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Idle Musings on Star Wars: The Force Awakens

01/26/2016 SpoonyViking 49 Comments

As the title says, these are just idle musings on a specific issue in the movie. I’m really interested in any and all feedback I might get.

Also, there will be spoilers. Big ones, too.
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