ST Were you disappointed that Rey and Finn's relationship never became anything romantic?

The Force Awakens did seem to be setting them up as a couple. But the sequels never did anything with it.

 

No. She literally friend zoned him at the end of TFA, and both the actors said numerous times that it was like brother and sister. It never appeared anything resembling romantic to me. Buddies 4 life.

 

There was a lot I found disappointing in the ST, but Rey's lack of romance (Kylo doesn't count, that's not romance) wasn't one of them. I think I would have enjoyed it if they'd gone that direction, but I also like the idea of her being a kind of monk like Luke and Obi-wan.

If you make Finn her romantic interest, but not force sensitive, then that would be very interesting, because we'd see him try to be an emotional support for her as she learns the ways of the force. He'd be second fiddle in the bigger scope if the light vs dark story, but potentially a very interesting character. It must be hard to have a Jedi girlfriend!

But if he was force sensitive that could have been very interesting as well, and I think you even have some spectacular conflicts between them.

Overall, I was disappointed that there wasn't really any romance in the ST, but I don't have a strong preference over how it should have been.

 

Not really.

 

Yes. I love romance in Star Wars -- Solo made me realize how much I missed it -- and I thought Daisy and John had great chemistry in TFA. I suppose he was friend-zoned, but that's what would make it more uplifting if they got together by the end of TROS. SW is fantasy after all!

 

I read the first two films as setting up a Rey/Finn romance (yep, even TLJ), so I was disappointed that it didn't go anywhere (then VERY disappointed about the Reylo kiss). The ST seemed very schizophrenic about romances. Maybe these two are a couple... and moving on.

 

The way Rey looked at Finn hovering over Rose seemed like it was supposed to be a call back to the OT Love Triangle setting up a resolution but apparently no one was interested in that. God what a mess these films are

 

Atleast there was no incest in the ST.

 

Wouldn't have minded it. A lot of other options are better than what they actually pulled the lever on or pushed the button at the control console about especially after TFA - that's my disappointment and another emotion.

 

I actually liked the fact that their relationship was left ambiguous. In the first movie you could kinda tell they liked each other but you weren't too sure because they weren't sure, and it made their relationship interesting. I would have liked it if it was left that way throughout the whole trilogy. However I totally wouldn't have been against it if they ever did get together. Way better than Kylo Ren and Rey which is the textbook definition for abusive relationship.

 

I liked the idea of it, but romance was far from my top priority for either of the characters. I thought TFA set them up fairly well, and even TLJ had the decency to at least give them a nice reunion (if nothing else), but sadly romance was handled about as well as anything else in this trilogy. Which is to say...not very.

Rey and Finn would've definitely been worth pursuing as a sweet and wholesome couple though. It was refreshing to see a mainstream story portray a black man as being a caring person that loves someone enough to face his fears and lay down his life for her. Made some of Finn's more frustrating aspects a bit more bearable.

 

No incest biologically speaking, but Rey Skywalker kissing essentially her adopted cousin/brother(being adopted by siblings is a weird thing in and of itself) is definitely at least a little sketchy.

 

I never really was into them as a couple, but I felt like that was what TFA was doing, so, in spite of any misgivings I may have had at the time, what I'm more disappointed about, in retrospect, is that the movies weren't consistent with that. Rey and Finn, to me, were set up in TFA, so I expected that to continue going forward. I thought saddling her with, to me, were new love interests every movie, for this story and this character, didn't work, to me, and isn't strong writing, to me.

 

What does that mean?

 

I wanted them to be a couple, but at the same time, I'm not terribly disappointed. I've moved on.

 

I thought they had good chemistry in TFA so I could see them as a potential couple, but I definitely didn’t have any particular investment in that possibility and so I’m not upset that it didn’t come to be. I will say that if they were a couple that would help avoid the ST’s head scratching take on romances in general as well the pitfalls with Finn being sidelined, but there were plenty of other ways to avoid those issues if they wanted.

 

I thought Rey would end the series alone, and well... she does. But if there had to be an endgame romance for Rey, then Finn/Rey was the best option they had. They had a healthy, happy mutual friendship that could've easily lead to more. Their friendship (along with Finn/Poe's friendship) was the best aspect of the trilogy for me. Rey's belonging and found family is a bunch of dead mentors and Finn. At least Finn's still alive.

 

And Kylo Ben dying doesn’t get them out of it. We all know if he lived what would’ve continued, so the story is marred for all eternity.

Back to Finn, at least a deeper connection with Rey would’ve given that character something to do after TFA other than turning him into the just the guy who yells her name a lot in the last movie but doesn’t have a payoff (nor was the new direction with Rose in the prior movie paid off.)