^ Yes mate, fully agree. I’m looking forward to the next film (even the dislikers will to carry on disliking it)… but not just to watch the film for itself - but to see how the characters are going to develop, what’ll happen to them, how the story will evolve etc… and having that important element of the viewer caring for the characters shows what a good job the filmmakers did with this film. A mary sue character just wouldn’t have that effect, or generate that interest.
Re ‘Merry Sue’ - no worries 😃 I still can’t remember if Yoda says in ESB ‘difficult to see… always in motion the future is’?, or is it ‘difficult to see… always emotion the future is’? Both work as a line and have an impact - though my memory grows ever awful, and I need more coffee! Thankfully youtube tell me it’s the ‘in motion’ line 😃