dkeighobadi said:
True, of course. Nice little antithesis going on there. Just to clarify, I don’t dislike repetition for repetition’s sake. Mirroring can be useful, poetic almost. But I feel maybe it’s a bit too deliberate in TFA.

In this specific parallel I find it poetic but something like Starkiller Base seems like repetition for repetition’s sake

Also, I love how Han has accepted the force, which he didn’t even do in Return of the Jedi. He’s been on a long journey, and he’s experienced a lot.

In no way do I see that as fan service; I just see that as the evolution of the character.

But yeah, maybe even tie it in to, gasp, a weakness of Rey’s!

Her believing that her family will come back after YEARS and her believing Finn to be a Resistance member even though he was clearly lying indicates that she’s naive which is a weakness in my eyes.

because atm there are no constraints on her and it therefore feels somewhat artificial.

I think there should have been a second reason that she uses as her buffer even though he real reason for wanting to stay is in case her family returns. Something like debt. It worked well in Path of Destruction and I think it would have fit in well here.