When I told my husband about this event he laughed out loud and said it sounded like it was put together by fans critical of TLJ and the direction Poe’s character took. Oh you poor innocent man, I wish I lived in your world.
This honestly is beyond upsetting. This guy doesn’t even WORK for Lucasfilms and they’re letting him do this?? Why? Just…..why?? Was there an overwhelming outcry from the fanbase for Poe Dameron’s court martial that I mysteriously missed?
Poe Dameron is a fan favorite with a devoted fan base why are they putting him on blast like this? Are they trying to thrive of the potential controversy of it all? Or do they just not care? They treat the Sequel characters like shit, they treat the Original characters like shit. They treat their ACTORS like shit and just……this is beyond infuriating.
Not to mention the fact that this doesn’t make sense in canon either.
1) we don’t know if there’s a government authority that would even recognize this court martial because LF has told us FUCK ALL about what’s happened to the New Republic after the Hosnian catalyst.
2) The Resistance is a paramilitary. They are not beholden to the same kinds of rules of engagement that a government sanctioned military would be
3) under WHOSE authority in the Resistance is this court martial under? Holdo? Dead. Leia? I will flip a truck if this is the case. There can’t be any other authority figures because Rian killed them all.
4) Who brought up the charges? You mean to tell that the Resistance survivors would be okay with this court martial? All ten of them? And I’m pretty sure a good chunk of the survivors are Poe’s fellow mutineers
This is a steaming pile of bantha shit and the only upside is potentially seeing folks on social media rip LF a new asshole for this.
Poe Dameron doesn’t deserve this.
And you know what, neither does Oscar
5) Leia is the ONLY authority left in the Resistance to order a court martial (and they are involving her character in this travesty, according to this schedule page), but she explicitly handed over leadership to Poe at the end. Then she’s going to turn right around and want him behind bars for… takesie backsies? Wtf?
LF isn’t actually running this as far as I can tell, it’s a fan event, but I’ll bet LF thinks this is hi-larious.
Noticed Poe is the one who killed Finn’s bestfriend:
Poe shot and subsequently killed “Slip”, FN-2003, who was Finn’s bestfriend and someone Finn looked after often.
Kinda sad, honestly…I wonder if Finn will ever figure it out or if it will ever become a problem for them as friends down the line?
I think it’ll be addressed off screen, if not already. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy their friendship because it’s not sunshine and rainbows. It’s a complicated one between 2 people who were raised with two different beliefs.
Slip wasn’t Finn’s best friend he was just a fellow cadet he looked out for. Finn didn’t have any friends in the First Order.
The “Before the Awakening Book” didn’t paint them as best friends, but they were as close as the First Order allowed. Finn was close to his squad but considered an outsider due to his superior skill and morale conflicts. Something Slip, Zero, and Nines resented him for.
Even more chilling, a foot to the side and it would have been Finn.