Rumor: Details on Daisy Ridley’s Scenes Shot on Skellig Michael!

ReyThe IrishMirror posted today a very interesting article about the Episode VIII shoot that took place this week on Skellig Michael. One of their reporters visited the island after it was opened again for regular visitors. The trip to the island unveiled some very curious details about the cast and the scenes they shot there…

 

 

SPOILERS AHEAD!

 

 

First of all keep in mind that the info in this article is coming from local residents, and it should be treated as rumor until we have any official confirmation. Although it is believed that some of the residents have signed confidentiality clauses, this didn’t stop some of the local folks to share with the reporters some juicy details about the filming.

 

Some of the things reported by the IrishMirror (via Terence Mulvey), we’ve already covered in our previous reports, but we will keep them for the sake of continuity:

  • There were around 100 film crew members working on the island.
  • They came on a powerful boat that takes only 20minutes to get from Portmagee to the island.
  • Production lasted three days.
  • They wanted to begin on Monday originally, but the weather was so bad that no one could get on or off the island. So they began on Tuesday, and finished on Thursday night.
  • They’d booked another three days, but they didn’t need them in the end, it was wrapped up a lot quicker than expected, thanks to the weather improving.
  • There were only four helicopter landings allowed.

 

Daisy Ridley on Skellig Michael
Daisy Ridley on Skellig Michael

 

  • Most of the material used had to be brought in by boat, and despite how heavy some of it was, people working on the set had to carry it on their shoulders all the way up the steps to the various areas around the island where scenes were shot.
  • Daisy was filming a fighting scene from 8am one day in a flat area up a first set of steps.
  • The effects team made some fake rocks. One of them was placed where Daisy shot one of the action scenes. She was swinging around. You’d imagine they’ll add her lightsabers during the editing…(or bo staff 😉 )
  • A 15 minute-climb leads to the monastery, a few meters from where another fight scene was reportedly shot.

 

 

As we first reported a few days ago, Daisy Ridley’s stunt double Chloe Bruce was also present during the shoot. And although the IrishMirror reporter uses the term “fight scene”, it’s more likely that they shot a training sequence between Luke and Rey.

 

ReyFrom everything we’ve seen and heard so far (including Kathleen Kennedy’s words), it seems that Ridley will be very skillful with the staff. Also we heard legit reports that her character will be very agile and athletic. Considering her weapon of choice, before her encounter with Luke, it’s not a hard guess that the staff will be turned into a Jedi weapon if it wasn’t in the first place.

 

It’s interesting that only Rey is being trained by Luke. What happened to Finn, who was holding a lightsaber in the recent Instagram clip? I can assure you that this isn’t the only scene in the movie, where he is wielding a lightsaber (more on this on our next episode of The Resistance Broadcast). Also why is not Finn on any of the merchandise photos with The Falcon, Chewie and Rey? Does he have a sidetrack mission? Are they separated? Is he kidnapped or dead? Countless possibilities!

 

 

Rey and Chewie

 

You can definitely see that Rey and Chewie are sad in the photo above (still puzzled why they used that photo for a notebook). There are several possibilities about the reason for that. What do you think? Tell us in the comments below or joins us in The Cantina!

 

 

All answers coming in just 3 months time!

 

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119 thoughts on “Rumor: Details on Daisy Ridley’s Scenes Shot on Skellig Michael!

  • September 19, 2015 at 3:59 pm
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    Its probably that one of the big 3 dies in that part 🙁

    • September 19, 2015 at 4:48 pm
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      Oh well. At least most of them reunited in San Diego.

  • September 19, 2015 at 4:01 pm
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    I think either Finn or Rey may be a red herring. I see one of two possibilities. either:-

    1) Finn using the lightsaber in TFA is to make us think he is the new Jedi, when in is actually Rey or, conversely….

    2) The end of the film sets us up (and Luke up) as thinking Rey is the heir, perhaps if it is revealed that she is a Skywalker, and so he trains here, only for, as the trilogy goes on, it to be Finn, a non-Skywalker, who rises to save the galaxy.

    Either way, I am convinced that we won’t see them both become and stay Jedi.

    • September 19, 2015 at 4:05 pm
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      I suspect that both will become Jedi in time.

      But I think that Finn will probably end up as Maz Kanatas apprentice, and probably more casually than Luke and Rey.

      • September 19, 2015 at 4:15 pm
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        I don’t see how that makes sense from a story arch point of view. Two being trained at the same time, or one after the other would be very repetitious, not least because even one being trained is a repeat of the training of Anakin and Luke.

