__________________ There's a man goin' 'round takin' names.
An' he decides who to free and who to blame.
Everybody won't be treated all the same.
There'll be a golden ladder reaching down.
When the man comes around.
"A bit of mirroring"? This movie looks like it's gonna be very similar to ANH. We've got the Empire, Rebels, a Vader, a promising Jedi pupil, a super weapon, a Tarkin, etc...
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I wouldnt know since unlike some very lucky people here, i did not see it yet.
__________________ Your Lord knows very well what is in your heart. Your soul suffices this day as a reckoner against you. I need no witnesses. You do not listen to your soul, but listen instead to your anger and your rage.
I don't know about you, but I LOVED The Knights of Ren in ANH, and groups of pirates helping the protagonists. Don't forget about that main character Stormtrooper defector.
There's so much more to the movie than the bits you cherry picked.
There are going to be differences, no one doubts that. But the core of the story is going to be very similar. The Empire has built a super weapon and the Rebels attempt to destroy it. Meanwhile the young heroes have the mcgruffin and at least one of the heroes will begin the heroes journey to become a Jedi.
Add on the fact that we have similar trappings (Kylo is Vader, the Empire, Rebels, etc) and the film begins to look very familiar to ANH.
The story is about finding Luke and the fight over his lost lightsaber. Yes, they have a super weapon, but everything I've heard has pointed to it not being the focus of this movie.
Kylo is a fanatic who is obsessed with Sith artifacts. The Empire and Rebels have always been the main story of Star Wars. This is an evolution of them. The First Order, the remnants of a fallen Empire who are trying to hold on. The Rebels are the rulers of the galaxy now.
You're going by names and not what they actually are. The parallels are there, but not nearly as strong as you guys are making them out to be.