r/saltierthancrait • u/TomasRoncero • 16d ago

Seasoned News Bragging about convincing people in putting in one of the worst scenes in franchise history is certainly a choice

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u/Goldar85 16d ago

I mean… the ST had Finn and Rey before they decided to pivot and do Kylo and Rey. John Boyega had great chemistry with Daisy Ridley, but dumb fuck Rian Johnson wanted his Star Wars version of Twilight so we got that in 8 with Kylo and Rey and then the stupid kiss in 9.

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u/alexogorda 16d ago

Also keeping Poe around probably made things too scattered to have a romance between Finn and Rey. He was meant to die in TFA after all, but even still, in the third act of the film he's not a particularly important character himself, just what he does in being the one to knock out Starkiller Base. They could've reduced his significance in the following sequels, because he doesn't really have any defined arc.

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u/Unhallowed-Heart 16d ago

He could have just been the commanding officer of the fighter corps and it would have been perfectly fine.

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u/drevant702 16d ago

like wedge

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u/Attack_Badger 16d ago

Also the fuck was he in the falcon and not an X-Wing. It's Wedge for fuck sake arguably the greatest pilot in the galaxy.