Top 20 great "Little" things from The Force Awakens

I just remembered I noticed it on my first viewing, but missed it on my second aha. But yeah I noticed a lot of people haven't noticed it.

 

I don't think TFA needed an extra Threepio-gets-his-arm-back scene. Threepio mentions to BB-8 something about replacing his arm, and then he does. Do we need more?

 

...were special, and it's hard to tell because there's a big lens flare .

 

Ok fair enough. If Luke isn't her father, than i'm with you. But the way her story intertwines with Luke's and how his saber (and Aniken "Skywalkers" before him) called to Rey, it's safe to assume that Rey is Luke's daughter. (Plus the whole thing with the Disney 3.0 game, where it sounds like Kylo calls Rey his cousin)

I think it's entirely possible that Rey was mind wiped, but it isn't lazy. People complain about how Rey got used to her powers so quickly. This would explain why this happened. She was already trained to use the force at a young age. Her mind could have been wiped of her memories, and her knowledge of her force abilities. The "awakening" was a power that had laid dormant inside Rey for years, until she was exposed to the force again.


Here are some facts:
- TFA is 30 years after ROTJ
- Rey is 19, 5 when her parents left, born 11 years after the battle of Endor (source: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rey)

She was left at 5. Which means she was left 16 years after ROTJ.
During that 16 years, Luke built his Jedi Academy, and had a child, Rey.

Using this info, i would be really interested in hearing your theory If you think Rey is Lukes daughter of course, if not, who's Rey's parents, and how does it interact with the timeline???

 

With all the other costume changes (Rey, Leia, Finn, Poe), it's not hard to imagine C-3PO could swap his arm out, especially after he mentioned his intention to do so during his first appearance...

Did Han need to mention Luke having a wife or children? It sounded like was giving Finn and Rey the "short version" of things.

It's not like Han even mentioned the bit about his son being the one who betrayed Luke...

 

I did - 12 posts up

 

Not a bad theory. Makes a lot of sense

Rian Johnson has to ability to go in so many directions BECAUSE of JJ. He was perfect for episode 7, and set up 8 and 9 beautifully.

 

But if you're just going to replace the arm without even a bit of dialogue (maybe 2% of the audience might have even noticed it)... why bother giving him a red arm in the first place?

 

To show that he has been through stuff, even if we don't know what, instead of being powered-down until "yesterday"...

Also, sell those unique TFA red arm 3PO toys and the new gold arm reattached Ep VIII ones

Maybe even a special collectors edition with a changeable arm!

 

Well he's already been all-gold in Episode III, so if it's toys we're talking about, maybe they can give him a purple head in Episode VIII...

 

It's just the passage of time. It's a visual reminder - and I think an effective one - that quite a lot of time has gone by. There's really nothing more to it than that.

 

I like when Finn says to Han, when Han is gesturing with his head that he sees Rey behind him at Starkiller base, "What are you doing? What's this? Hm, hm? I'm trying to come up with a plan here". Just love the way John plays it, he sounds so frustrated and it is a nice subtly humorous response

 

Except they made a point of showing us he'd been repaired, because we care. About 2% of viewers even noticed C-3PO was in that shot.

C-3PO has a red arm that works fine. In between Han dying and the Resistance attacking Starkiller, someone found time to replace his perfectly good arm with another perfectly good arm... for no dramatic purpose?

 

They just paint it.

 

Chewie doing his subtle nod of agreement when the two gangs said Solo let them down twice. That was priceless.
Han saying he will talk his way out of it, Chewie saying something like yeah right, and Solo pointing his finger "Yes I do, every time!". That line was perfectly delivered.