I have this vague feeling that you're mocking me :'D But seriously. I understand saying that the First Order want set up well enough, that is actually one of my main criticisms with the film, but... why did Han abandon a ship taken over by big people eating monsters? Why are sabers powerful? I thought the weirdest criticism would be Kylo having a fancy saber blade when this very game has fancy saber blades but I was so, so wrong.

Keep waiting, I'm a ~casual rat~ and just bought another six months And Sarfux, honestly, just ask yourself how much this friendship is worth to you and decide on that if you wanna talk it out or limit further interaction.

I'm reasonably sure they will in some way or another since he's already shown as a conflicted figure and since he's clearly unhappy about the decision he made on the bridge and knows that Snoke is just using him. Sooner or later something will break through his Knight Templar dedication and make him turn on Snoke. And idk what everyone's issue with having an emotional villain is. Oh woe, a villain who isn't a stoic bore and actually suffers from internal conflict, how terrible. We've already done a villain like Vader, it was fun, we don't need a carbon copy of him. (And personally I'd say Kylo just breaking some stuff while yelling loudly is a more sensible reaction than randomly killing potentially far more expensive to replace personel because he's having a fit, like Vader did <.<)

1+4: Clearly because the New Republic doesn't want another war. It doesn't span the entirety of the galaxy -- the Republic never has -- we don't even know if it spans the entire territory of the Galactic Empire, and frankly that's unlikely. The First Order seems to have crystallized out of the Imperial Remnant, since just because the Empire got thrown down a pipe doesn't mean every planet / every government controlling that planet will side with the rebles / the New Republic; there were plenty of Imperial loyalists who would refuse. And while this Remnant obviously doesn't have all of the territories of the old Empire, nothing stops it from spreading further into the Unknown Regions if the Republic doesn't, and the Republic wouldn't necessarily if they were hoping to avoid further fighting and just live side by side with what was left of the Empire. Meanwhile Leia and Co would naturally go "**** that noise" and form the Resistance -- once the First Order shows itself to be a threat the New Republic would fund them secretly so no peace treaties would be broken and there would be no official war with the First Order/the Remnant. Meanwhile the FO could be using resources from planets they've potentially found in the Unknown Regions and corrupt corperations (ie Czerka which probably doesn't exist any more but has, uh, spiritual heirs if you want to call it that) to start building weapons such as the Starkiller Base, which might, despite it's larger size, have actually taken less resources to built than the Death Star since it's built into a planet meaning one reason for it's large size would be the mass of the planet, while the Death Star was entirely artifical. 2: They were, like, literally being chased by super dangerous, large, man eating monsters and Han only managed to get three of them with a large crew who all died except for him and Chewie. That's right there in the movie. On screen. Doesn't even require critical thinking about anything, they run away from the bloody things right in the movie and one even jumps onto the Falcon while they're trying to high tail it out of that death trap. 3: Because, for about the hundredth time, he was -- quite obviously -- having a mental breakdown? I don't know how much experience you have with that? But from my personal experience, you don't act logically or use your skills in an effificent manner when that happens. You freak the heck out. Which is exactly what he did. 5: There were at least 2. Another lightsaber and the stun baton the awesome Trooper used. Though why you're questioning sabers being overpowered when that has literally always been the case in Star Wars is beyond me. 6: Who said it was an elite squad? While the map was important they were only up against a bunch of obviously defenseless villagers. Don't need an elite squad for that, so there's no reason not to put in some new Troopers for their trial by fire, especially since Phasma later says this was Finn's first infraction so there's a good reason to assume he was seen as promising -- no prior infractions, displays obvious skill in fighting during the battle at Takodana and when taking on Ren -- and would have been about to be promoted had he not decided to defect. And the Resistance -- or, at least, Leia, we don't actually know just what exactly random Resistance schmuck #153 thinks about Finn -- trusts him because he saved her best pilot, finished said pilot's mission and clearly has earned Han's trust. The movie was fine, it just requires you to pay at least some attention and use your brain on occassion. Which is good, because having it tell you literally anything ever would make for nothing but a boring exposition dump.

The psychoanalyzing in this thread is silly and borderline offensive for sheer stupidity :| Idk, it's kinda not cool, but she's entitled to play with whomever she wants... dropping people fom calls without warning is really rude though :/ If she wanted to be alone with this other friend, she could have just said that, this is not how you treat friends. In conclusion, look for better friends who are not rude and respect you/with whom you're comfortable enough to talk about it when you have an issue with them. Communication is key in all kinds of relationships

Except literally everything is right there in the movie other than the exact reason for why Kylo's saber looks the way it does and people figured out most of it other than the cracked crystals just by analyzing it long before the Visual Dictionary came out. You can see he's upset and not actually happy about his actions right there on the bridge, it's practically written on his face. You can see and hear he's losing it just before and during the fight. You saw him take a Bowcaster shot to the gut, they remind you again with a lingering shot of him loosing a lot of blood from the wound, they make a point of showing him resort to self harm by beating on his wound to psyche himself up repeatedly, they made a point earlier in the movie of showing that both Stormtroopers -- and therefore Finn -- and Rey have experience with melee weapons (they even show Rey repeatedly using the saber like she would her staff!) *and* they even have it said explicitly that his training isn't even complete yet. It's not really JJ's or Driver's or anyone's fault people are incapable of paying attention and putting together visual clues even when they're about as subtle as a brick to the face.

