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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warmaster Horus" data-source="post: 7312509" data-attributes="member: 6785438">This fan saw the OT in the theaters and only marginally engaged with the EU.  But that has nothing to do with my distaste for this movie.  I want a movie with a coherent story with characters I care about doing meaningful things.  Instead we get a Mulligan stew of "wouldn't it be cool if"s.  Why is Laura Dern even in the movie?  Who is her character and why does she matter?  Instead of blowing Admiral Akbar into smithereens just 'cause, why couldn't he be the one to sacrifice the cruiser?  We get a lot of who are they and why do they matter in this movie - Rey and Snoke come immediately to mind.Rey's proficiency with the Force remains a complete enigma.  She gets a short intro to the Force by Luke, like I spend more time talking to my coworkers about this week's episode of Agents of Shield than she does speaking with Luke about the Force.  Then she tries her hand at using a light saber again, with no tutelage, and does just fine (wouldn't it would be nice to see her fail just a little bit?).  Then she fights Kylo Ren and hands him his butt, again.  Do you notice Rey fights with a lot of anger?  That should signify a strong presence of the Dark Side in her.  Interesting angle, maybe?  The movie never lingers on it for a moment, though.  We see her do her 'trip to the Dark Side Cave' thing but it has no warning for her, just a riddle of her parentage.  Perhaps the film makers want to stretch out her mystery, but in the end it just makes her less interesting.  She has nearly no inner conflict or identity as to what her purpose is other than Force-Skyping with Kylo.  Luke asks her, "Who are you?"  A question I continue to ask after this movie.</blockquote>

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