lizbee | (Reply)

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I also think it didn't do any favors to Holdo to be like "hate on this woman for most of the movie and then suddenly like her thanks to this reveal."

Wait, we were meant to hate Holdo? I loved her from the moment she appeared, and I thought we were meant to.

Poe's characterisation made perfect sense -- he's used to operating alone, or leading a small squadron on a specific mission, and now he needs to learn to see the bigger picture. But he's resistant, because it's a new way of thinking, and he doesn't trust Holdo because she's a stranger to him.

He's a jerk and an idiot, and Leia shooting him was my favourite part of his arc, but it made perfect sense.

I'm puzzled by your remarks about Johnson, because it's not as if he snuck in some new or unplanned storytelling under the noses of Kathleen Kennedy and Disney. This is clearly the story that was planned from the start, and while Finn and Rose's subplot doesn't pay off right away, it's the emotional heart of the story, the key to the considerable character growth Finn undergoes, and also provides the long-term hope that the Resistance needs.