I only got my new glasses recently, I see just fine now Not generically good looking =\= not attractive. So Vader was a failure of a villain because he couldn't even intimidate a four year old (me)? Gotcha.

And again, the crystal he uses his cracked and the crossguards are exhaust vents. It's a visual representation of Kylo's unstable personality and his need to vent his rage via his tantrums. (Incidentally, Vader force choking people for talking **** was basically the exact same thing.) Frankly, as an adult now I'm more unsettled by Kylo's violent outbursts, willingness to harm himself and utter disregard for his own well being than four year old me was by Vader's.... anything when I first watched the OT. (And Adam Driver is really attractive actually.)

It's actually supposed to look weird and unstable. The crystal he's using is cracked and the crossguard is there to stabilize the blade. The saber is actually pretty much like he is as a person Ancient design but modern parts, cobbled together, unstable, dangerous, cracked, but still capable of doing a whole lot of damage, it's rather neat. And as for the fight with Rey... The screenplay actually confirms that he felt weakened and horrified by what he's done, which is presumably why he keeps hitting his wound -- trying to draw on the dark side. Which probably doesn't work and just makes his weakened physical condition worse, hence why he ends up beaten. His training is not only unfinished but he's neither physically nor mentally fit to fight when he confronts Finn and Rey. (And for that matter, both Finn and Rey have experience with using melee weapons -- that one dude on Takodana shows us that Stormtroopers are trained with that baton thingy and Rey had specilized in fighting with her staff -- you can actually see it in the way she fights Kylo, too. On the other hand, we have no idea how much experience and training Kylo has with a saber fight, considering that it's hardly a common weapon any more. Boy should have used the Force, but again, not in a good mental state at the time at all.)

Well, Vader clearly left such a huge imperssion on you that you can't quite remember how to spell his name And yes, VII paid a lot of homage to IV, but it wasn't a carbon copy, just like Ren is his own character with a different story and personality, despite the connections with Vader. Which is good! If he had been just like Vader it would have been boring. I don't care about the villain ~scaring~ me (and hell, not even 4 years old me was scared of Vader, so there's that) I care about getting an interesting character and so far they delivered just that and I look forward to his further development. (And Adam Driver did a fantastic job with his acting, idk why people try to deny that regardless of whether they think Kylo is a good character or not.) Though as far as the actual thread topic goes... I wouldn't mind them putting Kylo's outfit in the game, but I don't really care either way? It's a nice outfit, I suppose, and it wouldn't really be weirder for me than having a Padawan on Tython run around in Thexan's robes but I wouldn't be bothered if they don't include it. (Though I suspect we might get a "cracked crystal" series of colour crystals. Or just a few sabers withe a fancy effect similar to Kylo's. And considering that the Visual Dictionary says the crossguard saber is an ancient design.... But again, tbh, I don't care either way.)

The last one, I guess? I actually *like* the direction the game is taking because it caters directly to what I'm interested in -- I want more story, I don't care about the combat system that much, I don't really do much in the way of group content, I like being able to pick and choose which quests I do for levelling because it lets me... customize the story (eg my JK not doing anything but class story while my SI does several of the planetary ones). Naturally, since I don't believe my taste is objectively better () I do realize that that's not gonna satisfy everyone, hence why I do want them to develop more group content and why I've suggested multiple times that giving people more control over how challenging content is for them might be a thing to look into, but at the end of the day I just enjoy playing the game we got now, and I enjoy the changes that have been made lately. (Now, if they'd fix the bugs...)

I main a Sith, buddy. Gimme dat casual experience as I slaughter these Republic fools! ....And somehow end up at light 3, like, game? I tortured and murdered a man while he was begging for his life, not sure that's made up for by being nice to someone else <.<

Wait, trash mobs fights weren't all the same and boring before? Because I distinctly remember them being exactly that long before 4.0. (Also, with 12x XP or even just 2x XP you need like... a week tops, if you're a slow player, unless you have very little time to play.) And idk, I see just as many people enjoy themselves now (and more than before) than I do see people complain. I play videogames a lot and I'm like the fights better than before, because, like I said, trash mobs were always boring.

Translation: "Look at me my taste is objectively better and clearly the people who.... made this game..... that we're arguing about....... in the first place............ are ~evil~ and you're fool for liking the game the way it is right now because again, my taste is objectively better than yours!!11!!1!" But congratulations, this is some of the most pretentious, self enamored bs I've ever had the displeasure to read on a game forum and that says a lot. Incredible.

I could play the game just fine for nearly 22 months before 4.0 hit, I just don't see the point in boring, extended fights. I'm here to create a character and role play and develop that character throughout the story. I already know that, eg my JK is gonna kill these trash mobs, so what do I care of the fight with them goes quickly? Just means I get back to tole playing sooner. (Not that I'm utterly averse to actual gameplay -- one of the things that keep me from replaying Telltale games for example, is that they're *too* much just "interactive cutscenes" much as I enjoy a first playthrough. But SWTOR's combat system isn't so incredible that I feel the need to have trash mob fights drawn out. Some of the boss fights could stand a buff now, though hey, idk how much easier companions make it now compared to pre 4.0 if you don't start with, like 500 presence or something from legacy unlocks and are new to the game.)