#Spoileralert

Turns out …

Rey is the grandchild of creepy Sith Lord Palpatine.

She somehow inherited her grandfather’s power. She chooses to behave like the Jedi and not like the Sith. The Jedi protect the right of sentient beings to express themselves naturally and work to reduce unnecessary suffering. Sith Lord and his supporters use repression and direct physical violence to block people from being who they are. This is evil. It’s a clear choice for Rey because she saw in her mind how her grandfather ordered for his son and daughter-in-law, her parents, to be abducted and killed.

i prefer slice-of-life story structures. I prefer the life experience to be ~ 10% hero’s journey and 90% slice of life.

. . . maybe George Lucas *was* subliminally considering a (certain type of hetero) female viewership by sprinkling a handful of hot guys throughout the galaxies! Going with that perspective, it peaked with Hayden Christensen and Kylo Ren. Poe is the cute contrarian rebel, and Finn, hilarious puppy. No Asian-American guys tho. Simu Lu is on the Barbie set and Jimmy O. Yang is busy with stand-up.