Huh, perhaps I misread that scene. I did think it was surprisingly adult to put an implied middle finger into a Star Wars movie. Still, BB-8 flipping the bird is funnier than him giving a thumbs up, IMO.
I think they’re both funny, but the bird really changes BB-8’s characterization in a way that makes him less exuberant and joyful. BB-8 is helping Finn because Finn is finally being straight with him, and he’s a happy little droid who likes honest people.
I noticed something that nobody has mentioned. When Han enters the Starkiller base he throws his heavy winter coat down, as if he knows he won’t be needing it again. They leave the base through the same door and Chewie hands it to him. Han looks at him like “I’m not surviving this one, I won’t need this coat”. Or maybe it’s just me.
It would be a rather odd decision for Lando to go from being a Rebel general and leading the charge in the desicive battle against the Empire, to retiring and starting a family in First Order territory.
I don’t recall this. But I do remember noticing that Han is wearing a scarf along with the jacket. I don’t know why that little point stuck out to me.
Heh. Would it throw us out of the movie, or just be awesome, for Lando to meet Finn in the next movie and have someone give him a set-up line to prompt his stunned response that, no, there’s no reason to think we’re related; why would you even ask that?
I don’t know what the spoiler is, only that there is one (or potentially one):
Word on the internet is that the Disney Infinity game reveals Rey’s connection/relationship. I don’t know the details (and don’t particularly want to) but a google search would probably yield results for those interested.
Not so much so. Some people thought they heard Kylo Ren yell “Face me, cousin!” at Rey, but if you listen closely he’s clearly saying “curses” and not “cousin”.
I thought it was a callback to the ‘you’re cold!’ quip earlier—Chewie wanted to take the coat. Or at least that’s how I remember interpreting it (don’t recall how exactly the scene played out).
I like that one. But you know, I was thinking about it, and what if Han didn’t die?
What if, as he’s falling down that chasm, a spaceship that happens to be flying through the maintenance shafts below picks him up with a tractor beam to break his fall (hey, it’s Star Wars, why not?). It turns out to be piloted by none other than Han’s old buddy, Lando Calrissian! They immediately begin patching up his lightsaber wounds with the best tech available, which happens to require that he wear a life-supporting suit of black armor (complete with face-concealing helmet) to sustain himself.
In order to get more in touch with his son, Han decides to learn the ways of the force, and becomes Vader II in the process. We as the audience don’t see any of this happen, but in Episode VIII, Vader II makes his appearance and quickly rises to prominence in the First Order. Kylo Ren is of course immediately intrigued by the new Vader, and makes arrangements to meet him.
In Episode IX, Ren and Vader II finally come to face to face. On another long bridge over a seemingly bottomless chasm (I mean, where else?). Vader II says to him:
“Do you remember what happened to your father?”
“Yeah of course I do, I killed him,” says Ren.
“No, Ben. I am your father!!!”
At which point Vader II takes off his mask to reveal that it was actually Han all along. And then he cuts off Kylo’s leg with his lightsaber while Kylo screams the Big No.
Yep, that’s how I want to see the series end.
Jackets play an unusually large part in this movie, for some reason.
You just know that someone, somewhere, is busy writing a Master’s thesis on the symbolism of jackets as signifiers of identity based on that … 
The next phase in Star Wars merchandising!
One question, how come Mark Hamill got second billing, when his actual appearance in the film was a non-speaking cameo?
Can anyone think of any other film where this happened?
Marlon Brando got top billing in Superman: the Movie for a role that required maybe five minutes of on-screen time.
How come thr bar musicians didn’t play Benny Goodman tunes/
I think it was a bit longer than that, almost 20 minutes, plus it was a speaking role.
Maybe it will turn out that Han Solo was wearing Kevlar, some cosmic type that bends light-saber blades around.
One more reason that Oscar Isaac is pretty much the coolest guy around: Photo: Your internet boyfriend Oscar Isaac made a kid's dreams come true at the Golden Globes
Well, there is a #starwarsjacketspeculation hashtag on Twitter.