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Admiral Holdo
Jun. 27th, 2018 02:53 pmSo on Twitter, somebody made a post wondering how anybody would believe a purple-haired lady in a prom dress would be an Admiral in the Army. He's referring to Laura Dern's character in The Last Jedi.
Well, to seize the capillary, armies have generals, navies have admirals. To seize the jugular, the whole plot of the movie was to make us question who we assumed were heroes and what was heroism. When Leia was incapacitated, we (including me and Poe) assumed that Poe was going to be put in command. Hell, he was getting up to make a speech when Holdo was introduced! Then, over the course of the movie, she gives Poe a lesson on how to act like a soldier.
That's also the B-plot of that movie. Finn, hero of the previous movie, tries to desert (again, I remind you) and gets stopped by a mechanic (Rose Tico, played by Kelly Tran). He then gets sucked into Poe's disastrous plan. Finn also learns a lesson.
In short, Laura Dern with purple hair in a prom dress is a feature, not a bug.
Well, to seize the capillary, armies have generals, navies have admirals. To seize the jugular, the whole plot of the movie was to make us question who we assumed were heroes and what was heroism. When Leia was incapacitated, we (including me and Poe) assumed that Poe was going to be put in command. Hell, he was getting up to make a speech when Holdo was introduced! Then, over the course of the movie, she gives Poe a lesson on how to act like a soldier.
That's also the B-plot of that movie. Finn, hero of the previous movie, tries to desert (again, I remind you) and gets stopped by a mechanic (Rose Tico, played by Kelly Tran). He then gets sucked into Poe's disastrous plan. Finn also learns a lesson.
In short, Laura Dern with purple hair in a prom dress is a feature, not a bug.