Is Rey from Star Wars a Mary Sue?

[Soundwave]

Aeolus451 said:

Soundwave said:

I'm just saying do we need to have the same whiny fanbase reaction to EVERY Star Wars movie every time?

The "nerd community" just fucking needs to let this go, this is now almost 20 years of unrelenting "backlash". You're not getting the Star Wars movie you want. It's not gonna happen if your expectations are that high. The originals are only good by a lot of fluke/good fortune/stars aligning that will never happen again. 

This same shit will happen again for Episode IX too ... "OHMAGAWD, it's TOO SAFE as a movie, why don't they take risks like Last Jedi did!!! I hate you JJ!". Rinse, wash, repeat. 

I like Star Wars too and can be critical of it but I can also admit the fan base can also be a bunch of whiny, entitled little shits too. That streak runs very strong in the fan base, the fan base is embarrassing at times. 

You're getting a new Star Wars trilogy and it's about as good as the modern Marvel films. And that's all you were ever gonna get. If you're going to throw a hissy fit like a child that it's not as good as you wanted, like serious chill the fuck out. It's not a good look. 

I disagree with that. If a fan base just remained quiet when they didn't like something, the company who made it would assume they did a good job and what they're doing is working, they'll just keep doing it. That applies to a lot of products.

It's a fanbase that can be incredibly childish and abrasive when they don't get exactly what they want. I didn't like the prequels, but learning of some of the abuse Jake Llyod (the kid actor who was Anakin in Episode I) went through is really kind of revolting. 

They're just movies. People need to calm down. 

Also by the time you get to part EIGHT of anything it's gonna get kinda stale/dull ... Rocky VIII, Jurassic Park VIII, Godfather Part VIII, Iron Man VIII, Back To The Future VIII, I'm pretty sure would have some issues. Fast & Furious series isn't even recognizable anymore compared to the first one. 

It's not easy to make the 7th, 8th of anything. By that point everything that's supposed to have been done probably has and coming up with logical reasons for the characters to get up off their ass and do the same thing for upteenth time becomes more difficult to rationalize. Is it really believable that Luke Skywalker would even allow something like the First Order to rise or that Han/Leia/Luke wouldn't have been 10x more careful in raising Kylo knowing their family history?

But you don't have a movie if that doesn't happen. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 January 2018