Death of a Hero: Luke Skywalker vs. Mara Hope

[Makeshift Python]

While the squad leaders are the ones in the most constant communicating with the HQ we see the other pilots can, and ARE, communicating with the other rebel pilots. "Luke, you've switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong" "Nothing, I'm alright".

And in TLJ Leia can hear the communications and given how it sounds it's clearly over the radio not her hearing this through the Force. And if the Resistance doesn't have any means of communicating with anyone besides the Squad leaders then they are an even more incompetent Organization then I thought since being able to communicate with as many soldiers as possible is VITAL to coordinate attacks against the opposition.

You're right on that brief exchange in ANH. I think I just forgot that because it was all ADR, we don't really see anyone speaking the dialogue likely because those lines were not written until post-production.

I Get That what I don't get is why DJ gives a $#!t about what Finn thinks. Why does he go into this speech about how both the Rebels and First Order are equally bad (which is BS BTW as the Resistance haven't destroyed an entire solar system just to prove they're evil). I get why Rose cares, Finn isn't acting like how she wants him to and is more self-centered then Anakin ever was in Attack of the Clones and wants him to live up the version of him she made in her head. It's an awful reason but at least it's a REASON, DJ just suddenly speechifies Finn whom he just met because he's just there to be a mouth piece for the Director to get Finn to act a certain way.

I don't think DJ necessarily cares what Finn thinks, he's just showing where he personally stands as a response to Finn's growing commitment to the Resistance. Like "you do your thing, I'm doing mine".

I can only recommend to watch the show and decide for yourself if it's as good as I'm making it out to be or if I'm full of $#!t.

I'm sure the show is good, I've heard such things, but I'm not interested in checking it out. There's just SO MUCH CONTENT out there now, it's hard to try to keep up with every show that everyone hypes about so I have to be selective. We really are a spoiled audience.

[Winter]

I don't think DJ necessarily cares what Finn thinks, he's just showing where he personally stands as a response to Finn's growing commitment to the Resistance. Like "you do your thing, I'm doing mine".

Finn mentioned the Resistance once to DJ and how he saw them then DJ decided to tell Finn what he thought in dialogue that I frankly find clunky and artificial. If there was more scenes between these two before this moment where Finn kept going on about the Resistance and DJ just finally got fed up with it and decided to show how both the Rebels and the First Order both buy from weapon dealers I would be okay with it because people do that all the time.

But DJ just decides to talk about how the best option is to not choose (which is BS because DJ is choosing to work with both sides because, again, hacker for hire) because Finn mentioned how it felt good to help the good guys. This then prompts DJ to lecture Finn because Finn needs to have someone raise the question that's already been answered, should Finn stay out of the conflict or get involved. And I say already answered because that was part of Finn's arc in TFA which was answered when he stood up to Kylo to protect his friend.

But again, this issue here is that DJ has no reason to actually say this other then, Finn's character arc. If a character is JUST included to say something to get a character to go in a certain direction and have little to nothing else to offer I don't see how that's good for the story. Every character must have a purpose beyond just advancing someone else's character or the plot. They must have an arc of their own or we must learn something about them in a way that feels natural and real. Otherwise you risk it taking you out of the story which is what happened with me and DJ.

He has no reason to actually say this other then Finn needs to hear it and even that's questionable since, again, Finn already went through this arc so we already know the answer to the question because it's already been asked and answered.