& legit like Kylo growls at Poe, like, I HAD NO IDEA WE HAD THE BEST PILOT IN THE RESISTANCE ON BOARD
but then you parse that through how close Finn & Leia obvs are and it becomes I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS THE MAN MOMMY LOVES MORE THAN ME
& as fans watching the movie the first time, we don’t KNOW that Poe is close to Leia, has idolized her his whole life, etc.
It is legit only a layer that can be understood on a rewatch, and that’s pretty awesome.
You know, I’ve been thinking about this: Poe is, probably, the oldest of the new main cast. (He’s called out as 32 in the script.) Finn’s in his early 20s, Rey is 19. The one we don’t have a definite age for is Kylo Ren, but I’m comfortable calling him about 10 years older than Rey- old enough for him to be a stupid teenager during the massacre of Luke’s students, assuming she’s about 5 or 6 in the flashbacks.
Which means Poe’s 2-3 years older than Ben Skywalker. Poe’s parents were friends with Leia, which means they probably got thrown together at family functions a lot. Poe’s a naturally gifted pilot, which given Star Wars means he probably started -young-.
Imagine you had this older brother figure in your life who was really, really good at this cool thing that your dad was good at. And your wizard uncle. And it’s the one good thing anyone has to say about your grandfather because it’s all they really know about him because that’s all Obi Wan really saw fit to tell Luke about his Dad’s non-Vader days: That he was a gifted pilot.
We never seen Ren do shit behind the stick/wheel of a ship. Dude rides shuttles everywhere.
What I’m saying is that Kylo Ren is a shitty driver and part of his fall to the dark side is resentment over literally everyone else in his family being flying aces.
That makes SO much sense. Like enough sense that if that isn’t actual canon, it’s definitely part of my personal headcanon.
Watching TFA again…
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