Quote:So, Ben aka Kylo Ren (or Jacen aka Darth Caedus )was turned to the dark side...not by Lumia but by "Snoke", who is taking her role as replacement master for Ren. Kylo then killed all students of Luke, where obviously he got assistance from other rogue jedi (knights of ren - new group not mentioned in the old info). Luke was unable to kill them probably because he was trying not to get angry enough to turn to the dark side instantly and ruin the whole plot...so he decided to flee and go to exile.
You're making huuuuge assumptions here. I doubt there were Knights of Ren before Ben named himself Kylo. And judging by the fact, that Kylo himself isn't skilled forceuser, just knows a few tricks and he's still leader of Knights of Ren, I think most/all of those knights are initial Skywalker's students.
Quote:Overall the movie did felt star wars and even if a lot of things were similar to the "New Hope" - they were necessity. Take the "Death Star III aka Starkiller Base" - yes its "sphere" cuz its planet and it yet again fires a super laser beam...but what it did this time? Blowing of 4 planets instantly and removing the "New Republic" from the galaxy far far away, for a blink of an eye. Of course it was about to be blown...but that does not matter.
No, Death Star III wasn't necessary, just like other things we've already seen in EIV, now it looks more like remake than something original. The movie would be perfectly fine, if it was about getting Skywalker's location only, without saving the galaxy in the process. And no, I doubt New Republic would fall because it's capital system and part of its fleet was wiped out. Weakened - surely.
Quote:I don't want to be a judge to why they had to do "this" or "that" - its important for me as fan to see grandchildren of Vader fulfill their destiny and participate properly in "star wars".
Well, while Rey is 90% Skywalker, it's still not confirmed. And if Star Wars won't change direction, in the Episode IX we'll see Kylo Ren turning to light and killing Snoke at cost of his life. Do you really want that? I don't.
Quote: Lets hope they will use more "old info" to foreseen whats coming next.
No, they won't. Episode VII has zero ties to Prequels, not even single race from cantina scene was taken from there. Why would they bother with "Legends"?
Quote:I think its the revived Emperor in his new body (considering that the Emperor came back to life 3 times, one of which he even made Luke his apprentice for a while)
Lucas, deliver us from such evil. Dark Empire is one of the worst part of "Legends" and I doubt someone regret its deletion from canon.
I agree with you on other points.
P.S. I've also started reading Foster's novelization in hopes that it would do to EVII same thing Stover's novelization did to EIII.
P.P.S. Goddamn, my writing english became rusty, since I've stopped actively playing disco.