FINN....WAS......C...3...P...0. Not as annoying as Jar Jar Binks,not as useful as R2-D2
When anakin left with qui-gon to go train he pretty much told C-3PO "peace out,I'm off to be great, im sure we'll meet again someday friend."
When Rey left to go train with luke she pretty much told black C-3PO "peace out,I'm off to be great,im sure we'll meet again someday friend."
But im sure you read where i said dude has the potential to be the best new character even though he stumbled out the gate. Dude just has to wake up out that coma with some type of motivation to be greater than he is but this is where he stands now
Dude was a plot device that was being billed as a jedi in the marketing.
Dude had no tangible skills except the ability to habitually lie even though he was an ex-stormtrooper. HE'S THE ONLY PERSON IN THE GALAXY WITHOUT ONE TANGIBLE SKILL. Even C-3PO can translate
Dude sold himself into slavery on a ship because he was scared of the first order who he knew better than anyone then creates a a huge lie to get on team to go to the base even though he didn't need to. Turns into Kevin Hart on a life or death mission.Gets regulated to chewbaccas sidekick.
Does all this to save a white woman who didn't need saving who ends up saving him
Star Wars has always been about people finding their destiny, if you take what finns character did in this movie then you would think that his destiny was just helping white people get to their destiny. He had to save Poe and Rey so they could meet and have babies while finn smiles in the background like the asexual token black guy. He had to get Han to the starkiller base so Ren could become a stronger sith. Dude spent the movie as a plot device pedestal for the white heroes to reach their destiny.He only wanted to do two things in this movie, run and save the white girl he was about to leave forever before the attack. He got no victories. Every time he was about to get one he'd fumble on the 1-yard line. This guy who isn't good at anything all of sudden goes toe to toe with ex jedi turned sith but goes down when Rey is back. Dude fought a guy who could kill him in 8 different ways to a standstill but he's not special or force sensitive? Then he's a plot device. That was his George McFly curling up his fist and punching Biff moment except in this movie Biff knocked George McFly out cold and the woman saved him.
What makes the Finn representation so messed up is that he has most of the things that you need from a protagonist in his early stages, way more than Rey. Outside of them compromising his integrity with that "I really only saved you because I don't know how to fly" line. He knew the difference between right and wrong.
He was loyal to his friends
He felt powerless and vulnerable at certain points but still attempted to save the day
Rey had none of that, she just floated through the movie, and then turned into Obi-Wan Kenobi on the death star 5 minutes after learning the force even existed
She face no hardships or hard life choices. Finn did all of that but she's the chosen one? Finn did all the heavy lifting for her. She ran from her destiny calling.Finn didn't have a destiny call but stayed because he wanted to help people(her)
It's like Varsity Blues how the coach would let the black workhorse running back get them to the 1-yard line then give it to the white fullback so he'd get the touchdown and look better to recruiters.