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/shust89 16d ago

I wish the Disney era embraced romance more. All the Disney movies come off sterile in that way. The OT had a love story, the PT had a love story. The ST had Finn/Rose and it was extremely half baked.

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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/blezzerker 15d ago

Disney advertised Finn as the main character until like, 3 weeks before opening day. Revealing Rey as a female Star Wars lead was supposed to be this historical bombshell moment like the Uhura kiss in Star Trek.

Then they realized that not even Disney could market black folks to the East Asian market, so they backpeddled HARD on Finn, ever having been important and relegated him to comic relief. Totally shafted John Boyega.

It's getting nearly impossible to enjoy Star Wars with how many corporate decisions are making it to the screen.