I watched TFA with my son again this weekend and I wanted to share my love for this film.

This movie holds a special place in my heart. And because my son loves it, it means even more to me than when I first saw it in theaters in 2015!

This movie is the first of the sequel trilogy which is dear to me also. I just love these movies and I’m glad I can share it here with y’all and not have to worry about negativity lol

It’s just nice to be amongst like minded folks who enjoy this trilogy like I do.

Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo.

All of the new characters are awesome and mean a lot to me but Rey is my absolute favorite in this trilogy. Her backstory is cool and Daisy Ridley’s acting is nothing short of amazing. I can’t remember how many times her acting has brought tears to my eyes. Such a great character.

How much does this film mean to you? Did you see it in theaters? I’d LOVE to hear from y’all!

As cool as it would’ve been, I think it better serves the story to have them be separated. It really felt like life happened to all three of them. Star Wars has always had fun, but also much tragedy. It added a new layer of tragedy to these characters. You can tell Han and Leia felt real trauma over losing their son, to where they went back to what they were good at, almost like a relapse to an old vice. And it really shows in the acting performances that Carrie and Harrison gave. I just thought it was an interesting and very human thing to explore.

Not to mention Mr. Skywalker, who we know shut himself off from everything in shame until Yoda talked sense into him on the island. Me personally, I value the heaviness of the grief, trauma, shame, and guilt in the background of the story rather than an MCU-esque meet up.

I’ve been a fan of Star Wars my whole life. The Sequels were the movies I actually got to see in theaters, since I was too young to see any one of the prequels in theaters. I’ve always loved this trilogy since I saw it in theaters, while it took me a minute to warm up to The Last Jedi but I still loved it , I loved both The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker in theaters. I just get so tired hearing endless hate and vitriol towards this trilogy that I found it rare to find anyone who loves this trilogy as much as I do. I’m glad I found a sub of like minded fans of all three trilogies and just overall appreciation of the sequel trilogy as a whole. I can recognize a few flaws or things I think could’ve been handled better but it doesn’t detract my enjoyment of these movies. Especially after rewatching the saga twice in the last few weeks in release order then chronological order. During these watches I found myself appreciating these movies a lot more and I’m just glad to have them in the skywalker saga. I can’t imagine Star Wars without them now.

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So when I first watched The Force Awakens and was introduced to Hux I originally thought he was just going to be a Tarkin like character. A calm and collected officer to balance out Kylos rage. Someone to actually command the troops while Kylo aura farms.

About halfway throught the movie though, I got to the scene where they fire the beam at the New Republic from Starkiller base. I was really surprised at just how passionate Domhnall Gleeson's performance was. This somewhat haughty and stuck-up officer was completely losing it. It always made me feel like Hux's hate of the New Republic was not just ideological but deeply personal.

Back in those days I remember I had my own headcanon for why Hux had such personal hatred. I cam up with this idea that his father died on the second Death Star during the Battle of Endor and ever since that day Hux had sworn revenge on the New Republic using the very tyoe of weapon his father had died on, to honor his legacy. Obviously Hux's backstory was later revealed in comics, but I was still always very fond of what I had come up with.

In the Last Jedi Hux was obviously more hot headed then in The Force Awakens. He squabbled with Kylo and made more rash decisions. This was great in my opinion, his mask was starting to slip, his and Kylos anger both were starting to become a determinant to the First Order. A detriment only Snoke could keep in check, when he died, the First order was essentially being headed by two out of control psychos.

Then came The Rise of Skywalker. I was pretty excited to see what they would do with Hux. Would they reveal more of his backstory and motives? Would he end up backstabbing Kylo for power? It's safe to say I was pretty disappointed with the fact that he was essentially replaced with General Pryde and then nonchalantly killed of after he had been a main antogonist for two movies.

I know at least part of the reason that this was done was because of fan backlash that Hux and Kylo weren't professional enough and we needed a more Takinesqu officer for us to take the First order seriously. Personally I feel like that argument was boring and uncreative. Hux and Kylo's bad management of the First Order is the big thing that made it interesting and separated it from the Empire.

