History Fridge / TheLastJedi

* Speaking of ''Legends'', Luke being so different here than there is a great example of ForWantOfANail. When the ''Legends'' continuity started, the Prequels didn't exist, so we knew basically nothing about what the Jedi Order that Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Anakin came from was like. ''Legends'' authors were forbidden from delving into that time period, but did make some assumptions, most of which were proven wrong when the Prequels finally came out. As a result, Luke often looked for any information about the Jedi Order, only to find none remained after Palpatine's purge. Then the Prequels were released, and we saw what the Order was like, and some of those facets were incorporated into Luke's new Jedi, but their character had already been firmly established and was quite different. Now, in the new canon, not only do audiences know what the Jedi were like, but there are more confirmed survivors and information sources. Luke can model his new Jedi on those that came before. Unfortunately, that ultimately includes emulating their failings, as Yoda explains.

** Some viewers complained that Rey not being related to anyone we know contradicts what was set up in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' that she is somehow special. But really, a lot of things in that film make a lot more sense after the revelation. As someone pointed out on the Force Awakens fridge page, Rey wore the same distinctive style of hair and clothes as a young adult on Jakku as she did when she was abandoned as a child. She was expecting her parents to return and needed to be recognized since she wouldn't recognize them. Since she wore the same hairstyle through the entire film, shouldn't Leia, Han, or Luke have recognized their own long-lost daughter? And Leia going straight to Rey when the Falcon returns to D'Qar in the climax, instead of say, Chewie, who she knew much longer? That doesn't have to reply they're related. They share a connection to the Force that no one else in that base does, and as such, felt Han's death much differently from anyone else. They would have to go to each other since no one else would understand the way they felt. Rey isn't special because she's part of the Skywalker line, but because she's IMMENSELY powerful, the most powerful Force user that we know of born since Kylo. Her realization of her Force powers is responsible for the "awakening" that Snoke [[VaguenessIsComing nebulously mentioned]].

* Porgs are a MixAndMatchCritter with an otter-like snout on a duck-like body. So basically, they're the opposite of a platypus!

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