Rumor on Luke Skywalker and the Knights of Ren in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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Earlier today we mentioned a brief scene description from the Malin Head set. Now the guys from MakingStarWars have a much thorough description of an action scene that could very well be from the same sequence, and which is so awesome that will make every fan scream from joy.

 

 

This description is very spoilerific so beware!!!

 

A source close to MakingStarWars is reporting details of a scene involving medieval looking knights and Luke Skywalker. The source believes the medieval warriors could be the Knights of Ren, the dark side organization that Supreme Leader Snoke mentioned in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

 

From MakingStarWars:

The text below is what the source(s) witnessed:

  • Luke Skywalker and Rey are on Ahch-To just before nightfall as the sun sets in the background and it starts to rain.
  • Rey’s hair is pulled back. She doesn’t have the vest from VII on.
  • Luke and Rey are wearing the costumes we described before.
  • Kylo Ren and The Knights of Ren turn up along the coast.
  • Kylo Ren continues advancing towards the heroes with the Knights of Ren.
  • Kylo does not wear the mask here.
  • Kylo has the same cross guard saber as he did in VII.
  • Kylo’s costume looked the same as in VII.
  • Rey and Kylo Ren duel one-on-one and end up fighting alongside the cliff face over looking the nighttime water.
  • Kylo wants his revenge after Rey disgraced him.
  • The Knights of Ren go for Luke Skywalker while Rey is left for Kylo.
  • Luke Skywalker engages the knights on the beach while Kylo attempts to kill Rey.
  • The first black knight has an axe and moves towards the Luke but is Force pushed away to his death after being thrown through the air.
  • After Luke dispatches the first knight he ignites his green lightsaber.
  • Luke moves through each knight one by one.
  • Rey and Kylo’s battle moves up to the side of a cliff.
  • Suddenly Rey is nowhere to be seen. She’s taken out of the battle, either wounded or appears to go over the side of the cliff.
  • Luke Skywalker casually walks towards Kylo to finish him but Kylo retreats when he sees Skywalker and his crew defeated.
  • Luke Skywalker is a badass Jedi and he’ll destroy your squad.

After the brief cameo that Mark Hamill had in The Force Awakens, this sounds like the best come back that we could have hoped for.

 

But then comes the question: Was there enough time at Malin Head for such complicate sequence to be filmed? They were there just for 3 days. And isn’t that too much fan service? Whatever the case, we really hope that this is true.

 

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181 thoughts on “Rumor on Luke Skywalker and the Knights of Ren in Star Wars: Episode VIII

  • May 18, 2016 at 10:15 pm
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    no, the best would be for him to wave his hand at the fans and state that 7 never happened and this movie will be what really happened!

    • May 18, 2016 at 10:30 pm
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      If you set to nix #7, I get to will 1-3 out of existence.

      • May 19, 2016 at 12:10 am
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        You and a clone army of likeminded haters…

        • May 19, 2016 at 1:22 am
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          Sheeple… Obviously. No other explanation for “an army” of people not liking something.

          Anyway, it was just a snarky response to a snide episode 7 comment.

        • May 19, 2016 at 1:28 am
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          The Clones could actually shoot and killed a bunch of Jedi.

          So, that’s actually kind of cool.

      • May 19, 2016 at 1:21 am
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        Hey….just one, not 3 for one

        • May 19, 2016 at 1:28 am
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          Hmm, that’s fair.

          • May 19, 2016 at 1:49 am
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            If I hate them all, then you can wipe first 3!

      • May 19, 2016 at 12:07 am
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        I liked VII, but I pretend the whole star killer-trench-run thing was just Poe’s fan-obsessed dream.

        • May 19, 2016 at 1:17 am
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          That’s funny!

        • May 19, 2016 at 1:28 am
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          That’s the only moment where it got too much.

          Didn’t need a trench run, just form up and bomb the living daylights out of it.

    • May 18, 2016 at 11:16 pm
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      dumb comment… sorry

      • May 19, 2016 at 1:20 am
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        Ouch….lol

    • May 18, 2016 at 11:20 pm
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      TFA > ROTJ

      • May 19, 2016 at 1:17 am
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        Doubtless. But there are still fans who believe Ewoks were a better idea than a soft remake of ANH.

