THE lead character(s)

In the context of lead "heros" it's a fair shout for Rey. I am hoping for Kylo Ren to steal the show as the central character of the whole trilogy.

 

I find it funny that a Staff member here, who is constantly putting Rey above Finn and is very vocal in that fact, is the one that shut down the Finn thread. I can't understand people who haven't seen the film not even entertaining the fact that it could be a co-lead movie, it's not like anyone's name is in the title.

 

Just looking at the movie poster released today, it is interesting that Finn is on one side with a blue light sabre, Kylo is on the other side with a red light sabre, and Rey is in the middle without a light sabre. To me, this suggests the following:

1. Finn could be force-sensitive and it is possible that he will become a Jedi.

2. Rey could be playing the critical role in deciding the outcome of the trilogy. IMO, the poster strongly suggests that she is the one who has to make a critical choice. If she sides with the Knights of Ren and the First Order, the bad guys will win, but if she sides with the Jedi and the Resistance, the good guys will win.

 

The aggregate has always pointed to Rey as the main hero in a movie with multiple leads. Read this ending of the movie here.

Rey index
Family story

Official poster and cast billing.



Harrison Ford - Mark Hamill - Carrie Fisher - Adam Driver - Daisy Ridley - John Boyega - Oscar Isaac - Lupita Nyong'o - Andy Serkis - Domhnall Gleeson - Anthony Daniels - Peter Mayhew - Max von Sydow

 

Pretty much seals the deal.

Rey = Luke
Finn = Han

Rey is the Luke Skywalker of this trilogy, period. Doesn't mean that Finn's role is diminished; being the "Harrison Ford" of a Star Wars trilogy is not a small thing.

Besides, I think it's a safe bet that there'll eventually be a love triangle (between Finn and Rey and...possibly Poe or some other third part who will be introduced in Ep 8)

 

They all are main charcters. But Rey is a main main hero. Luke and Anakin of this story.

 

Yeah I'm officially over engaging these types of people, It's starting to take away my excitement for Rey when, ever since Daisy was cast I've been in love with her, if people NEED Rey to be more important than Finn I'm done trying to understand why they can't see them as equals.

Since we don't have a Finn thread I just gotta say, I love his intensity in his clip with Poe, I feel like his character is going to be really complex. John said he would be charismatic and funny, combined with the footage we've seen, Finn's turning out to be a great character.

 

But why is this discussion in the Finn thread? If people who like Finn want to discuss this possibility why can't they do so without being bombarded with, he can't be this and can't be that, when they clearly have a bias of Rey > Finn. Challenging other's opinions is one thing, but when you have a point to prove against something else it comes off as hostile and not as a discussion where you're trying to understand each others points but you're wrong, here's why.

 

I think we all can agree now that Rey is THE lead of the ST

 

Let me get this straight....the main hero of the film carries staff and not a lightsaber?

 

You got it straight. This is like Episode I. And in Episode IV, Luke didn't fight any person with a Lightsaber. Kenobi did. Kenobi was the primary lightsaber guy in Episode I and IV.

 

I am confused.

I assumed or thought that the person, man, woman or robot who has the good lightsaber on the poster is he hero of the film?

Forget placement, or who is in the left, middle or bottom. If there is one person who has the good lightsaber, then surely he must be the one who is the main hero?

I'm confused...someone help me...

 

But Kenobi was the old sage though.....so he couldn't have been the main hero when you look at his in comparison to Hamill.

If we saw Luke with a saber in this film, then yeah, he would be the Kenobi.

 

-Luke had a lightsaber in the ANH poster; he never used it except for a brief training scene.
-Nobody had a lightsaber on the ESB poster.
-If Anakin was the hero of ATOC, then he didn't have one on that poster either.

short version: doesn't really matter

 

First, above all, I sincerely hope beyond hope that there is NOT a 'love triangle'. Just...no. Bleh.

That said...I think Rey is the main hero in that she's a Skywalker, etc.

But I don't think that Finn=Han. I think his character arc is going to be much, much, MUCH more integral to the overall story--in this movie and the next two--than Han's was. As the OP said, "1a, 1b"...something very, very different than anything we've seen before.

And if we're basing this on poster art, that's kind of silly. First, Han wasn't nearly as prominent as Finn is in the original New Hope posters. I don't Lucas fully realized how popular Han would be, and I think his role grew afterward. Yes, in this poster, Rey is the center, but Kylo is bigger and Finn is very prominent as well (if we're comparing to New Hope poster art). Also, who was featured in Empire's poster? Han and Leia, and though Luke was in front of them, they were the focus, though their journey wasn't the heart of the film. So...

So, basically, I sincerely believe that it's not a good idea to use the previous two trilogies as models for this one. I don't think there's going to be a 'luke' and a 'han' and a 'leia' etc. I think they're breaking some molds in TFA (given many of the things the OP outlined at the start of this tread), and that Finn will have an important character journey that impacts the story over the course of the three movies in a much more meaningful way than Han's story did.

Edited to add: I can say something similar about Luke. While I think he plays a similar role to Yoda and Obi Wan in that he's the last Jedi, etc., I think his character journey will be much much MUCH more important to the story than either Yoda or Obi Wan's was. Both Yoda and Obi Wan were there to teach and instruct. While I think Luke will eventually teach, etc., I don't think his role is quite that simple. His character will most likely have much more of an emotional journey than either Yoda or Obi Wan's character did...and that journey will be something that helps drive episode VIII (if not IX as well).

As much as TFA seems to be mirroring elements of ANH, I don't think it's wise to use that movie or any that came before as a model for what we'll see character wise in this one.