Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 17, 2018 0:57:18 GMT
Like Little Ani, Finn has been raised in an environment without a lot of romantic opportunities. Such a situation creates awkwardness when interacting with a hot girl for the first time. Rather than play it dead-faced and, God help us, have her actually immediately start making out with him as per sand poetry, they made it funny to further endear us to him. Not so different from when Luke got instantly jealous and said "No!" when Han asked if Leia might like him. There was no "silly cracker redneck from a farm" conspiracy there, either. It's just giving the romances a little levity. Something AotC forgot to do with its faux Romeo and Juliet wishing of wishes.
That's not a fair comparison. Finn had just met Rey and that horrid line asking if Rey had a boyfriend came out of nowhere.
Luke had already seen a hologram of Leia and his response was "She's beautiful." Han was being his usual womanizer self when he made that comment, prompting Luke to rebuff him.
The line from Anakin came after already spending days (perhaps weeks) with Padmé in personal settings. On top of that at the opening of the movie Anakin tells the audience he has spent every day dreaming about Padmé since the events of the Phantom Menace. So it's not an awkward premise as is Finn's, who blurted out that line in the middle of rushed ship repairs. And after just meeting her minutes ago and being wacked in the leg and across the face by her.
I find when initially meeting a girl to be the opportune time to ask if they have a boyfriend. But I can see how that can be a little forward when compared to the subtle pimp game of Anakin "You look exactly how I remember you in my dreams" Skywalker.