        • September 19, 2015 at 4:47 pm
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          But how in the world can the Jedi Order grow in size without training more than one person at a time?

          • September 19, 2015 at 7:33 pm
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            I don’t disagree with that, but it’s entertainment. Filmmaking is not just about logic. It’s about when remains interesting on the screen.

        • September 19, 2015 at 5:14 pm
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          I dont think they are actually going to show Finns training.

        • September 19, 2015 at 5:15 pm
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          Wouldn’t be repetitious if the training Finn undergoes with Maz is substantially different than the more typical jedi training we’ve seen in the past.

          • September 19, 2015 at 7:32 pm
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            So you presume she is a Jedi then? Somewhat conflict’s with Kylo Ren’s “the last Jedi” line.

          • September 19, 2015 at 8:29 pm
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            Jedi could mean multiple Jedi. And I am sure he meant that. It’s not singular.

          • September 19, 2015 at 8:59 pm
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            Then why didn’t he say “the last of THE Jedi”?

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:47 pm
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            Because jedi can be used as a singular and plural. I.e., The jedi have a dogmatic view.
            Luke is a jedi.

          • September 19, 2015 at 10:51 pm
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            Luke is the last Jedi. He wasn’t always since ROTJ, but is now. I’d put money on it.

            Trust me! 😉

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:26 pm
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            I believe it has been clarified that “Jedi” on Kylo Ren’s line is meant to be plural and that there will other Jedi in the new trilogy besides Luke.

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:46 pm
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            I’ve heard the exact opposite. *shrug*

  • September 19, 2015 at 4:01 pm
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    I don’t think Rey still has her staff when she meets Luke. It’s more than likely Anakin’s lightsaber.

    • September 19, 2015 at 4:08 pm
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      Changing the weapon you’re good with, with another one you didn’t use before, would be an odd move.

      • September 19, 2015 at 4:08 pm
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        Well, she does pick up Anakin’s lightsaber to duel Kylo at the end. So maybe she is good with that too.

          • September 19, 2015 at 4:44 pm
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            Well, we do have leaked concept art pointing that way.

          • September 19, 2015 at 4:53 pm
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            Sure, but concepts change. And I know that they started doing concepts even before there was an actual script.
            I am not saying it’s not happening, but everything is possible. 🙂

          • September 19, 2015 at 5:42 pm
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            I don’t have a problem with her using a sabre staff, in fact I would like it and I would scream like a giddy school girl when it finally ignites, however, I do have a problem with the continuity of the narrative. If rumors are true, before hand she is been questioned and possibly tortured. How does she get her weapon back? Surely she would unarmed during in this sequence? I guess we will just have to wait until December.

          • September 19, 2015 at 6:03 pm
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            I was just about to write that she could lose her staff and only have the saber to use. Do we see any signs of the staff in that new shot of her and BB-8 in the 15 sec. teaser?

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:42 pm
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            Giddy schoolgirl? You and me both!

      • September 19, 2015 at 5:28 pm
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        I LIKE that staff alot. Half of it is the mystery of what it does is part of it. The other part is its original for the jedi type character to use.

      • September 19, 2015 at 6:08 pm
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        You assume she never used a saber before…

  • September 19, 2015 at 4:15 pm
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    Everything points to Han dying. It’s the most logical way to go.

    • September 19, 2015 at 5:47 pm
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      Or they want to make us think that….

  • September 19, 2015 at 4:34 pm
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    I’m to busy lolling at her face being in the helicopter photo 😛

  • September 19, 2015 at 5:01 pm
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    I’m guessing from the rumors that I’ve read that Kylo,her brother kills Han,her Dad and she kills Kylo setting up an Empire strikes back vibe for the next one where Snoke unleashes the Knights of Ren led by Del Toro to hunt down and wipe out the Jedi and resistance once and for all. Finn will join the rebels/resistance,sorta the new Han.

    • September 19, 2015 at 7:32 pm
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      i sure hope not, i hope kylo lives till ep. nine. or else we have another darth maul.

    • September 19, 2015 at 9:10 pm
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      Well that would be cool, but won’t make up for the rest of the story.

    • September 20, 2015 at 1:05 am
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      Lately I’ve been considering the possibility that Kylo and Rey are not siblings, and are not related at all to any of the older characters from the original movies. (Same for Finn.) So why have they hidden their last names (and Kylo’s real name)? This could simply be a red herring to make us think their last/real names tie them to other characters.

