The backlash was that Finn had the most potential to be an interesting character and the writers did nothing with him.
"Why are you helping me?"
"Because it's the right thing to do."
"........ You need a pilot."
"I need a pilot."
Having Finn be the main character, a force sensitive stormtrooper who's led to the light side and becomes a Jedi studying with Luke, but is also kind of an easy-to-read dope who doesn't know anything but his indoctrination, that's a way more interesting arc than the one we got.
Even completely disregarding any possibility of Force sensitivity, the potential of a "conscience puts him in a position where he essentially goes to war against the people he was raised with" character development could have been goddamn deep.
Instead we get [blows up everyone around him without hesitation] "DiDjU sEe ThAt?!?! DiDjU sEe ThAt?!?!?"
There is a reason that TRAITOR!!! is the closest thing Sequel Trilogy has to something that absolutely no one dislikes.
Its not even just a conscience. Homie had a panic attack at the sight of blood and combat, something he was likely seeing for the first time. Something strong enough to make him betray and abandon everything he knew and was raised with to escape.
And the rest of the movies just forget that and he is totes okay with violence and killing, as long as its the faceless bad guys (that he totally wasn't one of and should know are humans too) and his only reservations is being weaker than everyone else.
Dood still doesn't get it.
The backlash was that Finn had the most potential to be an interesting character and the writers did nothing with him.
"Why are you helping me?"
"Because it's the right thing to do."
"........ You need a pilot."
"I need a pilot."
Having Finn be the main character, a force sensitive stormtrooper who's led to the light side and becomes a Jedi studying with Luke, but is also kind of an easy-to-read dope who doesn't know anything but his indoctrination, that's a way more interesting arc than the one we got.
Even completely disregarding any possibility of Force sensitivity, the potential of a "conscience puts him in a position where he essentially goes to war against the people he was raised with" character development could have been goddamn deep.
Instead we get [blows up everyone around him without hesitation] "DiDjU sEe ThAt?!?! DiDjU sEe ThAt?!?!?"
There is a reason that TRAITOR!!! is the closest thing Sequel Trilogy has to something that absolutely no one dislikes.
Its not even just a conscience. Homie had a panic attack at the sight of blood and combat, something he was likely seeing for the first time. Something strong enough to make him betray and abandon everything he knew and was raised with to escape.
And the rest of the movies just forget that and he is totes okay with violence and killing, as long as its the faceless bad guys (that he totally wasn't one of and should know are humans too) and his only reservations is being weaker than everyone else.
Finn's a remorseless, self-centered, and cowardly psychopath. It's the only way his character could ever make sense.