By the time this trilogy finishes, it'll be another prequel.

I was just naming the first scene that came into my head tbh. A lot of the movie didn't actually need to be there and could have been better spent.

Yeah agreed. I think Jar Jar Abrams put some real pressure for the next one to start doing what the first one promised and failed to deliver.

By the time this trilogy finishes, it'll be another prequel.

The 9th company's decent, but there are certainly prominent inaccuracies, and scenes that just feel forced in my opinion. I know that the focus on PTSD in Vietnam is related to the popular view of the war, but my point is that it's largely inaccurate. It's the same reason why I can't think of a single realistic portrayal of the war in Vietnam; why everything about that war is focused on cliches and symbolism (i.e. Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, and Apocalypse Now)- because it's become an almost spiritual part of popular culture. Look at portrayals of any other American conflict, and you will find down-to-earth films about the lives of soldiers, whereas Vietnam can't be shown without some overarching story about internal conflict and mental strife.

Actually, most of Dean Hughes books are really good war books

The book Search and Destory was pretty decent. It didn't focus on how the war had mentally changed the character as much as it showed it open his eyes and change him physically.

Oh, shit. I actually read that in middle school. Haven't heard it mentioned in years.

I read soldier boys in fifth grade as a part of an advanced reading group (which awkwardly was only me and my crush)
Then I read search and destroy in 8th or 9th

Was Soldier Boys the WW2 one about the American and German kids?

Yea
The ending where Spencer layed in the snow, looking at the stars as he died. got me
I cried man

Oh, yeah. He went out to try to help the wounded German kid, right? I can't remember any names aside from Schaeffer, for some reason.

Dieter
Schafer was the old guy Dieter was with right?

Yup. He was the one Dieter was calling for when he was wounded; the one who refused to fire on the American troops because he had killed so many young men on the Eastern Front for a cause he no longer believed in. He was a very interesting character.

Yea
Which goes hand in hand with my favorite part of Hughes books.
Character development.
The war changed every character and it was always more than just ptsd.
The events in the book showed the war change the characters views on the world, their fellow man, and even themselves.

I like the extended opening but the music is better in the one I posted

I agree that Rey is pretty Mary Sue, but she does have weaknesses. Mostly fear I think. She is afraid to leave Jakku, even though she knows her family won't actually come back. She is also afraid to take Luke's lightsaber after the visions.