        • May 19, 2016 at 2:34 am
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          say what you want, but I love my little gungan boy

      • May 19, 2016 at 1:19 am
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        In your dreams!

      • May 19, 2016 at 2:33 am
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        HELL NO

        • May 19, 2016 at 4:59 am
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          One word: Ewoks.
          Drops mic…

          • May 19, 2016 at 5:32 am
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            Exactly.

    • May 19, 2016 at 12:02 am
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      Accept that none of the films are perfect, even those OT films that so many of us grew up on. Furthermore accept that your vision of the ST, PT, or OT is not as good as what we have or will soon have.

    • May 19, 2016 at 5:33 am
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      Wait, you hate TFA? No one here had ANY IDEA AT ALL.

      At all.

    • May 19, 2016 at 1:55 pm
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      If you didn’t like 7 then you are too cynical for Star Wars.

      If you didn’t like the prequels then you are too old for star Wars.

      If you didn’t like the Originals then you are too good for Star Wars.

      If you liked any of the previous films then give the new ones a chance with an open mind, and you might be pleasantly surprised and still enjoy fun movies.

      • May 19, 2016 at 2:49 pm
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        I actually like all of them except 7. But, I feel that 8 will redeem 7’s flaws.

        • May 19, 2016 at 3:59 pm
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          When you treat all of the movies equally the same, like I try to, and you aren’t biased by nostalgia. You hold rational critiques and don’t just hate to hate or love to love. Granted I understand that nostalgia is powerful and it’s what makes a lot of people happy, and is probably why TFA did as well as it did. Anyway, here goes:

          Aside from everything but Luke/Vader, RotJ is kinda awful, as bad or worse than PT. Everything with Han and Leia on Endor is terribly acted, terribly written, and not very interesting. All the action sequences are well done though, maybe the best in the series, except for the speeder bike chase.

          ANH has some flaws certainly. The directing is a little uneven, which makes sense considering they used literally any shot that worked and that was all they had. Acting is iffy in parts. Mark Hamill in some scenes but parts with Leia too. The Obi-Vader fight could’ve been a bit better. That said, I think it can be fair to say you shouldn’t have to think about out of universe explanations in the universe of the movie. Not trying to be to hard on it though, I’ll take a lackluster meaningful fight over a flashy inconsequential/emotionally weak fight every day.

          ESB doesn’t have as many of these problems IMO. Acting is very good, special effects have even upped their game, action sequences are some of the best, character beats are damn near perfect, directing takes a turn and becomes actually pretty damn well done. Writing is solid, and the pacing is great. Only thing is that Hoth is not an overly interesting world really, and some people think it’s too bleak, but that’s all a part of the story.

          TPM has very interesting worlds. It also has some really cool ideas that expand the mythology. It also has the Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon/Maul duel which is well shot, exciting, well acted, and emotionally powerful. Pacing is uneven, the writing is mostly bad, and some of the acting is spotty (less so than other PT movies though).

          The concept of AotC is amazing. An espionage story parallel to a love story? Awesome! Obi-Wan’s part is very well done, and Ewan acts well. The underlying political plot is genuinely interesting if underplayed. Everything Anakin/Padme’s is poorly done though and the directing is possibly at it’s worst. Also, most the action scenes are somehow over the top and bland at the same time.

          RotS is one of my least favorites, I know madness! All the Anakin/Palpatine stuff is amazing, certainly. However, the Obi-Wan/Anakin duel drags, the rest is boring distraction, including Obi-Wan’s side mission. Also, it commits the worst sin for me. Anakin kills children. This makes him nonredeemable for me. ESB does a good job of setting up how human Vader is. Sure, he was involved with blowing up a planet, but that’s the banality of evil. You cannot connect to violence from a distance, much like when pilots drop bombs on their targets. The rest were acts of war, however he still couldn’t kill his son. That’s a very human character, one who can blow up a planet from x thousand miles away but not kill his own son. This pays off in RotJ where this good in him brings him redemption. But in RotS he kills children directly, or at least is very heavily implied, why else would he turn on his lightsaber, unless Lucasfilm wants to retcon that by having him save the children from troopers and then hide them somewhere. I doubt that will happen though. Killing children is not understandable. That’s not human. That’s psychopathy. If I take it seriously, it ruins the entire OT because I no longer want his redemption.