      • September 20, 2015 at 8:14 am
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        You could be right and I would be cool with that. It can feel a little too coincidental if everyone is related. I do feel though that Luke is Uncle to somebody,Kylo or Rey. Family is a Star Wars trope.

    • September 21, 2015 at 11:19 pm
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      What a shitty plot it would be. Practically an OT reboot.

  • September 19, 2015 at 5:06 pm
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    I believe Rey returns Anakin’s lightsaber to Luke. Rey will continue to use her staff as her primary weapon, something unusual will be revealed about it in Episode VII. I still think Finn is no Jedi, and instead has embraced the resistance, so as the article mentioned, is on some side mission or has been badly injured by Kylo Ren. I’m interested in how Rey travels to where Luke is now based and how long in the movie the Falcon is reintroduced. Now less than 3 months until we find out.

  • September 19, 2015 at 5:08 pm
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    I’m predicting that her staff is ALREADY a Jedi weapon in disguise, and that she may or may not know it.

    • September 19, 2015 at 5:17 pm
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      The pic of her above is the closest detail I’ve seen of her staff – the end looks like the end of Mace Windu’s Ep. I saber, painted black w/ a cap on (!). With the body of this staff longer than Maul’s, would a double short-saber / staff be likely?

      • September 19, 2015 at 8:17 pm
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        what were they staffs that grievious’s magna guards had they deflectected lightsabers

        • September 19, 2015 at 9:38 pm
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          Yea but the ends don’t look like saber hilts.

          • September 19, 2015 at 10:16 pm
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            The ends look like light saber hilts if you turn them upside down. The tip of the staff could be the base of the light saber.

        • September 19, 2015 at 10:27 pm
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          I’ve looked at some photos of electrostaffs, and I can’t find any that are as elaborately designed as this one. I agree with obijuanmartinez. I think the end of the staff is an inverted light saber.

      • September 19, 2015 at 9:36 pm
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        That’s what I’m thinking.

  • September 19, 2015 at 5:12 pm
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    Looks like SW8 takes up right where SW7 ends.

    OT: Has anyone noticed yet that R2 is in the Rogue One Cast Pic, you can just make out the top of R2’s dome above the left arm of the napping rebel in the background.

  • September 19, 2015 at 5:16 pm
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    3 Wookiees bringing bad news to Leia. What if Chewbacca bites the dust? 3 Months to go and still no trailer!

    • September 19, 2015 at 6:10 pm
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      There’s been trailers already,do we really need another one? lol

      • September 19, 2015 at 6:27 pm
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        It would be nice

        • September 19, 2015 at 6:40 pm
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          lol! Yeah,I wouldn’t mind one either,preferably with the ones we’ve seen so little of so far,Luke,Leia,and Han. And R2.

      • September 19, 2015 at 7:13 pm
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        Only type of trailers have been teaser, one of which was less than 30 seconds. Every other movie I can ever remember has had a full trailer out by 3 months before a movie is released. Abrams is being an egomaniac control freak or covering for a bad movie. I’m guessing it’s the first. Pushing tons of merch like they have while refusing to put out a trailer (and only announcing they wouldn’t be showing one at expected times and places at the last minute) shows their disdain for the fans. Edgar Wright, Joss whedon, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott, zac snyder, and James Cameron don’t do this, but JJ is a supreme jerk and has. Asking to see 2:30 minutes of footage is not much they haven’t released that much so far total.

        • September 19, 2015 at 7:35 pm
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          That has always been JJ’s MO,just look at Super 8 and the Trek movies,where they downright lied to everyone on the last one,which in turn may have hurt that movies’ box office. I do consider the last long trailer we got,at SWC,a trailer and not a teaser though,but I do agree with you,a proper trailer with some more dialogue and the characters I mentioned would be nice. I really hope they’re not covering up for a crap movie,again.

          • September 19, 2015 at 8:32 pm
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            You’re right about this being JJ’s MO (which is the biggest reason I dislike him). I admire his films but the mystery box makes me want to barf. The teaser at Thanksgiving of 2014 was, to me, basically an announcement trailer, reminiscent of the “teaser” trailer for Star Trek in 2009 when most of it was shots of building the Enterprise that weren’t in the movie. The SWC was kind of halfway between a full and teaser trailer. However, JJ referred to it as a teaser. But you’ve made several good points about the situation. What truly worries me is that John Boyega is acting up to 11 in every shot we’ve seen. Ridley just stares and grimaces. I’m worried the film will be hammy as heck, almost as a reaction to the PT. and this all gets back to my original thought: why no full trailer. A lot of the worrying and complaining right now is die to lack of a real trailer/footage. I think things will turn out fine will for the film, but the strategy on the trailer release time has been, IMO, very weird, insulting, and generally a huge gaffe.

