While I think there's something that can really be done with the idea of Finn as a cult survivor, I'm not sure we really need to reach that far to explain that scene? From what we've seen of the First Order, they do have enough power and reach to get to anyone anywhere. And considering how easily Han detected the Falcon and got to it once it was activated, the galaxy is not an especially small place for people trying to hide. (Which is one of my complaints about TFA.) Finn's assessment is accurate. If anything, the explanation needs to be why he's willing to go against the FO to save Rey, but that's an easy one, because it's Love.
Personally, I've never bought that Finn is inconsistent in any way. He has Fight Or Flight reactions, wanting to avoid violence when he has a choice but reacting capably when he or someone he's very close to are pulled into a fight. He goes to extremes, but that's consistent across all facets of his character. He loves quickly and deeply, and he hates with passion; he fights with all he has, and he runs fast. I think that also plays into how the movies portray him, swerving from giving him real nobility but also slapstick comedy. (But the slapstick something I wish Abrams hadn't added to Star Wars for any of the characters, as it's not stylistically consistent. But then, Abrams's camera work was also very Not George Lucas.)
It's a shame neither of the movies has done anything with putting Finn on the Jedi path. TFA diverged him from that in its final act, so we don't get to see his personality put to use in that way. Ah, well. Maybe IX will come with something at the last second.
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Date: 2019-02-07 11:36 pm (UTC)Personally, I've never bought that Finn is inconsistent in any way. He has Fight Or Flight reactions, wanting to avoid violence when he has a choice but reacting capably when he or someone he's very close to are pulled into a fight. He goes to extremes, but that's consistent across all facets of his character. He loves quickly and deeply, and he hates with passion; he fights with all he has, and he runs fast. I think that also plays into how the movies portray him, swerving from giving him real nobility but also slapstick comedy. (But the slapstick something I wish Abrams hadn't added to Star Wars for any of the characters, as it's not stylistically consistent. But then, Abrams's camera work was also very Not George Lucas.)
It's a shame neither of the movies has done anything with putting Finn on the Jedi path. TFA diverged him from that in its final act, so we don't get to see his personality put to use in that way. Ah, well. Maybe IX will come with something at the last second.