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Post #1417049

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TestingOutTheTest
Parent topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
12-Mar-2021, 11:13 PM

Removed Finn telling Rey he “never told you—“ while the heroes sink in the quicksand, as well as two subsequent references to it

I disagree with this.

I’ve seen people criticizing how Finn wanting to tell Rey something was never resolved, but that was literally the point. Finn’s arc in TRoS was that he needed to let go of his attachment to Rey and move on from her altogether. The moment he lets go of Rey is when he and Jannah find her dueling Kylo Ren and she pushes him away with the Force, and after that he not only lets go of his attachment to Rey but also puts an end to his notion that he reveal his Force-sensitivity to her.

Now, yes, he does sense her death and give her a hug alongside Poe once she returns to Ajan Kloss, but his attachment isn’t as over-the-top as it was earlier in the film. If Finn had told Rey he was Force-sensitive, then it would have undermined his arc.