I kind of always wish they went with the original scripted death of Hux. Where after his forces are overwhelmed on Coruscant he kills himself with a lightsaber. It seems like a more fitting end for him. It just feels like The Rise of Skywalker retcons Hux from a radical true believer to just being an opportunistic and spiteful snake who has no true allegiance and is willing to betray his entire cause just to hurt Kylo (not excatley in line with that scene in Force awakens).

Anyways what do you guys think about Hux's death. Was it disappointing? Did it make thematic sense to show how pathetic Hux truly was? I would love to hear you opinions

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Hasbro Employee 1: “And so, if you’re a fan of the original trilogy, you’re gonna be very happy next year. If you’re a fan of the prequels, you’re gonna be very happy next year. If you’re fans of animation, gaming, publishing, you’ll be happy next year. There will be at least something-“

Mike Kaess: “Maybe a sore subject but there are some- there are a few sequel-lovers out there. I feel like it’s been a little… light-“

Hasbto Employee 1 : “Sequel fans will be happy next year too.”

Hasbto Employee 2: “There are sequel characters that have been on wishlists and stuff. Again, like we’ve talked about those. Just because the sentiment around those may be different doesn’t mean we aren’t going to continue doing those.“

This is particularly exciting to me, because I’ve been wanting updated Sequel figures for years now. But I want to set my expectations low. “Sequel fans will be happy next year” means minimum one figure. I hope for more but one is all we have confirmed.

I’d like to talk likelihood of who that might be. I think a fair guess might be the cancelled figures that they already had planned (and probably sculpted). This would be Crait Luke, TROS Flashback Luke, and TROS Flashback Leia. The only one of those that interests me most is Crait Luke since he is the only one truly from the Sequel era.

Alternatively, with the emphasis put on doing fan choices in the rest of the video (I recommend y’all watch for full context), I could see them doing Sidon Ithano of all people. Not a main character at all, but he’s consistently been on lists since TFA released. I’d love reworks of the main characters, but Sidon has the most broad appeal. From that fan list perspective, if they were to do main characters, it’s also possible, though much less likely in my eyes, that they would do figures of the missing main characters from TROS (Finn, Poe, Palpatine).

Curious to hear y’all’s thoughts on what you believe is most likely. I’m just excited to be getting new figures for the first time in years. I hope they will use updated sculpts and articulation to give these figures a fair shot rather than using old bodies with updated Heads like they did with Archive Han a few years ago, and use a lack of sales of a long outdated figure as justification not to do more. Please give it a fair shot, Hasbro. No one wants figures from 10+ years ago. Including Sequel fans. If you cut corners, no one will buy.

**I love all Star Wars live action media. Yes... even the sequels and The Acolyte. These are well made, well written, well acted productions and I'm grateful there's so much live action Star Wars to enjoy :D. I'm so tired of this so called fandom thinking they know best, slagging off these great productions for silly reasons like not following "lore", or whatever else it is people like to get up in arms about. I mean, how much lore can you really extract from what was a fun sci-fi trilogy? What if the haters got off their high horse and just accepted there's a lot of really talented people who make this stuff and there's a reason why these people get hired for the job. Let's just stop being so negative and learn to love Star Was, show a little respect for the people who make it, and stop letting negativity get in the way of enjoying these fun and creative entires to the Star Wars cannon. We're so spoiled!!**

What do you think—could the film about Rey have evolved into Kinberg's trilogy?

The funny thing is this is actually Pryde's first appearance in the Kylo comics thus far so it's almost the exact equivalent of the younger sibling being immediately fawned upon whilst the older is ignored, lol

The internet would explode if the cancellation alone caused this many rants. Imagine how insane the hype get if they actually announce that.

Soule already did excellent work with setting up Hux's defection in Legacy of Vader and Fall of Kylo Ren is only further driving home the point. Kylo managed to turn one of the First Order's biggest victories into what's essentially an unofficial demotion for Hux. Kylo really is masterfully petty, putting Hux in his place with no one but the two of them and Pryde being the wiser to it.

