#I used this unsurprising and inevitable result to argue why they wouldn't be stupid enough to do this

[frumfrumfroo]

Is it weird that I feel sadder about Rey than I do Ben after TROS? I mean, sure Ben died and he had a nonsensical character during the film but the entire core of his character wasn't eliminated. I feel so much sadder about Rey and miss her story in the first two films more, knowing the filmmakers didn't care about her to the extent that they just saw her as a vehicle for legacy backstories and flattery of older male characters. I know a lot of people on all sides of the SW fandom still resent her after TROS I just feel deeply sad and miss her.

A lot of people feel the way you do, I saw that sentiment frequently in the aftermath.

I stand by my statement that Rey is far deader as a character than Ben ever will be, but personally I care a lot more about the destruction of the saga as a whole than I do about the destruction of the ST and its protagonist.