What Rian Johnson says with a photo and an emoji!!
What a massive disappointment about FinnRose. One can only hope it's a "there's too much to deal with it right now and we can't be together" early phase that it will be tackled by the movie, otherwise, what was even the point of the KISS in TLJ? What do you think? Iss JJ to be trusted?
Thinking on it again after a day’s work, I’m inclined to temper my first gut reaction…. about whether FinnRose will happen or not. The extract we read from had Finn telling Poe about a conversation he had with Rose, now I do not know if that conversation is in the book. If this conversation was in the book we could make a better judgement call on the characters feelings. The scene with Poe might not be entirely reliable.
It seems to me that Finn could be dismissing the relationship, and that Rose would have made it appeared it was OK to “just be friends”…. in other words the relation needs more events within the TROS storyline to grow and develop. It’s not a done deal, which is creating conflict and is a common ingredient in storytelling.
I don’t think JJ would be so callous as to eradicate Rose from his plot, or completely backtrack on the Finn/Rose dynamic. Having said that the friendship zoning remains possible.
I think we can trust JJ. He started the tale and I feel he will finish it appropriately. He has made errors in the past, but that’s only natural. His main issue, I find, is the way he handles the promotion of his movies, it’s just grating, too often.
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That’s how We will Win.
Representation in the media is so unbelievably powerful and important. Rose Tico from The Last Jedi, a smart, funny and all-around badass played brilliantly by Kelly Marie Tran, is a shining example of this. Having grown up consuming media centered around near all-white narratives, I never assumed that it could ever be different, or that I could and should want to see more. When I finally startedseeing faces like mine and other minorities looking back at me through the screen, I was unexpectedly met with an overwhelming feeling of affirmation and acceptance from a world that for so long ignored our existence and deemed our stories unworthy of telling. This reflection of the real world that we live in, a rich tapestry of differences meant to be embraced, is so overdue. We exist, and these are our stories too.