Hah... I should explain (Rogue 1 Spoilers) (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 15:09 (2236 days ago) @ Kermit

I just wanted to step in and say that I’m sorry—I didn’t mean to come off as dismissive as I probably did.

I’ll be watching the movie again soon when it gets released in a week (can’t wait to get my hands on the UHD version). Maybe I’ll have some better thoughts then.

I will say, you present good arguments. To be honest though, saying you just can’t believe character motivations (or lack thereof) is a much stronger argument than bringing up gender politics for me. I can’t and won’t deny that there are undoubtedly gender politics in the film, but you are reading into that much more than I am. And it’s very difficult to decipher intent, I think, so it’s an area of debate I just don’t find particularly compelling or beneficial.

Also, I must admit, I’m just not very critical in general. Lots of people look at Luke’s attitude and depiction in TLJ and can’t reconcile how he got there from the Luke we saw in the OT. I’m totally willing to just accept that unseen and largely unexplained character development. Just like I’m willing to accept Snoke just being another dude that seized the opportunity in the power vacuum.