Official Finn Episode VIII thread

I totally agree.

 

Your point is well taken. But just so you know, I presented the Finn being force-immune speculation well over a year ago. This isn't some new thing that people have just thrown out there in the last week or so.

 

Artotias is the planet where EU character Finn Galfridian was from. That Finn was a force sensitive guy who Luke helped train and was involved in the Vong invasion. Interesting if thats accurate, but could that site be misinformed and was mistaken and confused about two different Finns?

 

Woah....

 

Finn isn't going to beat Phasma, so people can stop getting hyped about that. Feminists complained Phasma was wasted in TFA so she'll be badass in this one. It will either be a draw or he gets saved by Rey at the last moment.

 

At this rate, jar jar will appear more badass and smarter than Finn if finn continues to lose against other.

I have hope because Benicio del toro is part of finn's story line and del toro is a really good actor , well known , full of credibility and if John boyega is not eaten by del toro's acting and IF del toro's character takes seriously Finn's character. It can be interesting for Finn.
Because Han was friendly to Finn but han solo didn't take finn seriously and it hurted finn's character too.

 

You must want the Star Wars franchise to die. Nobody is going to rush out to the movie theater to see that. Do you honestly think a person in a shiny suit who just walked around is interesting enough that people would prefer to see her defeat the man who brought life into this film? The person who moves the story?

 

The First Finn leak from last year got Finn's Resistance clothing description accurate with the stitched up jacket, and that turned out to be right.

Also, The same guy described this scene, that we see in the trailer, over a year ago.

He says that Finn will cut off (knocked off) one of Phasma's arms.

This was leaked long before anyone Knew Finn would one-on-one duel Phasma.

 

He absolutely is going to beat her. My issue is that:

1. Are we going to have to rely on her novelization to see how good she was supposed to be in TFA
2. No matter how good she is, she is still a step down from Kylo (both in character profile and skill set); it's not even debatable
3. This is like Mayweather vs MacGregor. No matter how much we hype it up, it's a fight that absolutely NO ONE has been waiting for
4. There is no actual malice yet between Finn and Phasma that we should care about this fight
5. If this becomes his rival, we have pretty much closed the door on FS Finn (unless they juice Phasma up as well)

 

Forget Finn being FS. Star Wars will eventually become an after thought. If the only people that matter in the galaxy are certain people then the galaxy would be very small, and that's not interesting. What would the Jedi be if Lucas wasn't inspired by other cultures? Using Japanese culture as well as others, but not including their faces ignores the bonds that we all share as human beings.

 

The main question is :

Is Finn still a lead character?

 

There is nothing factual that says he isn't.

 

Rey became the main lead character in TFA, the moment she used the force. no question about that.

 

Of the auxiliary plot in TLJ, yes I think so. Of the main plot of the Trilogy? We'll have to see. You almost have to question if there is any value in Finn reuniting with Rey for any amount of time if their pathways are so divergent (as they seem to be). She technically has NOTHING to do with the Resistance at this point and Finn is being shoe-horned in (no matter what) to the Resistance. I guess you could make the argument that because a Force User is the head of the First Order she becomes a de facto part of the Resistance on some "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" appeal. But as we saw with the fall of Palpatine, the Empire like organizations in the Star Wars universe do not "die" when you cut off the head. If Rey and Luke vanquish Snoke and redeem the Atrocity Prone Space Brat Kylo... what further stake do they have in taking down the FO? Force Users have always had their own agenda. They use larger organizations and federations as proxies to further that fight but they really are independent from the Resistance/Empire conflicts.

 

Yeah, it's like he doesn't exist anymore...

 

For you.

 

Are you saying Rey isn't the main character of this trilogy?

 

She is one of the main characters in this trilogy. She's certainly not the main character. Look at the official Rey page. What's her interest level at compared to Finn's? The only interest people have with Rey is who are her parents, or her hooking up with Kylo. Rey didn't have an earnest to do anything in the first movie except to be with Finn. They worked together as a team. Rey was not put in the same situations as Luke to follow her as an individual. That's why most of the interest with Rey is her with someone else, because she spent most of the first movie with someone else.

Attempting to elevate her story above Finn's doesn't work, because she went with his actions. He didn't follow her.

 

I understand your point and got it. But i'm not sure it's a general opinion.

 

The min I heard theme music as she drove her speeder across jakku, i knew she was the main character. This gave me hope as i went into TFA hoping that she would be a jedi too instead of the ol "lone chosen one" type story. Guess that movie trolled me proper.

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you may have a point, but she is obviously being pushed as the main character. In fact, they're overdoing it to the point of her feeling like an "author avatar". Being THE MOST POWERFUL EVAR, for absolutely no reason at all. Must be nice to be so powerful in the force because......... Remember how obi wan is pretty much one of the most famous jedi in history? Yeah he actually sucked during his padawan years. He trained very hard to get to a high level. Even then, his force powers weren't anything to write home to when compared to other jedi masters. People like rooting for the underdog/workers. Who the hell wants to root for the donald trumps of the world?