          • September 19, 2015 at 8:50 pm
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            I think there’s no trailer because they don’t want to spoil things. You people act like spoiled children.

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:18 pm
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            LOL! Yep,spoilers.

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:43 pm
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            Really? Because name calling is the medium of spoiled brats, I’ve always thought. “Not wanting to spoil anything” is trying to do the impossible. You can cut a trailer that doesn’t spoil much more than what was revealed in the first two teasers if one is, I don’t know, a professional Hollywood director. “Not spoiling anything” really means “I have the power to control of every frame until the film premieres. I must show how powerful I am but not showing a single frame until it pleases me to do so.” This whole schedule is designed to inspire this kind of dialogue about the powers that be, not the actual film. We’re talking about what MIGHT BE in the movie and WHEN the trailer night drop. The light shines on the filmmaker and not the film for as long as possible. JJ wants you to talk about him, and what choices he might be making, not on the actual film or any part of it. Why? Because JJ is bigger than the film. Father Abrams is bigger than his child, just one film in his glorious career. That’s what the logic is, but he pretends it’s a positive for fans, which also bugs me. I’m still going to see the film, but all of JJs behavior making and marketing it is further proof of his penchant for lying and making the whole thing about him.

          • September 19, 2015 at 10:25 pm
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            You put way too much effort into whatever the hell that rant was about. It has nothing to do with a “power trip” on JJ’s or Disney’s part. It has to do with building hype for the movie and keeping some things under wraps until the film comes out. If you can’t understand why it would be a good thing to keep the story line and main plot points secret until the premier then that’s a personal issue, but to think it’s some kind of conspiracy for him to hold some kind of power over people is idiotic. It’ strictly about NOT SPOILING THE FILM, not JJ’s ego or anything else. It’s actually kind of sad to think that your world view would validate that opinion, to be perfectly honest.

          • September 19, 2015 at 11:23 pm
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            Yes, everything Hollywood does is for only the purest of motives, no one ever develops an ego due to money and success.

            Wait, sorry, where I live, in the real world, people can be very flawed and still make art. You know, like Woody Allen, Faulkner, Chaplin, and Picasso. Large companies give power to people who will make them money, and JJ makes companies a lot of money, usually. I don’t like him, or his approach, largely because he acts like a friend of the fan when he’s not, and never has been.

            I don’t know how long it takes you to form a thought, but seeing the truth of how this film is being marketed can be done in less time than it takes to boil water. I’m just not one of those people who honors every product push or attends conventions in order to empty my wallet at the feet of Lucasfilm or Disney.

            JJ is controlling the rollout of content in a manner that is less than friendly to the fans. Why? Because he can. Every screenshot from TFA makes headlines for days. Age of Ultron released a full trailer 6 months before release, as well as two more after that, and lots of people, including me, enjoyed and were surprised by the plot, etc. of that film. Joss Whedon and Marvel successfully marketed that film and made zillions at the box office and with merch without pulling any of the crap JJ and Lucasfilm have with TFA.

            I envy your worldview. I just look at things and see much more of the junk that has become too common in Hollywood and corporate America for years. Go ahead and blast me because I know you’ll want the last word.

          • September 20, 2015 at 12:08 am
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            I’m not saying he doesn’t have an ego. I am however saying that it is still very much Kathleen Kennedy’s show as she essentially IS Lucasfilm now and is the one who ultimately has to answer to Papa Disney for each and every Star Wars anything moving forward. So in this specific case, whether JJ has ego issues or not, I’m reasonably certain that Kennedy as an individual and Lucasfilm as a whole would have some checks and balances within his contract to avoid issues as they arise. From everything I’ve seen about JJ I don’t think ego is his issue, it’s being nervous about the product and carrying the weight of that and the history of Star Wars on his shoulders. That coupled with all the “It’s not real Star Trek” cr@p that came about with his ST movies has got to be keeping him on his toes. He also doesn’t seem to have an issue taking criticism either from what I’ve seen, which would also indicate that there isn’t an ego problem going on rather marketing and the film not necessarily being ready to show yet.

          • September 20, 2015 at 12:14 am
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            ” Large companies give power to people who will make them money, and JJ makes companies a lot of money, usually.”

            I most definitely agree with you about that; companies exist to make money. Period. Nothing wrong with it, really, though it can sometimes put a damper on things.

