Quote Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe View Post
But how did she reject it? She went in there and didn't get the answers she was looking for. I think as much as anything that Luke might have talked more about the Grey Jedis. There are parts of the Light and Dark sides that can benefit humanity. By going to one extreme or the other is how you get corrupted. The Jedis basically became holier than thou and could actually harm people just from thinking they knew better than anyone else. Of course the Dark side is power that corrupts but power can also be used to save people, it just depends on how it is used.

Phasma had a novel written about her being a super badass warrior and then gets beaten by a janitor. If they removed the entire Finn and Rose storyline then it probably makes the movie flow better and eliminates some dumb plot points.

I think Luke was in a way punishing himself for Ben but also afraid of the dark side and being corrupted. He almost struck down Ben instead of trying to save him. It showed both point of views between Ben and Luke were kind of correct. Just like most things, the truth is usually in the middle. Luke finally admitted it and it allowed him to come to peace with it.

Overall, I enjoyed the beginning with Poe flying out to face the empire alone while buying time. The humor there kind of lost me some. I thought it was kind of funny but just doesn't fit. I enjoyed the end and the more I think about Luke creating an astral projection across the galaxy and even creating the gold dice from Han is extremely impressive. The rebels charging the ATATs looked cool but they didn't even shoot one thing. Just like most of the movie, seemed to be all flash no substance.

I might enjoy it more on a 2nd go around but I won't waste my money to see it in the theater again.
The rejection was in the throne room with Ren. Contrast how Luke encounter Vader and freaked at his own severed head in the mask Vs Rey in the cave of the dark side. She was curious. And disappointed. Not afraid. Remember Yoda “ fear leads to hate, hate leads to anger. Anger leads to suffering”.

I like Brunswick’s Christianity analogy. The jedi became the Middle Ages Catholic Church. Hiding was should be given freely.

Phasma having a novel novel means she should have been killed in the first one.