No no, I know his character is supposed to be conflicted and all that baggage but he has the facial emotional range of that chick from Twilight. Okay, not as bad, but it's bad. I know because I was watching him specifically throughout the whole movie. His acting is just fine. Until he takes off the mask and then he's just complete weaksauce from there.
Driver just doesn't fit the role at all. I know his character is supposed to be young and prone to emotions but he really does just come off as some angsty teen who kills people instead of turning to cigarettes and shit.
I ain't salty that Han died because poor Ford is getting old. Driver just is... bad. I have no clue what he had done before this, so whatever he has done does not color my view of him now so I have to skeptically wonder if he does that for people familiar with him from before.
I'm sure a lot of hardcore nerds are saltier that we didn't get to see his defection to the darkside as another movie.
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I read an article wondering about Mace Windu's light saber. It's purple and many fan theories were wondering if that was a sign that he was part dark and light and whatnot. It wasn't the case. Samuel L. motherfucking Jackson just wanted a purple lightsaber so he could stand out and see himself easily in the mass fight scene. It still looks badass.
Which is a tangent from the main reason I'm posting in here again: What it means to bring balance to the force.
The light side is about coldness, reason, restraint, logic. My kind of dudes.
The dark side is about the power of emotions. Anger, hate, sadness... and happiness. Yes, happiness. You think you know what it means to become a Jedi? Think again.
As it stands, the Jedi were at their own extreme of cold logic. The dark side sith were always self-gratuitous, selfish. There has never been a middle path.
I think a true balance of the force is an order that mixes both emotion and reason. Application of force (emotion) as directed by intellect (knowledge) is the key to true balance and ultimate power. Vader never had it. Luke might see glimpses of it now. Fan theories talk about how it would have made sense for him to have gone to the dark side and actually been Kylo Ren. So Luke has experienced both the light and dark side of the force.
After his failure with his nephew, he secluded himself. Perhaps after all this time, he has found this secret, this balance. He probably had to have time to think to himself, 'How and why both sides of the force exist." Vader was seduced by the good the power of the dark side could supposedly do. What could the power of the dark do if directed in 'good' ways instead of 'evil'?
But it will be up to Rey to try to learn it from him. Luke's time will likely be over before the end of the new trilogy. But one way or another, mark my words, a true balance will finally be found at the end of them. This is my prediction.