Let's be clear about a number of key points from the start. Movie characters—especially in action movies like Star Wars—are infinitely less complex than the characters we can create and groom in short stories and novels. This is not because script writers and directors are superficial and simple-minded, but because different rules apply when you're writing a blockbuster movie script [1]. This is even more so when you consider that the writers of this particular script were writing for none other than the Star Wars franchise. No pressure whatsoever!
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