            But I tend to think that the lack of trailers is simply because this film doesn’t really need them. It is quite possibly the most anticipated movie of all time (even more than Ep I was in 1999, since most folks love the OT to one degree or another).

            I think the lack of info (especially the lack of Luke) is precisely intended to drive the fan base mad with anticipation. It may not work with everyone, but it’s working with millions.

          • September 20, 2015 at 12:03 am
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            Well for me this new film is practically FULL of spoilers. It’s actually a huge spoiler to even show even a little dialog about what is actually going on. So, despite the fact that JJ is trying to squeeze as much hype as he can from us, I do understand why he wants the plot not shown. I do however think that we will be getting our “Leia” trailer in the next 15 days and the “Luke” trailer should appear around late November.

          • September 19, 2015 at 9:22 pm
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            Well I think it’ll be just fine. Probably whet Kenn says below this post,don’t wanna spoil things. While in no way acting like a spoilt brat,I do hope we get one more trailer before the movie comes out. But not showing much up till now could be a good thing too,could be a lot of plot points they don’t wanna reveal just yet. Of course,it’ll all be out before the movie is released in the US,which kinda sucks.

  • September 19, 2015 at 5:19 pm
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    Was it not The Mirror who stated that Mark nearly died? Taking this article with a pinch of salt. Sorry!!!!

  • September 19, 2015 at 6:57 pm
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    I don’t think Finn will be a Jedi at all. With his skills, they’ll come in useful leading the Resistance’s ground forces.

  • September 19, 2015 at 7:02 pm
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    Finn is only using the saber because Rey initally rejects it. She gets it back later in the film.

    • September 19, 2015 at 10:06 pm
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      Or she gets her arm chopped off by Kylo and Finn picks it up..if she’s a Skywalker then losing an arm wouldn’t be so surprising lol

    • September 20, 2015 at 1:41 pm
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      I am not sure Rey is aware of what a lightsaber is. She is meant to be an equivelant of Luke before he left Tatooine, completely unaware of the Force and his true heritage. So if she got a saber, she would simply give it to someone else not by choice but due to ignorace. She may get it in the end but this new film is about the new generation finding its way. I imagine that the final battle will determine each young character’s life for the rest of the trilogy. Rey may even turn dark while Finn turn to the Light, so the new movie makes a point about how blurry the lines between good and evil are.

  • September 19, 2015 at 7:29 pm
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    i think that FIN isnt as important to the trilogy as initially thought

    • September 19, 2015 at 9:31 pm
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      Based on symbols of cards in a pay-to-play Iphone game? Sith symbols are also on First Order Stormtrooper cards. So it must mean they are all Sith too?

      • September 20, 2015 at 3:22 am
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        no im just wouldnt be shocked if the trilogy is more focused on rey and dameron and luke

    • September 20, 2015 at 1:29 pm
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      We will have to see. JJ apparently wants us going almost completely blind into that movie, no sense of plot no nothing. A strategy from his part to overhype us but still, I would like some sense of what is truly going on, as would most of us.

      Now, Finn is not a child of either the Skywalker or the Kennobi line and the Solos are not Force sensitive. Hence the Awakening which probably refers to Finn. So he is bound to be important in some meaningful way. That doesn’t mean of course he won’t get killed off. It just means that he died doing somehitng destiny-changing for the entire Galaxy.

      Or he indeed is destined to be a Jedi and Rey is trying to catch up with him via training (unlikely as she seems badass in close combat with that staff)

      Or he is drawn to the Dark Side, effectively creating a new major plot device (rivalry) against Rey. Or it goes vice versa and Rey goes dark (that would make more sense as Finn starts out as the bad stormtrooper) and Finn has to stop her.

      The possibilities are endless and to me without a true trailer we are going blind with nothing but split scenes and virtually no dialog that would give us a sense of plot.

  • September 19, 2015 at 8:10 pm
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    Very skillful with the staff, eh?

  • September 19, 2015 at 8:47 pm
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    Double Agent?

  • September 19, 2015 at 9:11 pm
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    Finn may not become a Jedi after all, but, honestly, it would be a waste if he didn’t. The new trilogy doesn’t need another non-Force-sensitive hero as Poe Dameron already plays that role. It looks like Rey will be the main character in the new movies though.

  • September 19, 2015 at 9:15 pm
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    Great Ewok Tree House, this movie is making no sense.

    • September 20, 2015 at 2:21 am
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      Great Ewok Tree House, this movie speculation based on merchandise and trailers is making no sense.

