- I never understood Finn’s motivation for fleeing the First Order and joining the Resistance, especially if he was conditioned from childhood to be evil.
He most likely was brought up to believe that the First Order were doing the right thing and being confronted with having to slaughter innocent people conflicted with the propoganda he was taught throughout the years. Also Finn is a good person and there’s some people you can’t tear down.
- I never understood how Rey could be so talented at everything even if she is a Skywalker and even if Luke trained her as a child before Kylo Ren wiped her memory through the Force.
She actually could have been much older when she got her mind wiped. In Kotor when the Jedi wiped Revan’s mind they gave him a life time’s worth of false memories.
Also her being able to fly (but not too well), her mechanic skills and her being able to fight all come from her living on Jakku.
- I never understood the relationship between the Republic and the Resistance.
It was stated in Hux’s speech but I didn’t really get it on my first viewing either.
- I never understood how the destruction of the Hosnian system could wipe out the entire Republic star fleet.
I’ve heard that some of it was destroyed and I have also heard that all of it was destroyed. From Hux’s speech it seems like all of it was destroyed though.