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and finds Anakin / Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber
and has an extremely strong vision upon the
touch of it, we all screamed at the screen trying
to figure out WHERE REY COMES FROM. She
probably isn’t a Solo, because for one Han and
Leia would both have known it was their
daughter they were meeting again, but also its
doubtful that they would have dropped her off on
Jakku when they kept Ben. But what IS clear is
that she is heavy in the way of the force, and
somehow has a connection to the family of
Skywalker. Could she be the long lost daughter
of Luke Skywalker? Again, that too is doubtful
because he was busy building a new generation
of Jedi, which was unraveled by his only
nephew, Ben Solo. One theory that I personally
like, and take it with a grain of salt, is the
reincarnation theory. Anakin is said to have been
born of a virgin. So, by those rules, if a virgin
birth is possible, its also possible to be
reincarnated- especially when there was so much
speculation that Anakin was the “one” to restore
balance back to the force. Clearly by the time he
died as Darth Vader, the force couldn’t have been
further away from being restored or balanced at
all. However, I don’t think this means he still
wasn’t the one- I just think that he had to come
back, and as a female this time, to finish the job.
And what symbolism if it IS Rey! Complete
balance- good and evil, man and woman, birth
and death. And when the film ends, I think that
Luke knew it was the spirit of his father, back to
finish what he started- in contrary to what Kylo
Ren wants to do. Another aspect that rings very
New Hope is the newest and greatest weapon of
choice by the First Order- the Star Killer. It is
literally a planet that has been converted into a
sun soaking laser beam, capable of destroying
SEVERAL planets in a pulse, which is exactly
what the First Order does to half of the planets
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that harbored the Republic. So basically its a
supercharged Death Star. It honestly is awesomeand its also a weapon I could get behind because
I understood the mechanics of it; it soaks up the
sun of that planet, and once the sun goes out the
weapon is fully charged.
But as I ramble, and honestly this review
could go on for the span of a Charles Dickens
novel, let me sum up why this is the Star Wars
film that fans NEEDED. It was a well thought
out, well acted film full of practical effects that
immersed you into the world that is Star Wars
again. It made adults remember what they loved
so much about the original films, and it gave
a whole new generation of little Jedi heroes
and villains of their own to love and hate. The
movie has its flaws, all movies do- take it from a
filmmaker writer here, there is no such thing as a
perfect movie, someone is always going to hate
something about it. But it does nothing short of
taking you on a journey worthy of opening with
that tagline “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far
away”, while standing on its own. Sure, there
are decades of history in the Star Wars story,
but kids can go and watch it and love it having
known nothing about the previous. Needless to
say after the theater had cleared and the credits
had finished rolling, I was still sitting in my seat,
sobbing like a little kid- and not because it was
sad, or because it was the perfect movie, but
because for the first time in 30 years, Star Wars
was really, REALLY back. And with movies
scheduled until 2024, its here to stay.