1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (840+ words) The Regression of Han Solo Three films’ worth of character development has been undone. Only it’s much worse. Abrams seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding about Han’s original character from A New Hope. Han and Chewie enter the ship, find…...

1+ week, 47+ min ago   (817+ words) Rey and Finn run to the Millennium Falcon. While running, Rey declared that she is a pilot, so Rey takes the cockpit and Finn takes the turret. As they are preparing, both Rey and Finn try to reassure themselves, muttering…...

2+ week, 33+ min ago   (31+ words) mindmatters.ai The TIE fighters would make sense if the pilots knew someone was going to fly off the planet, but they have no way of knowing that....

2+ week, 40+ min ago   (922+ words) Rey and Finn: Collision and Confusion In the previous two reviews, I talked about why Rey’s character didn’t work for many fans. Now, it’s time to look at Rey’s story. Rey is a scavenger on a desert planet. The audience…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (565+ words) Enter Rey: Mary Sue or Audience Insert? Think about it like this. If an audience member goes to see a romantic comedy but the movie promising to be a romantic comedy turns out to be a slasher film, that audience…...

4+ week, 42+ min ago   (483+ words) Enter Rey: The Mary Sue and Genre Expectations To keep immersion/suspension of disbelief, the writer tends to utilize a combination of rules, promises, and payoffs so the audience can understand the stakes. The moment an audience member begins asking…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1005+ words) Enter Finn, a Missed Opportunity Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer (Official) Last time, the First Order had slaughtered an entire village, even though the very map they’re looking for might be hidden within it. However, one soldier doesn’t fire....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (396+ words) After a title crawl that told the audience this was not the movie they were looking for, a star destroyer is shown flying over a planet. Several ships are descending to this planet, and inside them are stormtroopers waiting to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (894+ words) How Backstory and Expectations Relate to Stakes This was cynical, and it was also a major blow for many of the fans. The expanded universe, what is now called “Legends,” had created certain expectations among some concerning what the stories…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (30+ words) mindmatters.ai The main problem with The Force Awakens is that it’s the most strategic—and by that, I mean cynical—films I’ve ever seen....