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Who was the stormtrooper captain in the shiny armor?? It seems like she was on screen a lot.

A truly well thought out Hokie analogy, though there are a few points worth clarifying:

Luke went into seclusion after Ben Solo went to the dark side. Before that, some of the dialogue made it sound like he was openly training young padawans. He went into hiding because of a sense of guilt/responsibility, not unlike Yoda after Anakin's fall. Given the relative ages of Rey and Ben, it's safe to say this occurred rather recently, and that if Rey is a Skywalker, leaving her on Jakku preceded Luke's troubles by at least a decade. This clouds the reasoning behind leaving her, but it would seem to eliminate a concern over the dark side.

Also, it's explicitly stated that the Force flows through all things. It's not limited by hereditary lineage, though a finer control of it may be. It should be further noted that being a Jedi is distinctly not hereditary, but rather a choice. It's often called a religion, and I'd say its most analogical to Shaolin. So I'd say that whether Finn becomes a Jedi will depend on whether he believes in it, and then subjects himself to some rigorous training to compensate for a weaker predisposition to control the Force as compared to the Skywalker family or Rey. At this point, I'm not sure this will happen, since he's basically set up to be new Han, and Han of course could never bring himself to truly embrace the Force.

Finally, yes, Kylo Ren is an amateur with the Force because he slipped so rapidly to the dark side that he never completed his training. This is only compounded by his total lack of emotional control and inferiority complex, all of which will most likely lead to him being strung along by Snoke to be just powerful enough to use as a pawn, but never powerful enough to be a real threat.

oh, the irony!! It hurts!!

Sumlin could be in trouble.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/tamu-football/is-kevin-sumlin-safe-into...

Luke was himself hidden, was he not?

I suppose Luke knows - better than anyone - that the power inherent to his offspring would be sufficiently influential that it would be better for the universe if that power were never discovered. On the off chance that that power were drawn to the dark side, better would it be that the power off this offspring were never discovered than if the power of the force would tilt their will to the ends of the dark side. Do not tempt fate. This is a smart decision by Luke - hide all of your offspring someplace safe. [Mama Fuller]

I think Luke also realizes that an ability to use the force is a somewhat random phenomena, but strongly predictable through genetics. The kid of a Jedi will be able to use the force. Anyone else would have to gain it through an infinitely small probability of genetic variation (mutation that enables force-wielding) [Fuente].

Leia's kid knows how to use the force, but he appears to be an amateur (but Abrams appear to achieve the whole son-killing-his-father motif in new episode 1, so maybe we won't have to deal with this concept for two move movies). [Shane Beamer]

I think black guy is a jedi due to random jedi mutation, and appears to be under-the-radar-powerful. [Torrian]

I think Jedi chick is Luke's daughter. If I'm right, we have Luke, Leia, jedi chick, and black guy as actual Jedi in various stages of abilities. Luke is the new Yoda, the teacher. Leia is the new Obi-Wan, the sage protector. Leia/Solo kid is the new Vader, but jedi chick has already revealed that New Vader is envious of Real Vader, and has an inferiority complex with Real Vader [Motley]. Jedi chick is the new Skywalker (and probably shares the same last name).

Chewy is what he is, good at his role but not the main guy [Bud Foster]. Solo is dead [Jim Weaver {Sorry!}]. That sucks. His kid is only half-Jedi. Kid will fuck up eventually and fucking JarJar will take his place as
Sith-in-waiting [Mendenhall]. Kid's inferiority complex will be his downfall (also, he isn't good enough with the force). [London] Or supreme leader is JarJar after a bad fall and a severe burn, whatever. [Groh]

Jedi chick is key. She's Claire Danes surviving to take on a massive role in the resistance. She's the franchise at this point [Logan Thomas]. Leia is always available for support [Coale]

I think the plotlines have been well-established [Frank].

Bet on an Episode 10. Disney won't let this franchise die

With your additional context, that gif made me chuckle uncontrollably.

Way better than any of the prequels.

I grew up a Star Wars kid and I didn't mind the predictable/cliches. I got to see all of my favorite characters back on screen and it took me right back to my childhood.

I'll watch again and again and again.

It is easily in my top three for the series!

FWIW I am a history major who's intensely interested in the Cold War era so I'm probably not the best example.

I guess he sucks. Bad on Whitt!

Yeah, I could totally see that. Kinda begs the question of how the heck she got there though. What is it with Skywalkers and just leaving their kids on desert planets?

Dude that was awesome but don't forget about the servicewomen Buzz! (I know it wasn't intentional) In the Air Force, we call something similar to this as being "re-blued." Sometimes even us service members lose focus on what it's all about in the grand scheme of things and need to be reminded.