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user-inactivated  ·  3298 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Star Wars discussion thread.

    Ren and Rey are totally brother and sister. I have to watch the movies again to build my case, but I'm willing to bet on it.

If that's truly the case (which I think you're right), that's shit writing right there. It's predictable and simple minded. It's forcing drama and tension by building on past relationships and established characters in the most straight forward way. They're basically making you care about the new characters because you care about the old, instead of developing the new characters and letting them come into their own in such a way that you develop a care for them.