Chronologically, I’ll accept it. Watching the film, I didn’t get a father/son from them at all and part of that was either Han looked too old or Ren looked too young. But that was just my impression – if no one else felt it, I’ve no desire to try to make them think so. Maybe it comes from watching the original Star Wars as a kid – I was four when it was in theaters so I’m sure everyone over 12 impressed as ancient to me. I might think of Han Solo as older than he actually would be.
I didn’t have an issue with Ren Kylo (who my wife and I kept accidentally calling Rilo Kiley) being young or whiny or throwing fits. I figured he’s new at this and trying to prove himself and all that and he’s semi-unique in the whole “has the Force” thing so the Neo-Empire takes what it can get. I did think that paring him with someone who looked way too young to be commanding the army was a mistake since the joint effect made it look like amateur hour.
What was the deal with the Mega Death Star? Was that a planet they hollowed out and turned into a ship or did they build a ship and decide that it needs snow-capped mountains and pine forests? Did it draw power from the sun or did it actually “consume” the sun it was using and then go off looking for new stars to eat? I thought the latter but my wife thought it just drew off the sun and the the sun was setting. It looked as though it left a new star in its place when it exploded.
Speaking of, why the name change? I mean, it’s still an empire, right? Is it? Who’s in charge these days? They turned a planet into a star eating death cannon – I’m guessing they still have a lot of space resources and planets and stuff at their disposal.
