• @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    15 months ago

    Nine has many layers to it. It’s the most interesting of all of the Star Wars movies, just isn’t appreciated by hot take internet culture that fixates on the nitpicks.

    In one of the layers, it has a good message for children that are learning in school that their ancestors did terrible things. You don’t have to identify with your ancestors, you can and should identify with the good people in the past. Even those that opposed your ancestors.

    Probably don’t need to go so far as changing your name because your ancestors did some bad shit, but it’s Star Wars, people are always changing their names to signal their alignment.

    • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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      15 months ago

      That’s a single layer; choosing your own family was introduced in 1977 and then abandoned in 9 because everyone splits up qnd Rey takes up the name of Skywalker which doesn’t have much to do with and goes against her story that it doesn’t matter where you come from.

      “it’s Star Wars, people are always changing their names”

      There are hundreds of main characters in these movies and shows and I can’t think of any characters that change their names outside of the handful of sith and Rey.

      By " people are always changing their names" do you mean the sith and Rey? The four guys required to change their names and the one girl over 50 years of media?

      What a tidal wave of change.

      “…the most interesting of all of the Star Wars movies, just isn’t appreciated by hot take internet culture that fixates on the nitpicks.”

      This doesn’t make any sense, at least with what we’ve been talking about, themes and main events.

      What are you referring to?