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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vael" data-source="post: 7881008" data-attributes="member: 57043">"Coward to Hero" is a poor and reductive summary. It's also inaccurate. His refusal to kill and breaking out Poe at the beginning of TFA are not exactly actions of a coward. He is, however, a character without connections, without faith. He has renounced the First Order, who has dominated his life. So he desperately wants to get away from them. The first connections he forges are with Poe, who he thinks is dead, and Rey. And those lead him to be willing to fight to save Rey, but he hasn't made a larger declaration by the end of TFA. He's not Resistance yet.So, at the beginning of TLJ, he wakes up in the same spot. Rey is alone, and possibly in danger, so he wants to save her again. He has no faith in the Resistance, though. Again, not a coward, just a man without hope, without a cause outside of "save my friend". But enter Rose Tico. She mentors Finn, shows him the broader universe, why the Resistance is important. Because just getting by makes you either DJ, or one of those wealthy weapon dealers that frequents the casino. He sees them through Rose's eyes and is repelled. That's why he can proudly tell Phasma that he's "rebel scum".Rose is the moral center of the movie. She joined the Resistance and is just a maintenance worker, but she understands why and what the Resistance is fighting for, and teaches Finn that.</blockquote>