  • September 19, 2015 at 9:47 pm
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    It’s pretty simple to see where this is going. Rey started her training way earlier than Luke did, and because she started it at the end of the first movie, most of her stuff will be off screened. This scene is probably showing the fruit of Luke’s labor from the end of VII.

    Finn is only going to get minimal training from Maz, and is probably going to complete his training with Luke towards the end once The Knights of Ren target Rey.

    I think both are going to be Jedi when all is said and done.

    • September 19, 2015 at 10:41 pm
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      Huh, is Rey the “other” that Yoda was talking about?

      • September 19, 2015 at 11:54 pm
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        She was not even born then so I doubt they were referring to her stopping the Emperor and Vader.

      • September 20, 2015 at 12:01 am
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        No. That was Leia.

        Rey is probably Luke’s first resort.

      • September 20, 2015 at 6:36 am
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        The ‘other’ Yoda spoke of was Nellith Skywalker, a conceptualized female twin whom Lucas had intended to be the central figure of the Sequel Trilogy when he changed ’12 Adventures’ to ‘Trilogy of Trilogies’ in the late seventies.
        There is dialogue mentioning her by name in Brackett’s draft of Empire.
        After he split with Kurtz in the fallout of ESB he decided to wrap up Star Wars and make Leia Luke’s sister.

        I bring that up because in some strange way Rey may indeed be the ‘other’ Yoda intended to speak of in Empire.

        • September 20, 2015 at 8:25 am
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          Did not know that…….

  • September 19, 2015 at 11:39 pm
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    I will be very disappointed if rey doesn’t wield a double bladed lightsaber, like darth mauls or at least let the staff be a saber staff

    • September 20, 2015 at 3:57 am
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      I will be very dissapointed if Rey DOES wield a double bladed lightsaber as Darth Maul had. Enough with experiments and mirrorings 🙂

    • September 20, 2015 at 1:56 pm
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      True, I do see her as a Jedi Shadow (sorry I like to SWTOR things from time to time), she is agile and athletic as we know and she could be fit for special ops. I think that Luke will give us some juicy cannon info about Jedi and their specializations (at last) while training Rey.

  • September 20, 2015 at 12:20 am
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    From what I’m seeing here, there are the following possiibilities

    1) Finn never becomes a Jedi and was never Force sensitive. His sole function was to retrieve the lightsaber and at some point he gives it to Rey who then becomes (or already was) a Jedi.

    2) Finn becomes a Jedi but in TFA leaves at some point with a seperate mission from Luke or something (he gets captured?) happens to him so he never receives training from Skywalker.

    3) Finn doesn’t get to become a Jedi even if he was Force sensitive. Kylo kills him as he doesn’t belong in the Skywalker line, therefore breaking the rule of 2, the ancient Sith system of Master and Apprentice, handed down by Darth Bane himself. Kylo doesn’t want that and therefore eradicates the Awakening (Finn) before it is given shape.

    For me numbers 1 and 2 are the most logical while No.3 is the least likely to happen as JJ has “ensured” us that these new films are about the new generation. No way someone from that generation gets killed right from the start.

    • September 20, 2015 at 1:33 am
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      Hope we get Finn & Rey to swell the Jedi ranks, such as they are. I kinda thought 3 decades on, Luke would be Grandmaster of a new Jedi Order; the idea he seems to be the only bonafide one in the galaxy paints him as a slacker in that department (!). So much for “pass on what you have learned”, eh?

      • September 20, 2015 at 6:14 am
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        It’s likely not that simple.

      • September 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm
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        True, I very much would want to see a detailed explanation about what the hell happened between Episode VII and TFA in the new movie. In the EU we got Jedi Academy and It was a beautiful story for crying out loud. Instead, now, we get a semi- post apocalyptic political landscape, filled with power vacuums and no (so far) major PT characters occupying them. We have to get flashbacks, something! I would be very dissapointed if ony hints were given in the movie about the 30 year gap so we would be forced to buy books and comics just to fill it. If that is the case then Disney is pure evil for taking our love for the franchise and violently decides to turn it into a money machine.

  • September 20, 2015 at 12:36 am
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    If Luke is basically Yoda, Skellig Michael is his Dagobah, and Rey returns once per movie to train… until eventually Master Skywalker dies peacefully in his sleep, whispering exposition with his last breath, I will scream LOL. Jk, I know that won’t happen, but I don’t want him pulling Star Destroyers out of the sky, either. A balance would be good – powerful but restrained, mystical but human and familiar.

