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Anonymous wrote:Leia has the force, "it is strong" with her, but she is not a Jedi for various reasons. She was adopted into royalty and then became a general and he life took a different direction.

Her mother was Queen Amadala. She just WAS a princess. Not adopted. Luke was the child that was whisked away to Naboo or where-ever.

Amadala died after childbirth and Leia was adopted by Bail Organa. She was the Princess of Alderaan, not Naboo, though she was born into that, as well.

It is hard to have a discussion about the movie when so many people are missing basic facts.

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Anonymous wrote:Leia has the force, "it is strong" with her, but she is not a Jedi for various reasons. She was adopted into royalty and then became a general and he life took a different direction.

Her mother was Queen Amadala. She just WAS a princess. Not adopted. Luke was the child that was whisked away to Naboo or where-ever.

Anonymous wrote:I liked Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. He has a large presence, physically he is very tall and broad, which shows in the movie and I think was deliberate. But when he removes the mask, he still has a bit of a baby face, especially with the long hair. He has strong facial features, like Harrison Ford (nose, eyes, mouth) so I don't think it's inconceivable for him to look as if he was their child. He is very immature, he has temper tantrums with the light saber when he doesn't get his way. When others encounter him having those tantrums, they are not really in fear as if they would be with Vader, instead they just back away or wait for him to finish. For whatever reason he wants to be super bad ass, but just isn't.

Anonymous wrote:Leia has the force, "it is strong" with her, but she is not a Jedi for various reasons. She was adopted into royalty and then became a general and he life took a different direction.

Anonymous wrote:Leia has the force, "it is strong" with her, but she is not a Jedi for various reasons. She was adopted into royalty and then became a general and he life took a different direction.

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn't Adam Driver's hair magnificent in this? I think he's wonderful.

I really like him as an actor. DH was bothered by the fact that he doesn't look anything like either Han or Leia, though!

What also bothered me was that he had a British accent and they did not.

Anonymous wrote:I suppose we have to wait until episode eight to figure out who Ray is. OK that said, how did you feel about the complete parallel copy of episode four? This Star Wars was simply episode four on steroids.

Anonymous wrote:I think the crappy books are fan fiction that evolved in the decades since the original was published - the director making the new movie didn't use them as the plot but there apparently are some parallels.

I vote that Rey is Luke's daughter, and he left her on Jakko after Ben/Ren went bad as a means of protecting her.

BTW, PP, this is my favorite line of all the reviews I've read about the new movie!

(3) Han and leia are basically divorced. I mean, if they can't make it, what hope dO the rest of us have?

Anonymous wrote:I'm votIng against her being Luke's daughter--first because he's supposed to be the ascetic monk, and second because it is just waaaaay too cruel to leave his daughter on Jackoo. My guess is that she was a young Jedi being trained by Luke and showed a lot of talent; when the other Jedi trainees were killed, Ben/Ren did not have the heart to kill her, and so relocated her to a place where she was unlikely to turn into a problem. I think the light saber could have just been calling to her because she is so strong in the force.Does either of your kid have an interest in babysitting this weekend? We were thinking of trying to catch a 10:00 movie Saturday, or maybe something Sunday evening. Bed and breakfast available to anyone that wants it!
Wasn't clear to me if Han/leia definitely realized that the fact that she was on Jackoo was significant, but the wise old lady seemed to indicate that the girl's parents were dead, which would seem cruel of the parents were Han and leia. I think Han was just reaching out to her as a kindred spirit, and the child he wished he had.
I was somewhat disappointed in: (1) what seemed a lack of any real connection between Han and his son. I'm hoping (probably futile) that they at least bring Han back for flashbacks in the next one, as I thought he was the best part of this movie and I'd like to see more of the father-son thing; (2) the fact that Leia does not appear to be a Jedi. Wasn't it said at the end of return of the Jedi that "there is another" meaning leia? Why didn't she get the force too? (3) Han and leia are basically divorced. I mean, if they can't make it, what hope dO the rest of us have?

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much for this thread !!! I saw late last week and there is only so much I can discuss with DH. He can't get over Han's death, or the fact that the new bad lord character reminds him of Gollum. (I pointed out that it's common for villains to be old and shriveled)

Pp, well spotted for the quote to be from episode 5 or 6.

Could Rey be Obi-wan's daughter? Or did someone here say that Jedis can't have romantic relationships?

As for Adam driver, I was disappointed that Kylo/Ben is not as handsome as his dad.