled much better than Rey’s temptation.