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re: Star Wars discussion (SPOILERS GALORE!!!)
Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:03 am to Mirthomatic
Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:03 am to Mirthomatic
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Still, it seems a bit much to think that, even injured, a powerful and almost fully trained force user wouldn't mop the floor with an ex-janitor who ran at the first battle he saw.
Been reading the Movie board a lot since Star Wars came out. Others have mentioned the books that came out that go into more detail about the characters and apparently Finn was top 1% of his class in all categories and being a janitor was just his first job starting at the bottom of the totem poll.
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:56 am to rugbyag
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Been reading the Movie board a lot since Star Wars came out. Others have mentioned the books that came out that go into more detail about the characters and apparently Finn was top 1% of his class in all categories and being a janitor was just his first job starting at the bottom of the totem poll.
Well, that might make the situation more defensible, but only a small fraction of the Star Wars audience would have read those books before watching the film. For the vast majority of movie-goers, Finn is only what he's revealed to be in the movie: an ex-janitor who runs at his first battle. If a film has to rely that heavily on "canon" that only appears in book form, then that's a weakness in the film.
And this isn't the first time the Star Wars franchise has farmed out story elements to a source outside the films. They did it with the Clone Wars animated series, too. I have to say I'm not really a fan of this tactic.
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