Almost all the discourse around episodes 7 and 8 when they were new was “Ray is a woke Mary Sue character”, and later “Rose and Finn were just diversity inclusions”. Complete with death threats sent to the actors.
Rose and Finn’s episode 8 scenes could have cut entirely and you’d immediately have a better movie. That wasn’t because they were diversity inclusions, but because it was terrible writing.
Almost all the discourse around episodes 7 and 8 when they were new was “Ray is a woke Mary Sue character”, and later “Rose and Finn were just diversity inclusions”. Complete with death threats sent to the actors.
Rose and Finn’s episode 8 scenes could have cut entirely and you’d immediately have a better movie. That wasn’t because they were diversity inclusions, but because it was terrible writing.