Cause a woman having a moral stance, to a man, is sanctimonious and self righteous? Being against a murderer and member of an organization that blows up planets doesn't have to make someone those things.Ben Solo isn't one of the original heroes.
As far as we know, Abrams isn't the one who killed off Luke, and isn't the reason, Leia had such a limited capacity, as a character. Luke died on Rian Johnson's watch.
If the information about the Duel Of The Fates script is accurate, Kylo died there, as well, I think with even less build up than The Rise Of Skywalker has. Why pin that on JJ Abrams?Last real Skywalker? Aren't bloodlines supposed to not matter?
I like Poe and Finn more than anything Kylo offers, before his turn.None of that was in the movies.
No, Ben Solo wasn't an 'original', but he was the last of the family line. Star Wars was about family...Lucas said the first six films were really Anakin's story.
I'm not saying a woman having a 'moral stance is sanctimonious'....I'm saying
Rey is sanctimonious. Her character is supposed to be the 'perfect Jedi' yet the Jedi use the Force for 'knowledge and defense, never attack.' Rey is violent, aggressive and almost feral - fine with someone with her background but not the qualities demanded of a Jedi. Yoda berated Luke for having 'too much anger' yet apart from Luke showing some concern over Rey being 'drawn to darkness' she never really gets tested, the way Luke was tested. It's one of the reasons I myself suspected she wouldn't end up as a Jedi, or if so, some version of the 'grey Jedi'.
I'm also genuinely baffled by her 'immediate' loyalty to the Resistance. She barely
knew them, for crying out loud. Luke joined the Rebellion in ANH because the Empire murdered his aunt and uncle. He also, although it was cut from the finished film, had a friend, Biggs Darklighter, who chose to join them. Rey was all over them post TFA despite the fact that they would quite happily blown her up along with Starkiller - her loyalty should have been towards Finn, rather than the Resistance, as he was the one who wanted to save her.
It was as if Abrams et al decided; 'here is our heroine, a perfect example of modern goodness' ....and that's that. Rey was never truly written well at the start, and completely lacked the beautiful character development Luke had in the OT, where he started out as a naive youth, matured into a man and took the final step of his maturity into a Jedi. Rey didn't change much at all. Nor did becoming a Jedi seem very hard for her. For example, Luke wasn't seen using a Jedi mind trick until ROTJ. Rey used one and with ease at the end of TFA.
I think that her creators thought all they needed to win audiences was a Jedi who happened to be a woman, that being female was novelty enough. Which is a shame as the character had plenty of potential and a likeable, gifted young actress playing her. But the opportunity was wasted because they turned her into a symbol, rather than a real person.