Rey: The Most Wasted Character in Film History | Star Wars Video Essay

When The Force Awakens was being written, Rey and Finn had so much potential to bring to the Star Wars franchise. A kidnapped child slave soldier escaping to freedom, and an orphaned lonely girl desperate for a family; these characters could have been absolutely groundbreaking had they been done correctly. Let's explore how these characters should have been written, and the way their character arcs should actually have progressed.
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SOURCES:
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Rey alone young art: https://thehermitsacedia.tumblr.com/p...

Rey art:   / dearmisskitty  

Rey bo staff fan art: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lrb4o

Rey and Finn fan art: https://www.deviantart.com/yinza/art/...

Rey art by Ian McCaig   / 1  

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WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES
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Music:
Saving the World by Aaron Kenny (Royalty Free Music Track-YouTube Music Library)
Forever Yours/A Quiet Thought by Wayne Jones Music
Apex/The Rising/Arms of Heaven/Serenity/Waterfall/Spirit of the Dead by Aakash Gandhi
To Be a Ball of Light/Run Until Your Wings Grow/When We Found the Horizon/
All I've Ever Felt at Once by Late Night Feeler/Jesse Cale
Fall of the Dynasty by Asher Fulero
Tragic Story by Myuu
Luminous One by Aaron Lieberman
Soaring High by Biz Baz Studio
Procession by Geographer
Millicent by Max Surla/Media Right Productions
First Time Experience by Nate Blaze
Big Screen by Silent Partner
Side Path by Kevin MacLeod
The Story Unfolds by Jingle Punks
Satya Yoda by Jesse Gallagher
Solo Cello Passion by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
Wistful Harp by Andrew Huang

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