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Why Did "Solo" and "Rogue One" Feel Like RPG Sessions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jefe Bergenstein" data-source="post: 7750048" data-attributes="member: 31506"><p>Well, Star Wars has a random farmboy go from picking up power converters at Tosche Station to flying a military starfighter in combat, blowing up the Death Star, and being able to use the force with no training other than a 5 minute conversation on the commute to Alderaan. And a random slave kid, who is such a super duper special snowflake he was CONCEIVED BY THE FORCE also using the force with no training to win the equivalent of the Indy 500, and blow up a smaller Death Star by spinning (a good trick). For good or ill, Star Wars is built on exceptionalism. TFA/TLJ worked to expand that exceptionalism beyond the Skywalker bloodline, as Jedi bloodlines don't make a ton of sense given that Jedi are discouraged from having children. </p><p></p><p>Kylo wasn't a jedi knight though... he's someone with like 25 in his force using stats but still relatively low level. Huge raw potential and innate talent, little discipline or skill. People also tend to overlook Kylo's complete lack of focus in the fight, as killing his father didn't provide the relief he wanted from the pull of the light side. The look of regret and on his face afterwards... that isn't how you channel the dark side. Wang Chi from Big Trouble in Little China explains it well: "That's why the bottle didn't slice. My mind and my spirit are going north and south." It's also why he was trying to draw on the pain by beating the boltcaster wound, a weapon that had been built up over the entire movie as particularly devastating. All that, coupled with wounds from Finn... and she managed to fight him to a standstill by letting the force flow through her. Let this be a lesson kids... don't violate your paladin oath!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jefe Bergenstein, post: 7750048, member: 31506"] Well, Star Wars has a random farmboy go from picking up power converters at Tosche Station to flying a military starfighter in combat, blowing up the Death Star, and being able to use the force with no training other than a 5 minute conversation on the commute to Alderaan. And a random slave kid, who is such a super duper special snowflake he was CONCEIVED BY THE FORCE also using the force with no training to win the equivalent of the Indy 500, and blow up a smaller Death Star by spinning (a good trick). For good or ill, Star Wars is built on exceptionalism. TFA/TLJ worked to expand that exceptionalism beyond the Skywalker bloodline, as Jedi bloodlines don't make a ton of sense given that Jedi are discouraged from having children. Kylo wasn't a jedi knight though... he's someone with like 25 in his force using stats but still relatively low level. Huge raw potential and innate talent, little discipline or skill. People also tend to overlook Kylo's complete lack of focus in the fight, as killing his father didn't provide the relief he wanted from the pull of the light side. The look of regret and on his face afterwards... that isn't how you channel the dark side. Wang Chi from Big Trouble in Little China explains it well: "That's why the bottle didn't slice. My mind and my spirit are going north and south." It's also why he was trying to draw on the pain by beating the boltcaster wound, a weapon that had been built up over the entire movie as particularly devastating. All that, coupled with wounds from Finn... and she managed to fight him to a standstill by letting the force flow through her. Let this be a lesson kids... don't violate your paladin oath! [/QUOTE]
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