    I suspect there is much more to Finn’s story than the spoilers have revealed. Is his use of the lightsaber in TFA a red herring for Rey, a non-Force-sensitive spur-of-the-moment utility, or a foreshadowing of his journey in VIII?

    • September 20, 2015 at 2:18 am
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      I’m thinking that may very well be the case! The red herring thing. I thought it was strange of JJ to give that much away, that could have been easily kept secret.

    • September 21, 2015 at 5:30 am
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      I agree! I may be reading into things far too much here but when they released the instagram clip of Finn holding the lightsaber, the VERY NEXT DAY the official Star Wars facebook page updated their cover photo to a shot of Han holding Lukes lightsaber as he was about to cut open the tautaun! Could just be a conicidece, but could that be a clue that prehaps Finn is not force sensitve?

  • September 20, 2015 at 1:15 am
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    Here is what I think. There is a toy Kylo Ren figure that says something similiar to “Is is true, your just a scavenger” or similiar to that. This Makes me think they (Rey and Kylo) definitely know each other and at one point in their lives he held her in high regard.

    Something went wrong and they parted ways. Maybe both were Jedi in training or maybe both were Knights of Ren in training. Either way they part, One can assume Rey of some sort held some type of position or status and Kylo cant believe she is now resorted to the life she now has.

  • September 20, 2015 at 1:58 am
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    “why is not Finn on any of the merchandise photos with The Falcon, Chewie and Rey?”

    Best guess is that Disney’s heard all the negative feedback online and is doing their damndest to delete the Finn character much like Lucas did to Jar Jar Binks.

    • September 20, 2015 at 2:15 am
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      And Boyega is wrong for Star Wars, because……?

      • September 20, 2015 at 8:19 am
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        He’s perfect for Star Wars,my only complaint is that there are no ladies for the older .1st gen Star Wars fans to root for.There is a 40 year gap between Rey and Leia. Middle ages need representing.

        • September 21, 2015 at 3:44 pm
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          That is true, but I think they’re always going to keep the focus on younger heroes. Although, it’d be interesting to see middle aged heroes!

    • September 20, 2015 at 3:06 am
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      The backlash from those racist idiots will be NOTHING compared to the backlash from people crying foul if Disney was dumb enough to do as you have suggested.

    • September 20, 2015 at 6:10 am
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      Negative feedback over what, exactly!? His hair!? Sure can’t be his performance because we haven’t seen any of it yet. Oh, wait, I get it: it’s his epidermis. Nice to know it’s still 1955 for some Star Wars fans..

    • September 20, 2015 at 10:55 am
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      Written by someone who doesn’t understand film-making. Congratulations on wearing your ignorance so proudly.

  • September 20, 2015 at 1:59 am
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    I think kylo and Rey are brother and sister and Finn dies at the end from kylo so now Rey is being trained by like to defeat her brother. Almost just like jacen and Jaina solo

  • September 20, 2015 at 2:38 am
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    Does anyone else see the flux capacitor behind them? It’s literally in between them! Is that the controls of the super weapon I between them then? Another thing, with Chewie and Her looking so sad, and her flying, this photo to me looks like them departing after a certain character kicks the bucket and delivery of a lost item to one of the big three, hopefully not at the end of the film.

  • September 20, 2015 at 2:53 am
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    The staff is a bojutsu one-sided saber. I’m wondering if Rey used to be a padawan once, or she is ‘just a scavenger’. Kylo will smash Finn, so she has to enter and accept her destiny as a member of the Skywalker bloodline. Then she goes on to complete her training with Luke.

  • September 20, 2015 at 3:20 am
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    It’s really bugging me why that staff is not symmetrical. It seems like it’s hiding a secret…. 🙂

  • September 20, 2015 at 3:34 am
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    Rey’s beauty is so incredibly distracting that I am going to have to see the movie at least 100 times to comprehend it all.

  • September 20, 2015 at 3:34 am
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    My thoughts are that Rey and Ren are Solo siblings. Both were in training but Ren was drawn to the dark side like his grandfarher. Rey flees to Jakku on her own because she rejects her training or she is hidden there by her parents and is drawn back into the thick of things by Finn defecting…

  • September 20, 2015 at 4:01 am
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    It seems Finn won’t become Jedi. He picked saber against Kylo Ren, but would be saved by Rey or Luke.He understands strategy of First Order so becomes young general of Resistance.

