#what if they gave john boyega 12 episodes to chew the screen as the lead huh what if. what if it was FINN

[rotzaprachim]

watching andor has convinced me that the best finn and rey story really would have been a long form finn-centric episodic television show depicting Finn as a renegade stormtrooper turned rebel in the original 1970′s era. this could have given finn’s story a lot more time to slowly develop and breathe on its own with him as the lead, and to allow john boyega more space for his masterful acting skills and personal growth as a performer. i think rey being a parallel original trilogy era scrapper trying to survive at the edges of empire before being forced to go on the run with him would also have provided a really interesting counterpart and character. in general i think they were the shining lights of the new trilogy and the most interesting parts who got wildly hemmed in by disney’s need to put as many Iconic/well-known star wars characters and their children from the original trilogy in. watching andor has also really ground in how both over simplistic and heart wrenchingly depressing The Empire Is Back Again In A Generation IS, obviously there are things to say about fighting fascism as a kind of perpetual issue but i don’t think that was disney’s real intention so much as trying to reset all the pieces to create a situation as nostalgically similar to the original trilogy as possible and that does grave injustice to the themes in those films. i think there are finn and rey centric stories to tell without the first order or bn s0l0 plot points at all, with them more firmly centered as the heroes of their own stories! 

#just. thoughts. on the starry wars #i'm not saying andor exactly but i think moving their story back to the original trilogy and just... skipping all this sequel trilogy stuff #as well as allowing time for a much slower more naturalistic development #would have worked WONDERS for them #original trilogy era finnrey you are living in my head #what if they gave john boyega 12 episodes to chew the screen as the lead huh what if. what if it was FINN #just thinking about all the small character scenes andor gave us. yeah yeah