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Originally Posted by octothorp
Something else I liked was Poe's story and setting him up to be one of (if not the) leader in the next generation of the rebellion. But equating the decision he made at the beginning of the movie with the one he made at the end seems a bit off (beginning of the movie: chance to score a victory at significant cost when retreat and escape was a perfectly valid option; vs. end of the movie: chance to give the rebellion what seemed like a fighting chance when, as far as they knew at the time, retreat and escape was not an option.) It worked out for him thanks to the sparkly dogs and a jedi on the other side of a rock wall, but just based on what he knew, I thought he made the wrong call in both circumstances. They could have set up a much better situation of him making a tough but correct call that that involved setting aside his ego.
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You see I didn’t like him at all - he made nothing but bad decisions:
- the bombing run killed lots of rebels
- the mutiny and support for the casino run almost resulted in the complete destruction of the remaining rebel force
- bailing on the speeder assault when at the time it looked like the last resort
And somehow he’s still a hero