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I agree with 68 on the new characters. To me this a big problem with the other slightly original bit of the movie is

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That stupid map. Luke goes into solitude but apparently leaves a fucking map with somebody. The map is then acquired by people looking for him that they need to physically pick up and bring back to base, yet they're able to transmit sound to/from fighters traveling at lightspeed? You can apparently transmit information all over the place but a file with a map needs to be physically transported? And then the map is somehow of a system they can't recognize until it's shown to be smack in the middle of a bunch that they do? It just seemed like a lazy way to drag out finding Luke til the end of the movie.

Originally Posted by DanHibiki

I guess some of the head bad guys find that training real ppl to be storm troopers especially those who believe in their cause is more reliable than a clone army. Hopefully they get into more details about that in future movies.

Originally Posted by StylinRed

I assumed that

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because the Empire had fallen, clones would be difficult/hard for the crumbling New Order to come by; given the Republic taking over and disarming, hence the use of real people, but the option for clones is still out there; more so now that the New Order have taken out the main Republic planets.

I don't think the Empire used clones beyond the initial armies of the prequels, but now all of a sudden the New Order has some clone armies and some regular human armies.

Originally Posted by StylinRed

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but then again... they were able to create a ginormous death star planet under the Republics noses

I'm wondering about this Republic, they only briefly mentioned it exists but we're supposed to believe that someone organized a new Republic this quickly?