Okay, I just saw it for the third time. A few new questions/observations:
- when C3PO says that R2 is in low-power mode, if I'm a human, I'm saying...."the hell with you, machine. I'm plugging your ass into the wall outlet to get the info I need." This is easy enough to explain, Luke put an override in that could only by undone by him with some sort of Force manipulation.
- How does R2D2 have the map, if he's not been following Luke since Luke left? Another easy one. Luke knew his route and end point and put it in R2.
- BB8 has Luke's END POINT on the map. why is R2 even necessary? Just get to the end point. That was discussed in the movie. The area in BB8's map was not a recognizable sector on any star map. Even the R2 area was something the First Order found by digging through the old Republic's archives. Similar to how the Clone Planet was scrubbed from the Jedi Archives.
- Maz asks Han (after Finn leaves the table), "Who's the girl?"....they immediately cut to Rey-Finn. So, we never really get an idea of if Han knows who she is. Pretty sure he doesn't, but would be interested to know how this scene was edited. I think Han had an idea. Would have liked to seen that convo.
- Han asks Maz "where did you get that?" about Luke's lighsaber. She says: "a good question, to answer at a later time." That's some BS right there. They could have taken 30 seconds to answer the damn question. And why wouldn't Maz give it to Han vs Finn? Needs to be answered in Ep 8. (Need may be a bit strong, but hope they answer that.) Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't this the scene where the Tie Fighters had already started bombing the bar? Or had just started to as the question was asked? Seems to fit with not having time for a lengthy answer, which it looked like it was going to be.
- How does Kylo get to the woods BEFORE Rey/Finn, while he's injured....Another exit? The Force? I mean the guy was literally punching a wound to juice himself.
- Kylo is told there was a girl who helped the 'droid' escape, and Kylo goes bananas, choking the dude. Why would he react that way? It's clear Kylo does NOT know who she is, when he's speaking with Snope after she mind-force F's Kylo....I think you are reading too much in to this scene. To me it was more about Kylo not being in control and showing his rage than it was a commentary on any relationship with/to Rey. Also it could be more about losing someone who could help find the droid. I mean at that point the movie was pointing you towards the map being the most important thing in the galaxy.
- The fat alien garbage dealer had Baby Rey in his grip when Rey's parents fly away....Missed that
- I'm still pissed Chewbacca walks right by Leia after he returns from the Star Killer. That really is unacceptable in my book. Not a biggie in my book. Leia and Chewie had a contentious at best relationship in the original trilogy. The fact that they might not want to grieve in each other's arms isn't a big deal to me.
- Related to that, I don't understand why Leia would embrace Rey (or vice versa). Neither know who the other is (AS FAR AS WE KNOW!!!), so it just doesn't make sense. I think this would be a better explained scene if we knew convos from off camera. Han and Leia talked before they left for DS3, what was said? Who knows.
- Would have liked to see how Poe gets off Jakku and if/how he's adjusted to getting force-mind effed. Me too
- A poster above pointed out that Rey is the all-time game cheat...better pilot than Han, better Jedi than Luke, no character flaws. That poster is correct, and it's a big problem IF IF IF those items aren't addressed very quickly in Episode 8. It's got to be addressed. If it is, and it makes sense, I'm guessing MOST fans will accept what happened and how it happened. I think rey's lineage will assuage most of these issues going forward
That's it for now. Nerd Alert can be called off.......