#theriseofskywalker

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STAR WARS HOT TAKE 2.0 -- THE MONSTER SHE SHOULD’VE BEEN

Sometimes an idea escapes the page. Sometimes it jumps the fence between fan theory and the actors themselves.

Back in May, I wrote the post that should’ve saved the sequel trilogy. The one that said: Rey shouldn’t have been the light. Rey should’ve been the monster.

That post caught fire. People debated. People frothed. People screamed “NOOOO” in comment sections like Vader at the end of Episode III. And now? John Boyega -- Finn himself -- is echoing the exact framework I laid out.

Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe the idea was too obvious, too mythically right, to stay buried.

THE CORE OF MY ARGUMENT

Rey, granddaughter of Sheev Palpatine (Star Wars Satan himself), should not have been the “girlboss messiah.”

She should have fallen. Hard. Brutally. Inevitably.

Not because she was weak, but because the bloodline demanded it. Because the tragedy was written into her DNA like a curse. Because that’s how myth works.

Instead, Disney gave us toothpaste commercial feminism. Sanitized. Polished. Lifeless. A protagonist who could do no wrong, never stumble, never bleed.

That’s not a hero. That’s a mascot.

JOHN BOYEGA JUST SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD

CinemaBlend just ran the interview: Boyega assumed that Finn and Rey would face off. That they’d end up Obi-Wan and Anakin — brother and sister in the Force, but tragically split by ideology and fate.

He thought they’d duel. He thought she might turn.

And then he learned what the rest of us did: the writers never had the guts.

Now -- is it possible Boyega’s reflecting what fans have been screaming for years? Sure. But let’s not play coy:

When you drop mythologically airtight narrative bombs into the discourse, when those posts circulate, when the actors are chronically online like the rest of us -- ideas travel.

I can’t prove Boyega read my May post. But if you trace the timeline, if you map the discourse, if you understand how echo chambers ripple into press junkets? It’s not unreasonable to imagine the seed reached him.

And even if it didn’t, the point stands: the actor playing Finn saw the same problem the rest of us did.

🩸 THE BLOODLINE LIE

Let’s strip this bare. Palpatine’s son -- Rey’s father -- was written as a good man. A selfless man. He risked and sacrificed to protect her.

So… follow the logic. Palpatine’s “evil” blood produces goodness. His descendant Rey? Perfect. Untouchable.

Where’s the darkness? Where’s the shadow? Where’s the mythic cost?

It’s like Disney is terrified of the simplest truth in storytelling: Blood curses burn.

You don’t inherit the Devil’s DNA and come out a Disney Princess.

MYTH WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE

Greek tragedy. Norse sagas. Shakespeare. All of them knew one truth:

The stories that last don’t coddle you. They scar you. They make you sit with the horror of choice, fate, and downfall.

Anakin worked because he fell. Because he chose. Because we watched the golden boy scream himself into Darth Vader.

Imagine if Lucas had chickened out. Imagine if Anakin “chose the light” at the last second. Imagine if he shrugged off the dark side with a Hallmark speech.

That’s not myth. That’s fanfiction. And that’s exactly what Disney gave us with Rey.

THE VERSION WE DESERVED

Picture this:

Rey accepts her Palpatine heritage. Not as shame. As power. She wears it. Breathes it. Lets it seduce her until it feels like home.

Finn, the man who loves her, becomes the Jedi not because of prophecy, but because he has to stop her.

Not Kylo. Not some reheated Vader-lite. But Rey.

His love. His sister-in-arms. His friend. Turned into the monster.

The duel writes itself. The heartbreak fuels it. The tragedy makes it timeless.

🤡 WHAT WE GOT INSTEAD

“I’m all the Jedi.”

A hug circle.

Skywalker cosplay.

Purell-washed empowerment arcs written by a marketing department.

That’s not cinema. That’s content.

WHY THIS MATTERS NOW

Disney is resurrecting Rey again. Another trilogy. Another corporate séance.

And guess what? It’s already DOA. Because they killed the only arc that mattered.

Rey’s fall wasn’t just an option. It was the only way to make her story unforgettable.

And Boyega, whether he read my post or just felt the same mythic itch, proves it: even the cast knew the narrative potential was wasted.

FINAL WORD

If your saga can be summarized in a press release, it’s not a myth. If your chosen one never risks corruption, it’s not Star Wars. If your villainous bloodline produces nothing but light, it’s not storytelling.

It’s brand management.

And no matter how many times Disney tries to necromance this corpse, the fans know. The actors know. The myth knows.

Rey should have been the monster. Finn should have been her executioner. And Star Wars should have grown the hell up.

Reblog if you’re done watching myth get neutered.

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Read more cadence-based myth corrections and cultural autopsies at: 👉 https://linktr.ee/ObeyMyCadence

Original Posts:

🧠 STAR WARS HOT TAKE -- THE MONSTER SHE BECAME

🧠 BLACKSITE SCROLLTRAP -- “THE FORCE IS FRAUDULENT: HOW DISNEY GUTTED THE MYTH”

I REBUKE THIS IMAGE: They didn’t honor the Jedi. They hijacked them.

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