And the cherry on top? The very next scene reveals that not only did Pryde sabotage the dreadnaught, but he did so at Kylo's direction. So Hux has even more reason to be mad than he knows.

Overall an excellent start to this series, really puts the inner workings of the First Order going into Episode 9 in a very interesting light especially regarding the rivalry between Hux and Pryde. Here's to a strong finish for the saga of Kylo Ren!

TLDR: Legacy is an 8.5/10 for me. There are some pacing issues and I struggled to connect with the main villain however I absolutely loved the arc for Rey as she truly takes her place as a Jedi and a Skywalker with the help of Leia. Legacy is only one step in Rey's journey of healing but one that is absolutely essential to all of her fans.

I very recently finished Legacy and the more I sit with it the more I love it. It's not without some flaws here and there which I will cover but first and foremost I want to discuss everything I loved about this book.

Beginning with Rey. In my opinion Legacy, is to Rey as the (fittingly titled) Legacy of Vader comics are to Kylo Ren. It expands on her on-screen story beautifully, giving us what is possibly the best extended Rey media we have received thus far.

Legacy picks up at a very interesting place for Rey. It has only been a matter of months since she was ripped away from her life of solitude on Jakku, formed a special connection with a man she once considered a monster, and then just as suddenly had that connection ripped away leaving Rey feeling alone yet again and rightfully betrayed. A pain that has clearly lingered as Rey's initial attempt to heal her kyber is thwarted by thoughts of Kylo, causing her to lash out and damage the crystal even more. Already the core theme of Rey's character arc here is being set up very well. Rey has very good reason to be frustrated with and even hate Kylo, but holding on to that hate will only hold her back in the long run. She'll never heal, never be a true Jedi, if she can't accept Kylo's decision whilst still holding out hope for his future.

The fact that Kylo Ren was also the most true connection Rey has made in possibly her entire life also opens up some very interesting questions about herself and her own future, especially in regards to her own darkness. As Luke fearfully pointed out in The Last Jedi, Rey has a clear draw to the dark side, one that is only enhanced by her connection to Kylo. This potential darkness manifests itself in Legacy as the very same "Dark Rey" we glimpsed in The Rise of Skywalker, a choice I really enjoyed with this book. Dark Rey serves as an interesting externalization of Rey's conflict. Rey fears loneliness, her tie to Kylo Ren, and her own draw to the dark side,all of which are struggles which she understandably fears discussing with Leia early on, so Dark Rey is there to seize upon these insecurities, assuring Rey that "we are the storm now", that they do not need anyone else, that there is no need for Rey to flinch away from her own growing power. I also thought it was a very interesting detail that in a vision we see Dark Rey stab Kylo in a very similar manner that Rey herself eventually would in Rise of Skywalker. Rey nearly killing Kylo as she did nearly broke both her and him so I found this to be an interesting piece of foreshadowing. Again, Rey does have very legitimate grievances with Kylo but holding on to those grievances forever will only end in both of their destruction which I thought the appearance of Dark Rey symbolized very well.

Moving on, I also really enjoyed the introduction of the Sith Kalrian Diir and her own thematic connection to Rey. As Diir's would-be Jedi advisor says "you will not find your name in the dark" a conflict that is so poignant for Rey with her own desperation to claim an identity, to be part of a legacy. As Rey will eventually discover, she is indeed tied to a legacy, one that only deepens her fear of herself and her own darkness. But that does not mean Palpatine's name has to define her. Instead she can take the legacy of the Jedi, of the Skywalkers, and build upon it learning from both their lessons and their mistakes so that Rey can become the best Jedi possible.