  • September 20, 2015 at 4:48 am
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    So Luke trains Rey this seems to be in stone. Just because Finn isn’t there doesn’t mean much at all other than they may just be in different locations. Poe is the other main character in question and from what I understand he lasts all three episodes and we know he gets captured, I still find him suspicious with his “greatest pilot in the galaxy” comment at Star Wars Celebration and references sent on a special mission from a particular princess, does Poe have Skywalker blood in him? Perhaps a rescue attempt in Ep. VIII? If Finn has Anakin’s lightsaber and it gets to Leia instead of Kylo we know that Kylo doesn’t win the battle but tells us nothing about Finn’s fate other than knowing Kylo lives as well from Snoke’s narration in teaser 1, and Kylo’s toy response, I have felt it. This is very likely at the end of the movie. One interesting view could be if Finn lives, and is force sensitive, he could be trained by Leia? So this brings us to what does the awakening really mean. Just that things are stirred up again? That doesn’t seem to make sense as the Aftermath book refers to them being chased around. Then again there is still a lot of time after the book and before the movie. The biggest secret and anticipation in the movie is Snoke, and why is Vader worshiped by the Knights of Ren and how that plays into the movie and the “Awakening”. I love how we kinda now know so much but so little at the same time. Watching the movie will be amazing, I can’t wait.

  • September 20, 2015 at 4:58 am
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    Reminds me of old Martial Arts movies…. heck, even Kill Bill.. you have an old master training a young apprentice at some temple.

  • September 20, 2015 at 5:10 am
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    Maybe KYLO REN Kills HAN and captured FINN and REY has to save him in episode VIII?

    • September 20, 2015 at 8:41 am
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      How does the lightsaber make it to Leia if Finn is captured when we now know he uses it against Kylo?

  • September 20, 2015 at 8:02 am
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    BTW. The “Red Herring” theory has got to be the dumbest thing I ever heard.

    There are thousands of explanations as to why Luke isn’t training Finn. Some dumb bait and switch conspiracy theory is at the bottom of that list.

  • September 20, 2015 at 8:47 am
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    Don’t blame JJ for wanting to keep major plot points of the film a mystery. And don’t be mad if you made wrong assumptions based on the loosely cut trailers.

    • September 20, 2015 at 8:48 am
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      People were harping on this red herring nonsense since leaks came out, well before trailers and visual promotions. Talk about assumptions.

      And it’s not like JJ had to show ANYONE with a lightsaber.

  • September 20, 2015 at 10:49 am
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    SPOILER:

    Finn isn’t a Jedi which is part of why he is not there. He fights Kylo & gets his ass handed to him in a matter of seconds, along with some body parts. Rey, who has resisted the lightsaber, has no choice but to save her new friend and uses the Force to retrieve the sword and attacks Kylo. They both have an insane fight… it is very personal. It is clear Rey knows how to use the weapon. The fight is cut short by an earthquake (due to explosions) that causes Kylo to fall.

    Chewie picks them up & Rey puts Finn in the medical bay. The Falcon, sans Han, rendezvous with the remainder of Leia’s fleet. Finn is badly hurt & can’t accompany Rey as she goes to find Luke.

    We see Kylo still lives.

    We see Luke still lives.

    End movie.

    • September 20, 2015 at 1:53 pm
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      I will not even ask where you get this info from. However, I don’t believe that JJ would choose to mutilate one of the leads so early in the new Trilogy. It just doesn’t sound right. But that’s just me. It would be very unfair for someone who has had a lifechaning epiphany (Finn chooses to defect) to get punished for it in such horrific manner. Remember Star Wars has a thing for keeping the young alive (Jedi Temple incident excluded) and the adults in mortal peril more than less. It’s all about passing down the lightsaber and the wisdom.

      Still, If what you say is true then it makes sense that only Rey gets training from Luke. If Finn is out of the fighting roster for episode VIII then the series will become darker for sure.

      • September 20, 2015 at 1:56 pm
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        I’m sure Finn will be fine… and just get a mechanical arm/leg whatever. But if he trains to become a Jedi, it won’t be with Luke. That’s all I’m saying. I have no clue what they are doing in Episode 8… yet.

    • September 21, 2015 at 3:26 pm
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      I can’t imagine Finn not playing a major role in the new trilogy, at least not after all the hype that Disney built up around the character. You may be right though to guess that Finn is a novice in Episode VII while Rey may already have had some training. I still think Finn will have Force powers though and, if he is trained by someone else other than Luke, that will give the character a new perspective. I just hope they don’t come with any outrageous “twists and turns” as Oscar Isaac alluded to in his interview.

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