Thread by @SWFanJordan, 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕃𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕖————𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕁𝕖𝕕𝕚𝔻𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 @rianjohnson ———

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𝔻𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 @rianjohnson
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A Few Words Before...

-this thread is solely for my opinion and perception of a certain scene, character movie within Star Wars

-despite this, your opinion still matters heavily- I’d love to hear it in the replies!

-please correct me if you feel I’ve got anything wrong!

Like many, I was initially confused when RJ decided to have this scene close out his Star Wars Movie. I was silly however to not pick up on major little moments from the scene that eludes to the bigger story of Star Wars and the galaxy as a whole.

This has since become one of my favourite moments in Star Wars and I’d like to spend the length of this thread trying to explain why.

Temiri Blagg, or Broom Boy as he’s come to be known by the fandom is introduced to us during Finn & Rose’s adventure on Canto Bight. He, along with a few other slave children worked the stables with the fathiers. At first we know nothing special of this kid-

But it’s in The Last Jedi’s final scene where we realise why this child is so important.

In a very subtle moment I actually missed in theatres, we see this kid use the force- this kid has the force and as far as we know, he’s not related to anyone we know of.

This is the beginning of the force beginning to awaken (1 film late albeit).

This kid, like a lot of our main protagonists, has a hard time. As a slave, he is forced to work against his will and that’s no life for a child. That’s what makes this scene all the more exciting.

Just before this, we see one of the children retelling the story of Luke Skywalker’s noble sacrifice at the battle of crait. We see his name and actions already having a rippling effect across the galaxy. This is very important because as Poe said during the battle of Crait;

“He’s doing this for a reason. He’s stalling so we can escape.”

“No, no. We are the spark that’ll light the fire that’ll burn the First Order down.”

Luke Skywalker went out on a high. During Crait, nobody answered the distress call, nobody but Luke. He truly was a spark, sending hope into the hearts of many, and going down in the only way he could- by making sure the resistance lived to fight another day.

Going back to Temiri Blagg, the small moments we have with this character are monumental for Star Wars. At this point in the franchise, looking back on TLJ, he is the last true representation of the idea that you don’t need a fancy surname to have a place in this story.

Blagg excels in showing us the idea that heroes can come from nothing. Heroes can be born from nothing more than hope. You’ll all know that word well, because Hope is an instrinsic aspect of Star Wars. It’s something we all know too well now.

At the start of this third act, we had no one willing to help. They’d all essentially accepted defeat at the hands of the First Order. Like he was destined to do, Luke changed this. Poe wasn’t wrong. Luke truly was a spark. A spark in a dim room with little light left.

And Temiri? He’s just a little part of this raging fire that will rise up. As he steps out and stares at the sky, raising his broom as a weapon, he becomes more than just a character. He becomes a narrative representation of everything this franchise stands for.

But more than that, he’s a gateway for us- the viewer. This kid doesn’t have a lightsaber, he doesn’t have any training, but he’s still standing. Standing the way he does, using the broom in the stance that he’s in, it all just hits us hard. We’ve all done the same.

We’ve all pretended to have a lightsaber, ready to stand up and fight as a Jedi. This kid is us in so many ways and for me, that’s completely on the genius of Rian Johnson.

There’s a lot of beauty in this film but a lot of that comes from the characters and how they resonate with us. Temiri Blagg is no different- he is a small character with a huge moment that is brushed over by many because they dont like the film he’s in.

Temiri is not a Skywalker, he’s not a Palpatine- not a Kenobi. He’s nothing we’ve seen before, a Blagg, a nobody- but maybe that’s what we need.

Temiri, much like Rey in TLJ, is under the impression that they have no place in this narrative. For Temiri that still remains true.

I feel like we’re gonna see him return somehow, and I feel like he’s gonna be big. It’s a character that shows us you don’t need to belong to have a place. You can carve your own destiny if you just follow your path. You can become anything if your heart wants it.

Just remember as Luke said to Kylo Ren on Crait...

“The rebellion is reborn today.”
“The War is just beginning.”
“And I will not be the LAST JEDI.”

Once more, THANK YOU for reading! It means the world to me

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The previous two have had amazing responses so I hope you loved this one. I’ll accept that it’s a bit more longwinded and I understand if this doesn’t do as well, but it’s a moment that means a lot to me!

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