Still on the #savingwhatwelove train because why not, and because there’s always something new to examine and appreciate about TLJ. That’s what makes it so good.

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When Rey tells Snoke “You underestimate Skywalker,” she’s not naively defending some idealized, hero-version of Luke. She’s been disappointed by him, and she understands how completely he failed Ben. She possibly doesn’t believe Luke ever intends to aid the Resistance or

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leave Ahch-to again. But she believes that he is still worthy of her hope, and I think she has that same hope at the end of the film when she looks at Ben. Both Luke and Ben fail her in TLJ, but ultimately, they both come through for her and for hope in the galaxy.

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