Like, why was the Falcon just so happened to be on Jakku for Finn and Rey to find?
I thought they explained it away as different traders and smugglers stealing the ship until it eventually came into the possession of Ray's fat boss.
Why did Finn out of all the other stormtroopers decide right then and there he was done being a stormtrooper on his first outing as a stormtrooper?
It was his first outing and it was an absolute massacre. He probably assumed he'd be guarding a corridor his entire life or some benign stuff. Remember, he was a janitor first, so clearly he wasn't really made to be a soldier.
How did Finn mistake Han and Chewie's freighter as the New Order's ship other than so we could have a "dramatic" Han Solo reveal?
Probably because it looks like New Order tech from the outside? That's the way I interpreted it at least, because it looked similar to some of the new freighter designs.
Why did Kylo Ren stop a blaster bolt with the Force?
Do you like being shot?
How did Rey learn out of now where what a Jedi mindtrick was if literally a few scenes earlier she was questioning if the Jedi were even real?
I'll hand you that one. I didn't really think about it until you pointed it out, though.
Why did R2D2 just so happen to wake up at the exact right moment to complete the map to Luke as soon as the Starkiller base was destroyed?
Well, he's in low-power state, right? That means he was probably on, but most systems shut down and waiting for a specific stimuli to resume awake state.
How did Rey just close her eyes and decide to start "using the force" to beat Kylo in a saber duel when she has had no formal saber training at all and even if Kylo was an unskilled force user, he still had more training than her and should have still easily beaten her cause she's never touched a lightsaber in her life?
Through-out the film we constantly see her use that pike-thing which is supposed to point to her having trained at using melee weapons. A lightsaber is the same deal except with a lot of energy. Kylo had been damaged by Finn during their section of the fight, and he was probably going through some motions that prevented him from being his best.
Also, it always seems like the force favours light-siders rather than truly being "balanced". The prick.
Why was Kylo Ren made to be a badass in one scene and then totally throw a hissy fit twice in the movie when things don't go his way and yet he's supposed to be our new Darth Vader?
I guess they forgot the whole reason Vader worked as a character and instead wanted to make a character who they could hint at redemption for plot points in the coming sequels?
Why did they literally just do a not as tight version of the plot to Episode 4?
They probably wanted to find a nice balance between old and new styles so they can figure out how to shift the rest of the movies. A familiar plot with new direction elements (blood in a Star Wars film?).
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I went in with 0 expectation having only seen 2 trailers, and I loved it. There were a few bits I was uncomfortable with (Kylo "pusillanimous individual" Ren), but I think they'll sort them out.
My guess is that this new leader guy is actually the Emperor from the original trilogy, having somehow survived the Death Star II explosion (they have to explain those face scars some how). I also feel like Rey is Luke's daughter and there's probably more twists to come.
