| thismeintiel said: 3. I highly doubt they are going to address the background of the NO and New Republic. If they do it'll feel forced and reek of exposition overload, as its the 2nd movie and the audience wants the plot to move forward. This is why the first movie in the trilogy is supposed set up what we are seeing to begin with, just a few tidbits here and there. Especially since this is a sequel to a movie where the Empire was defeated. The Rebellion won and would have a great impact on how the New Republic would be established. That's why we can't just except how things are started. It makes absolutely no sense. 2. Neither Luke nor Anakin were shown to be naturals in the Force. Luke had to be taught by Obi Wan about its existence and shown how to tap into it. All Luke really used it for in the first movie was to help to see the target he was aiming for. The exact same way he used it to see the training droid in the Millennium Falcon. He could barely bring his lightsaber to him on Hoth without great effort and concentration. He struggled greatly with training with Yoda. And even though I hated the prequels, at least Anakin had to train before mastering the force and pulling off things likemoving objects or effectively using a lightsaber. You can attribute him winning the race to the force, but I mostly took that as a cheap way to call back to when Obi Wan said he was the best pilot. He still had to train from a kid til about his mid-late 20s before he could face Count Dooku without getting his ass handed to him. So, yea...girl power it is. |
3. To be honest I don't think they need to. Just because they killed the Emperor and "won" the war doesn't mean they've effectively finished the job and a new republic could easily be formed. The Empire would still have a large number of troops, technology and weapons available to them not to mention the power vacuum which was clearly taken up by a rather powerful new Sith (whose origins will likely be alluded to in the next two films).
Just look at how things work in real-life. The US "won" the war in Iraq and took out Saddam Hussein, but the resulting turmoil has lead to the formation of Islamic State who in many ways are a lot worse. In the space of 30(?) years I could totally see how the Star Wars Galaxy ended up looking as it did at the start of Force Awakens. We don't need to see the full backstory as this will likely be a string of boring political mishaps (and be as boring as certain sections of the prequels).
2. You realise Luke trained with Yoda for all of a few days? Of course he struggled but he still managed to hold his own against his father who had many more years of training and experience. It's not like Rey actually faced up against a Sith Master either as it was obvious that Kylo Ren was merely an apprentice and a poor one at that. I'll admit that we need an explaination for Rey's ease of use with the Force, but I fully expect that to happen in the next film.
