My Issue with the Death of Paige Tico

[CharlesPhipps]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

[clearspira]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

Agreed. I also think the argument is there that his droid is more important than Finn.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

I thought the mutiny plot felt very annex compared to Finn's casino planet romp. At the moment I'm thinking that they're both equally misguided, as far as Last Jedi is concerned.

[McAvoy]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

I thought the mutiny plot felt very annex compared to Finn's casino planet romp. At the moment I'm thinking that they're both equally misguided, as far as Last Jedi is concerned.

I don't know. I mean they equally accomplish nothing in the end. And they both were to do something for Finn and Poe's character development though in the end it ends up a waste anyway in ROS.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

I thought the mutiny plot felt very annex compared to Finn's casino planet romp. At the moment I'm thinking that they're both equally misguided, as far as Last Jedi is concerned.

I don't know. I mean they equally accomplish nothing in the end. And they both were to do something for Finn and Poe's character development though in the end it ends up a waste anyway in ROS.

I've spent time on this forum before coming back to the movie years later each paying attention to Finn's story arc here. Poe's is pretty straight forward, but Finn's is more layered. From convincing Rose to join him to his failings in not only trying to take on the mission but trusting the hustler itself. I'm somewhat compelled to connect it to his initial differentiation from trooper to rogue.

[McAvoy]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

I thought the mutiny plot felt very annex compared to Finn's casino planet romp. At the moment I'm thinking that they're both equally misguided, as far as Last Jedi is concerned.

I don't know. I mean they equally accomplish nothing in the end. And they both were to do something for Finn and Poe's character development though in the end it ends up a waste anyway in ROS.

I've spent time on this forum before coming back to the movie years later each paying attention to Finn's story arc here. Poe's is pretty straight forward, but Finn's is more layered. From convincing Rose to join him to his failings in not only trying to take on the mission but trusting the hustler itself. I'm somewhat compelled to connect it to his initial differentiation from trooper to rogue.

I may have to rewatch Finn's casino story arc again.

[clearspira]

You think Poe was a more memorable character though?

There's a lot to impact here. Poe was originally supposed to die and presumably Finn would have remained co-lead and eventually rose to become a much more important character. Hence why they went to showing the X-wing EXPLODING to signify he was absolutely dead.

Poe, however, ABSOLUTELY has a shit ton more to do in The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. He's got the whole mutiny plot, being Leia's surrogate son/replacement for her own, and apparently being a smuggler despite making no sense.

I thought the mutiny plot felt very annex compared to Finn's casino planet romp. At the moment I'm thinking that they're both equally misguided, as far as Last Jedi is concerned.

I don't know. I mean they equally accomplish nothing in the end. And they both were to do something for Finn and Poe's character development though in the end it ends up a waste anyway in ROS.

I've spent time on this forum before coming back to the movie years later each paying attention to Finn's story arc here. Poe's is pretty straight forward, but Finn's is more layered. From convincing Rose to join him to his failings in not only trying to take on the mission but trusting the hustler itself. I'm somewhat compelled to connect it to his initial differentiation from trooper to rogue.

Rose needed no convincing to Join Finn at all. She goes from brutally attacking him to joining him in a single scene. She even trusts him enough to give him a ship. She's lucky he really wasn't the traitor that she thought he was as she would have ended up with a 2 by 4 through the back of her skull.

Finn's spaceship BTW is another dumb concept in a dumb film. How did it get away from the Raddas without being hyperspace tracked or shot down? That would be a pretty important plot point to establish given the situation no?

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Rose needed no convincing to Join Finn at all. She goes from brutally attacking him to joining him in a single scene. She even trusts him enough to give him a ship. She's lucky he really wasn't the traitor that she thought he was as she would have ended up with a 2 by 4 through the back of her skull.

Can't say I disagree.

Finn's spaceship BTW is another dumb concept in a dumb film. How did it get away from the Raddas without being hyperspace tracked or shot down? That would be a pretty important plot point to establish given the situation no?

Given how remote they were tracking them from, I don't think it was a direct radar situation so much as a "we see the big cluster of them over in this part of the galaxy." Or something maybe to that effect.

That or it was just a matter of him piloting based on his understanding of how they tracked them in the first place. Like if it was Solo I wouldn't have thought twice either way.