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No ... that's not true! ... that's impossible!
I cannot accept as even remotely plausible that Rey is really just a nobody. She's far too strong in the Force to be just anybody with nobody parents. Ren can't possibly know her true origins. Why would Luke's lightsaber call to her otherwise? It would make much of the plot of TFA redundant if she's nobody.
Why do you think this?
Have said this in another thread, but my understanding is that Hamill hated what Rian Johnson did with Luke. So if Mark was bitching about it, then I don't blame him. Luke would never kill a defenseless sleeping person, and would never hide and turn his back on the galaxy. These things are simply not in the character of Luke Skywalker.
I didn't like this either. It's out of character for Luke. Even when everyone else thought Anakin/Vader was pure evil, Luke never lost hope that there was good left in him and he could be turned back to the light. And he was right. I can't see Luke ever losing that optimism, certianly not to the point of resorting to murder.
A couple of months ago, I read that Mark Hamill had misgivings about the story arc Rian Johnson had written for Luke. I think this is what he might have been talking about. If I'd been Hamill, I'd have refused to play the character unless it was re-written.
I Lol'd :P If Lando had a bad end, it'd be because he swindled the wrong Hutt after losing everything playing Sabaac.
That's an interesting way of looking at it, and I can see what you're getting at. However, even if you grant that the MC explanation can co-exist with the Obi-Wan explanation in ANH, the MCs are no more than a clumsy plot device at best, and an unneccessary contrivance at worst.
In my view, the plot would have been far better served by simply omitting the MCs altogether. To me, the Jedi losing their way is amply demonstrated by their arrogance, inability to listen to anyone outside the council, and (most strikingly) their failure to detect one of the most powerful Sith to have ever existed despite him being right under their nose.
They're a violation of original trilogy canon. Obi-wan quite clearly states: "The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together." If it binds the galaxy together, then it can't be dependent on being generated by a select few beings with a high midichlorian count. Midi-cholorians are just a ham-handed attempt to retcon the Force with a pseudo-scientific explanation.
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