im not referring to us, a bunch of nerds on a nerdy message board. im talking about those people surveyed. of course a bunch of star wars fans who gobble up all the info instantly and dissect it everyday on a message board are gunna know.
Sure it is. The execs are like let's bring back Han and Leia. People love those characters. Then they're like let's have their son be the bad guy. Totally the opposite of Luke being the good guy. Internet people will LOVE the dichotomy between the light and dark again. Okay. Let's make him whiny and annoying. Okay that might work since he's a villain. But he's just annoying and whiny. Instead of making him a character with depth, how about we take a shortcut and have him kill Han? Brilliant!
First impressions are important, look at the top of the list vs the bottom and think about their first scenes.
If you honestly think that most people who saw The Force Awakens don't remember Finn's, Poe's, BB-8's or Kylo Ren's name, then I honestly have no idea what to say because that's crazy talk.
...you think Kylo Ren doesn't have depth? You think killing Han Solo was a shortcut?
So he's a lamer version of Darth Vader.
Yup. I'm probably predisposed to not liking him, so he had a long hill to climb to convince me.
No, he's NOTHING like Darth Vader. That's the point. He WANTS to be, though.
Nah man, R2-D2 is actually useful, he saves everyone from an imminent death in A New Hope. Hell, even the three seconds he has in The Force Awakens have him solving the entire plot. Meanwhile, BB-8 didn't do a single useful thing in The Force Awakens.
They also by far the most likeable characters. That's not to say the rest aren't likeable but they are the standouts.
They're close to running with the side characters from the OT, not the mains. BB-8 and Finn will probably be in every single movie, compared to Jabba and Lando, who both appear later and have much smaller parts.
Yeah rey it's far off and your right in tems of nostalgia which pretty much doesn't need to be stated since the nostalgia of the old films are the vast majority of the reason of the response of the TFA as the IP is so beloved. Audience members were just waiting for a new good movie.
Seems like villains get rated lower. Some people who took this survey may have misunderstood the question as who you're most identifying with or who you like the most. Nobody actually sympathizes with Space Hitler.
I don't see how that works against Vader but not Anakin. Vader ends the trilogy redeemed. Anakin ends the trilogy as a failed evil idiot.
You're forgetting about how Anakin is originally portrayed in the OT. As the hero who saves his son and gets redeemed in the final act of the trilogy. Pretty much the last thing audiences see is Anakin Skywalker posing with Yoda and Obi as the good guy who saved the day.
