Not sure if it’s your intent, but you seem to downplay Luke’s character development in the originals. I think the fact that Rey is so strong and independent is definitely new and fresh, and that’s cool, but I also think the fact that it took luke three films to mature is not a bad thing… You get to watch him make leaps and bounds in his development as a Jedi from movie to movie, something that might not be as apparent or meaningful wit Rey, who is a badass from the get go. So I just wouldn’t phrase it as “it took him two films to get up to speed.”

Also, I feel like obiwan had way more than fifteen minutes f screen time in new hope… I could be wrong there, and I agree that his death doesn’t compare to solos, but I’d bet that viewers of the a new hope we’re pretty sad to see him go watching in theaters (and also I you’re gonna bring Harrison fords role as Indy into the discussion, you could make arguments for alec Guinness being a beloved actor with many important previous roles).

But yeah, dank article