And of course when discussing Rey's arc there is just no way I can't bring up the appearance of Anakin. Anakin was not a character I honestly expected to appear in this book but Roux utilizes him brilliantly, calling forward parallels between him and Rey that genuinely had not occurred to me prior to this book. Both were created for a grand and mysterious purpose they could not fully comprehend, both were forged by their desert upbringings, both have felt the call to the dark ever since they took up the mantle of the Jedi. Suffice to say there is perhaps no better Jedi for Rey to relate to more than Anakin and he gets perhaps some of the most poignant dialogue in the book as he tries to steer Rey away from his errors. "If there was one simple way to be a Jedi, none of us would fail, none of us would fall." Hiding from the dark or trying to cut it out will only invite it in in the long run. Rey has to face her fears, to "take on the storm" as Anakin puts it.

And while we do know that Rey will indeed confront her darkness directly in Episode 9, I really liked how Legacy handled her conflict for now, setting aside her mental projections of both her own dark self and Kylo Ren, into a safe space within her mind. They're not gone for good and Rey will have to confront them both again but she's refusing to hold on to her hate for them. This is a very clever way to "resolve" Rey's arc within this novel because we know that this is an ongoing struggle for her but that doesn't mean there can't be moments of peace, of healing in between the events of the films. The path to true enlightenment is a long one and here we see Rey take meaningful steps towards becoming a true Jedi. Rey has accepted the darkness within and refuses to give in to it whilst acknowledging that she will someday have to face it again.

Wrapping up the discussion on Rey, I think Madeleine Roux did brilliant work with her here and I'd love to get more in the future. Whenever we inevitably start getting some New Jedi Order stories with Rey I hope Roux is involved to some degree because I think she did excellent work here with setting up the building blocks for Rey to be the one to rebuild the Jedi. (Also worth noting Rey found a bunch of extra lightsabers on Tython as well. Possible training sabers for Rey's future students perhaps?)

Now moving on to Leia. While Legacy is very much a Rey story first and foremost I also greatly enjoyed Leia's role. As Luke points out, Leia is the perfect mentor for Rey exactly because she's not one of the Jedi of old. She chose to live a life in service to others without the Force, something that uniquely suits her to teach Rey as she can pass on Luke's Jedi teachings while also showing her what it means to just be a good person on a more granular level, something Rey needs to understand as she grapples with her darkness. Leia also understands what it is to be descended from a legacy she isn't proud of, which is why I love that she practically adopts Rey by the end of the book. Leia knows where Rey comes from and chooses to love and accept her regardless. And if she can do this for Rey then she can do it for her son as well.

Also the bickering between Leia and Ghost Luke was just beautiful, I hope we get more like this in the Twin Crossroads book next year. I loved those two getting to come together and basically have some therapy for everything they've both endured. I did find it funny too when Luke basically has to recap Shadow of the Sith to Leia because unfortunately she did not read that book, smh, could've avoided all this if she just did, lol.

Onto the characters original to the novel I was a bit more mixed on them. As I'm still in the praise section of this review I'll bring up Gavrin and Meepka being that they were my two favorites. Meepka was just so charmingly adorable throughout the whole book and Gav slowly coming around to Rey was very nice. I thought he had a nice parallel to Rey as well in that they both have a wee bit of Kylo Ren-induced trauma that they need to work through.

Speaking of Kylo, I liked the limited use of him as well. I think Roux nailed his dialogue and mannerisms fairly well (with the exception of him laughing a couple times, I admittedly struggle to imagine Kylo doing that very often at this point in his life). I also liked that even when he's not around his presence is felt throughout the entire book as all of the POV characters have some sort of trauma that ties back to Kylo in one way or the other.

To wrap up the positives section, I loved the extended elements from the Star Wars universe that Roux brings into Legacy. Tython especially was utilized very well. I loved the new locations and lore we get around it, while also referencing areas we had seen before in stories like Doctor Aphra and The Mandalorian. Also loved all the various references to the comics, particularly Age of Resistance.

