Official Finn Episode VIII thread

lol, according to her book? She's a straight up pyschopath. Soooo much potential, but she's not kylo ren so thats that.

--- Double Post Merged, Dec 15, 2017, Original Post Date: Dec 15, 2017 ---

He was still the only character in the film that RJ seemed to care about. Luke and rey were completely out of character. Finn is a janitor again. Hux is now a walking joke, etc.

 

So, you have seen the film and that is what you came out of it with?

 

HUX a walking joke classic!!! Finns not the only one hahaha

 

It's not about him being "lead." It's about him being demoted. What does he do in the next film that ISN'T Poe or Rey light? Instead of using this movie as an opportunity to set him up for IX, they essentially arced his character mostly for the benefit of Rose, of all people. Had they killed Rose, as much as I liked her character, that would have been more sensible for his arc. But now what? Is he and rose supposed to be human R2d2 and C3PO? That's not what TFA promised for his character. They could have easily put him in between Rey and Kylo.

 

Finally saw it and I wasn't a fan. The Force plot was terrible. The rebel plot was more interesting, but dragged on.

Finn's arc wasn't as bad as I thought when seeing the character development was terrible for mostly everyone except for Poe. I mean the Force god princess didn't even get a proper training/learning arc as her entire focus went to Kylo.

I wish they didn't waste half the movie on Twilight Wars, but whatever. I'm just not the target audience...

Anywho, I like that the true bond surfaced at the end of the movie with Finn and Rey.

 

Excelllent point he and rose are now human R2d2 and CP30 WOW!

 

I find Hux to be hilarious. He is like a composite of every empire dude Vader choked in the OT.

 

Oh THAT was the carrot? That is not much to go on....that could easily be ignored or explained away like all the clues in TFA...I wouldn't count on that or JJ doing anything with that.

 

Finn just better because of Rose.

 

Not force sensitive.
Will never be a Jedi.
Still doesn't have a cool ship.
Still doesn't have any cool weapons.
Still doesn't have any skills, cool or otherwise, to claim.
Has been downgraded from coward to ungrateful jackass who would secretly abandon the Resistance when they were on the verge of annihilation.
Still the butt of jokes.
Still being electrocuted/shocked by robots and women who see through his act
Doesn't get the leading lady. Left out of the triangle altogether with probably Kylo and Poe fighting for Rey's attentions next film.
Once again had to take a backseat to his female companion when he went to Canto Bight (Rose made the connections, Rose had the knowledge)
Still doesn't have a single clean victory in any confrontation.
Didn't save the day or anyone at all once more.
Officially has less of a canon family backstory than freaking Rose
His unofficial antagonist, Phasma, is even a bigger joke than him and treated worse by the writers/directors.
His relationship/friendship/bond with Rey ran a distant second to hers with Kylo and going forward will run below hers with Poe. Which means arguably his most importance status to this trilogy has been taken away.
Got a far inferior arc to Poe. Was given nothing in the movie to justify why he was so suddenly willingly to fight and possibly die when going against the First Order.
Holdo got a better arc in the movie too for God's sakes! Unreal.
Rey has had a legit relationship/history now with both Han and Luke. Poe has it with Leia. Finn? Nothing of importance with the Big Three which is one manner in which your character gains in popularity.
Hell, Finn never got a scene with Luke.
Is now stuck in a relationship that happened too quickly, to conveniently and too lacking in real passion for SW fans to care all that much about.
His return to the FO was lacking in gravitas, intrigue and tension. Rian Johnson promised to deliver stories in which each leading character was put into storylines particularly orchestrated to test them. That is not what we got with Finn's story.
His, ahem, "battle" with Phasma was so anticlimactic, especially following on the heels of what Rey and Kylo just went through.
Finn as a character is dead on arrival. He is the least interesting and least empowered SW leading protagonist ever. And that includes Padme.

 

It was asking too much for Finn and Poe to have an adventure together- I guess.

Rian ain't slick to trying to divide the cast by gender.

 

Rian Johnson himself, in his bs long interview with the official Star Wars website last week, said that Rey and Finn are the two big characters of the trilogy. JJ pretty much said the same. And just like with TFA I wouldn't be surprised if Finn got the second most amount of screen time behind Rey or at the very least the third most behind Rey and Luke. But it isn't about screen time. It is about what the character is given to do once on the screen. This has been Finn's biggest obstacle and will be going forward.

 

And that's sad.

 

Super post!

 

Finn is the master of getting kissed without giving consent. #2017

 

LOL

 

And also, what happened to the picture of Finn with the new hair cut and Flight Suit? No sight of that at all. If you were a Finn or Phasma fan this movie was terrible. If you were a Luke fan or Rey it was only slightly better (though I think Daisy Ridley did a good job with the material she was given).

And I'll admit my ignorance here because I had so many questions while watching the movie, what was the purpose of the Crait skimmers? Did they do anything but skim the ground and get picked off with ease? I don't even remember seeing any of them shoot. Did I miss it?

 

Do guys think Finn will get a standalone Film? haha

 

THIS. He wasn't tested or challenged at all. Nor strengthened in any way as also promised. You don't see him struggle with his LS injury as was suggested he would do either. His fight with Phasma was pure fizzle. For 2 years we had to endure people telling us to wait for the next movie and that it was a trilogy. What's the excuse now? RJ didn't even deliver on the human element for Finn. I honestly feel like we got more development and insight into Rose than Finn.

Not a bad thing for Rose, but for Finn? It almost feels like he has reached the Han Solo point in ROTJ without ever being Han Solo. Maybe the blank slate is for the best, but at this point, the trilogy no longer gets the benefit of the doubt from me. They've had 2 movies and haven't delivered (for Finn at least). TFA left with some promise. TLJ almost felt like they put Finn on pause.

 

The writers never wanted to make Finn standout. The writers had two films to give him anything, yet they gave him nothing. If they really cared they would have gave him his own ship, weapons or even his own clothes. Finn does not own anything. Funny thing is they still can still make Finn stand out because the next film is most likely going to be a time jump by many years, but Finn still will not stand out that's the point.

--- Double Post Merged, Dec 16, 2017, Original Post Date: Dec 16, 2017 ---

What's funny is Finn gets alot of screen time but they never use it for him. It's to make everyone else look better then him.