From: craigstelle@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 10:00:40 PM UTC-6, Bill Anderson wrote:   
   > Some of them should be easy for those of you who've paid more attention    
   > than I have over the years.   
   >    
   > 1.	Why did Threepio have a red arm and how did it get replaced for the    
   > final shot?   
   > 2.	Why did the script make a point of holding back the revelation that    
   > Han and Leia's son was named "Ben?"  All we heard was "our son" every    
   > time the subject came up.  Then he was Ben.  So?   
   > 3.	Why did John Boyega affect an American accent?  Nicely done, but why?   
   > 4.	Why not just go on and say that Rey is the daughter Han and Leia    
   > didn't know they had?  (Of course that makes no sense; I'm being silly.    
   >   But still.)   
      
   I don't think Rey is a Skywalker. Atleast, I hope she isn't.   
      
   > 5.	The movie had the look and feel of Star Wars, but somehow not the    
   > heft.  It seemed like Star Wars lite.  Most of the required elements    
   > were there and then some, but the required gravitas, the sense of the    
   > magnitude of the situation seemed missing.  So is that the movie's fault    
   > or is it my fault for thinking I've seen it all before?   
      
   It felt like ANH in the sense that it was small and compact, retelling the   
   entire first trilogy in a manner. I'm hoping the next two films are broader   
   and more patient in its storyline. If it continues this arc, will Luke lay   
   down his life to help Rey "   
   You can't win, Ren. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than   
   you can possibly imagine." And will Leia will die in childbirth ;)    
      
   > 6.	Why hire Max Von Sydow if you're not going to use him?   
   > 7.	How do you aim that planet-sized flame thrower?  If it is built into    
   > an actual planet, does that planet not rotate on an axis?  Think about    
   > it: you'd have to check your watch carefully and fire only when the    
   > barrel of the gun swings around to the exact time of day when it's lined    
   > up with the target, and then the target would have to be located    
   > somewhere on the arc, or I guess the spiral the line of aim is    
   > inscribing in the sky.  Seems impractical.   
      
   What if its in tidal lock?   
      
      
   > 8.	Why didn't I care when Han Solo got lightsabered?  This is a serious    
   > question - what was there about this movie that made the death of Han    
   > Solo seem just another plot point with no emotional resonance whatsoever    
   > for me?  All I thought when it happened was, "OK, I guess Harrison Ford    
   > finally got what he wanted."   
   >    
      
   I like C'Pis response to this. I also felt "Ford got his wish"... but it   
   wasn't the heroic death I hoped he'd get. He got all mushy on us.    
      
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