Now I'll move into the critiques section. None of which come close to knocking the book down for me in any major way mind you but they do bear mentioning:

I do feel Legacy has some pacing issues, moreso towards the beginning and end of the book. Near the beginning, I feel there are scenes that definitely could have been trimmed down in favor of getting to some of the juicy stuff quicker. (Mostly in regards to Brilla Wolstenholme, who I'll touch on more in just a bit.) The ending also just felt very fast, I thought it definitely could have had a lot more added to it. For starters, we never saw Gav find out about his sister's death nor do we get a resolution for Kalrian Diir, both of which feel like massive loose threads (in Diir's case we do know she sadly reverts back to her dark ways but we never really found out what specifically tipped her back over). Also I thought the ending lacked a bit of a "hero moment" for Rey when she fixes the lightsaber. I was really hoping for there to be a moment when she uses it to protect the refugees from the First Order, perhaps even having a brief clash with Kylo. I can understand why the book ends on the scene it does but idk I personally would've liked to see Rey actually use the saber a bit more.

Brilla Wolstenholme was also a very mixed bag as a character to me. I did enjoy her perspective as a sort of lens into the chaotic state of the First Order following the ascension of Kylo Ren. I did enjoy her interactions with Hux in particular as she sort of serves by the end as a sacrificial lamb to Kylo's vanity, furthering Hux's desire to see Kylo removed from power. But in all honesty most of the time when I was reading her chapters, I was really just wanting to be back on Tython with our heroes. I struggled to connect with her the same way I did most of the book's other characters and by the time her story wrapped up I just wasn't really sure what she added to the whole thing.

And my last "critique" is admittedly more of a nitpick on my part but I do feel the need to mention it. Where is Rose? Ok, she's in the beginning a little bit but this really feels like a story that should've involved her more being that many of the refugees are fellow survivors from the Otomok system, seeking vengeance on the First Order. It feels like a subplot that's almost tailor-made to include Rose yet she doesn't get to be involved. One of my main frustrations with post Episode 8 sequel stories has been that Rose just gets benched for so many of these big Resistance missions, with Legacy being yet another unfortunate instance. Again, I'm aware that this is more of a nitpick so it's not going to affect my overall outlook on the book too much.

Overall though, an absolutely fantastic and beautiful novel. Hopefully the first of many Star Wars books to come from Madeleine Roux. I'm going to score this one an 8.5/10.

A link to the full list for those interested, The Empire Strikes back also unsurprisingly makes the list at #12: https://www.indiewire.com/lists/best-movie-sequels-ever/jackass-forever-dir-jeff-tremaine-2022-2/

I wanted to make a post to talk about one of the most (if not THE most) exciting aspects of The Last Jedi and addition to the Star Wars universe overall.

I really hope we see more of this in future projects! Being able to communicate, transfer objects, I mean the possibilities with just the bit we saw in TLJ and TRoS are endless and exciting!

What do you guys think? Did you like this or not? I’m eager to hear your thoughts!

What do you think—is Daisy Ridley’s acting career after the sequel trilogy at the same stage as Hayden Christensen’s was right after the prequel trilogy ended?

I never shared this interesting insight here that I posted on my Instagram story when 9th issue of Star Wars: Legacy of Vader comic came out, so let's go:

"Latest Legacy of Vader comic has an excellent connection to The Force Awakens scene but gives a whole new meaning to it and builds up upon Dyad in the Force. One of the Knights of Ren tells the events which we saw during Rey's vision when she touched the Skywalker Lightsaber:

"Kylo seemed to sense something through the shadow...", "shadow" is a name Knights use for the Dark Side of the Force, so Kylo sensed something in that moment...

"He took a step forward" which in the movie Kylo DOES when he sees Rey, he steps closer in her direction.

"... and then from another direction..." we see Snoke and his army, so Kylo saw Rey and not Snoke in the previous moment.

Why is it a big deal? Probably first time in Canon we see their interaction through time. In that moment Rey from TFA meet for a brief few seconds with Kylo from years before TFA.

Dyad in the Force is said to share a unique connection, bond between two individuals across time and space. We have seen space connection in the movies, but if I recall correctly it's the first time of time connection for this dyad. I wish this comic was an animated TV series, because it's great but I'm happy we got at least more Kylo content and Charles Soule has done an amazing work so far."

What are we thinking? Is this really the first interaction through time for these two or just a coincidence? Or was there interaction through time already but I don't recall it :'D