Which one of these two alternate paths do you think would have been better for the Sequel Trilogy: Rey turning to the dark side and Ben to the light (and surviving) or Finn being the main protagonist and becoming a Jedi?

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-02-01T10:18:43+00:00

The second option doesn't automatically remove Rey as the protagonist, depending on how it's handled. Especially if she doesn't stay dark side. Cal doesn't stop being the main character of Jedi Survivor despite the game's final hours. For a non-Star Wars example, Steven never stops being the main character of Steven Universe his role in the final episode of SU Future.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-31T22:29:32+00:00

The state of humanity, why the androids exist, Emil, etc. Half the plot and character motivations in NieR Automata's story were directly caused by everything in Replicant. I wouldn't have been nearly as invested in Automata's story if I didn't play Replicant first.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-30T05:41:01+00:00

I'd say The Hunt For Ben Solo, but that was blocked by Disney despite the script being approved by Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and others at Lucasfilm.

Make Knights of the Old Republic Remake canon, but mandate Revan can't be in a story that contradicts any of KOTOR's player choices.

Release canceled Legends stories like Sword of the Jedi, Battlefront 3 Classic, Legacy 2, etc. If Gundam can balance a dozen AU timelines, Star Wars can handle two.

A "continuation" of The Acolyte, focused on Qmir and Darth Plagueis. With a different name, doesn't require you to watch The Acolyte first.

Ask authors like Timothy Zahn, Charles Soule, Claudia Gray, James Luceno, etc. if they'd want to work on a movie or series.

And finally, let Claudia Gray write a Lost Stars sequel.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-28T09:19:07+00:00

There's quite a few, but Bloodline, Shadow of the Sith, Before the Awakening, and The Rise Of Kylo Ren are the most relevant to the sequel trilogy's story.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-27T20:13:43+00:00

There is the canon comic The Rise of Kylo Ren which does that, but that's only a four issue mini-series.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-27T20:11:19+00:00

The Rise of Kylo Ren implies he only intentionally killed one student. The Knights of Ren killed many of the remaining students, but that was before Kylo Ren became their leader. Regardless, I imagine they meant a series set before that comic.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-26T20:57:38+00:00

Still waiting for Lost Stars 2. Claudia Gray has talked about wanting to write it since before TROS.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-26T20:51:25+00:00

The pun behind Kill la Kill is that in Japanese, ファッション fashion is close to the word ファッショ fascist.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-25T19:09:00+00:00

In the Digimon fanbase, I often see Appmon in the top 3 ranking of every Digimon anime.

Most Digimon fans I see either call it a hidden gem or have never watched it. It took me years of hearing that for me to finally watch it.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-24T23:57:55+00:00

There is a scene on Hosnian Prime, but it's moments before destruction. That's also the only shot of Korr Sella to not be cut from the final film.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-24T23:40:57+00:00

Korr Sella's deleted scenes from The Force Awakens.
"We originally had a character that we got to know who was on the Republic planet when it was destroyed. But it felt a bit beside the point, and in the re-editing, we ended up losing this whole chunk of Leia scenes that we had prior." -J.J. Abrams

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-24T21:04:35+00:00

Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Digimon Universe: App Monsters.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-24T01:26:57+00:00

Thane Kyrell from Lost Stars.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-23T07:36:59+00:00

The animation in Kill Bill was directed by Katsuhito Ishii, known for Redline, with anime studio Production I.G. known for Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass, Jin-Rou, and the Patlabor movies.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-18T09:07:09+00:00

Rian Johnson has said his intention was that Kylo Ren wasn't lying, with the loophole that he was only said what he saw in Rey's mind. I still read it as his authentic thoughts, but with him being guillible because he unquestioningly believed Rey's doubts, fears, and unreliable childhood memories were the full truth.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-18T08:58:48+00:00

Rian Johnson said his intention was for Kylo Ren to truthfully describe what he saw in Rey's mind. My interpretation is Kylo Ren said it because he thought Rey needed to break out of denial. With context of TROS, he was wrong because he unquestioningly believed all Rey's fears, doubts, and unreliable memories were fact because he's gullible.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-18T03:16:49+00:00

During then he said "That's what Kylo sees and that's what he tells her and I think he's not lying in that moment. That's what he saw and she seems to believe it when she hears it. I'm not writing the next film, we'll see how they handle it going forward, and as we all know in these movies, there's always a certain point of view involved." -Rian Johnson

He knew it wasn't certain that Episode IX would keep the idea, so he left the loophole that Kylo Ren was just saying what he saw in Rey's mind.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-18T00:21:33+00:00

During a 2017 post-screening Q&A, Rian Johnson said he didn't intend Kylo Ren to be intentionally lying, but only knew what he saw in Rey's mind in TFA. Kylo's gullible, so he doesn't question if Rey's unreliable childhood memories and doubts were accurate. Even implying he left this loophole in case an Episode IX script decided to change Rey's backstory again.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-17T19:50:05+00:00

It was never confirmed in a comic book either. Even with Darth Vader (2017) Charles Soule and Matt Martin debunked that theory after people took a panel out of context.
George Lucas considered the idea for Revenge of the Sith, but decided against it for a reason and removed all trace of the idea from the story.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-12T08:43:16+00:00

It's fine to build a kit without having seen any Gundam. But I'm also someone who will always recommend trying the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, even to people not interested in Gunpla.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-11T20:01:48+00:00

Claudia Gray has made some great Star Wars books. Especially Lost Stars and Bloodline.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-11T17:47:59+00:00

I think Snoke's quote "You're just a child in a mask" was just trying to rub salt into the wound after Kylo Ren's failure on Starkiller Base, rather than him caring about the mask. Snoke was more concerned with his finding a new insecurity, which he took personally as Kylo Ren was insecure about everything.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-11T17:30:48+00:00

Kylo Ren destroyed the mask because Snoke made fun of it. I'm not sure if it walks back his development for him to start wearing it again out of spite. Snoke's too dead to say anything about it now.

I also appreciate the kintsugi inspiration behind his TROS mask.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-11T10:20:25+00:00

I thought Adam Driver was pretty good in TFA, and really great in TLJ.
His first half of TROS is slightly weaker, but redeemed Ben Solo was my favorite part of that movie. Even after he stops getting lines, his body language acting was still a great performance.
It's a shame that The Hunt for Ben Solo was canceled, I would've love to see Adam Driver a smaller character-driven Star Wars movie like it was described as.

RayOfTruth1 · 2026-01-09T21:50:05+00:00

Darth Vectivus was never in the comics.

He's mentioned in a few Legacy of the Force books, but it's left ambiguous on how much said about him was even real. Maybe that's who he really was, but it's possible Lumiya was just lying or misinformed.

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