[Meta] Finn and Rey: Responses to oppression

[ljwrites]

In this meta I argued that Finn and Rey, as befitting their status as joint protagonists of the sequel trilogy, represent different facets of oppression in the ST-era galaxy--Finn, as someone kidnapped and enslaved by a totalitarian dictatorship, and Rey, as someone who was abandoned and uncared for in a dog-eat-dog society. Because of this Finn's reaction to his trauma was to get away and be left alone, while Rey's reaction was to get back to a place where she believed she had a chance to be loved and cared for again. Ultimately their most effective responses was not to run away or run back, though, but to join together in kindness and solidarity. In my mind this also foreshadows how the galaxy far, far away itself can break out of its loop of recurring fascism and find a way toward, at long last, justice for all.