          Finally TFA. Sure, it captures the original spirtit of TFA in tone, design, and such, much much better than the PT. What I really love is it’s originality though! Shocking! but hear me out.

          A father who must learn to stop hiding and face his son and his failure, even if it means dying. A young man who struggles to resist the good in himself because he is afraid of weakness. A girl who has to learn to make her own family instead of waiting for a family she’ll never have. A young man, raised as a child soldier, runs from his near evil upbringing, but learns to let go of his fear and fight them. All original within Star Wars stories.

          The directing is superb too. He uses an interesting shot sort of like Spielberg, where he gets various different shots all in the same camera movement. Example: we see X-Wings fighting Tie Fighters, then zoom out to see we’re on Starkiller base with Hux. Then camera gets a closeup of him. Rotate over his shoulder to see a group of people. Refocus on them to hear their dialogue. Zoom back in on Hux for a close up reaction shot. All in one take! It is better directed than the OT IMO.

          It’s the best paced Star Wars movie, better paced than any OT IMO. It moves along so quickly, everything we see is only what is fun to see, and most of it is only what we need to see. It’s possibly the tightest movie of recent years in an era of 3 hour exposition epics.

          It’s the funniest Star Wars movie, funnier than any OT. I think ANH and ESB are extremely funny. This is funnier to me. Great dialogue by Kasdan and JJ. Hilariously delivered by the new cast. Shot well by JJ. Comedic gold IMO especially when comparing that to the humor seen in TPM.

          It has flaws though. The biggest one is almost no new lore developments. It’s afraid to talk politics. It also doesn’t take the chance to expand the Force mythology at all. Also, aside from Jakku no real worlds that capture the eye (Maz’s castle does, but Takadona doesn’t). Also some of the basic plot framing, i.e. Starkiller, are unoriginal, and the Starkiller Run was not as well done as both of the OT Death Star runs.

          • May 19, 2016 at 4:53 pm
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            well, ok then….thanks for ALL of your thoughts on all the movies. lol

            A little easier for me…loved them all, except 7.

        • May 21, 2016 at 9:32 am
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          If you liked Attack of the Clones but NOT TFA, then you’re hopeless.

          • May 21, 2016 at 5:01 pm
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            No….everyone has their own opinions son. And yes, loved them all except TFA. And really, TFA destroyed so much of the plot points of the first 6. It was a money grab with so much disconnection from the first 6 and so many plot holes that it is just shocking to me. But I’m fully aware that I’m in the minority.

  • May 18, 2016 at 10:17 pm
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    yaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssss

  • May 18, 2016 at 10:18 pm
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    This is probably the best Star Wars rumour since 2012…

    • May 19, 2016 at 5:32 am
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      I see what you did there.

  • May 18, 2016 at 10:20 pm
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    That’s soooooo epic! What would’ve been more epic to have the knghts of ren using lightsabers

    • May 18, 2016 at 11:15 pm
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      I’m sure they’ll have vibro-blades, like on REBELS. It’ll be cool.

      • May 19, 2016 at 8:43 am
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        wait… who had vibro-blades on rebels?

  • May 18, 2016 at 10:44 pm
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    Omg this needs to happen, plz plz plz.

  • May 18, 2016 at 10:48 pm
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    Its going to be great to have Jedi Master Skywalker

    • May 19, 2016 at 12:03 am
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      Absolutely. We will have been waiting for 34.5 years to see him in action and it sounds like the wait will have been worth it.

    • May 19, 2016 at 12:30 am
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      Will you be alright if he no longer brandishes the Jedi moniker and instead, in his failing and self exile, has taken a more Grey path like Asoka?

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:32 am
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        I certainly will be.

      • May 19, 2016 at 11:02 am
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        I’ll be happy tbh just to have at least one scene with Luke in action.

      • May 19, 2016 at 7:44 pm
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        Except that Episode VII specifically called him “the last Jedi”.

  • May 19, 2016 at 12:02 am
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    So how does Kylo learn where to go?

    • May 19, 2016 at 12:11 am
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      Well, remember how Han Solo, the Guavien Death Gang, and Kanjiklub tracked the Falcon’s signiture? Yeah, probably like that lol.

      • May 19, 2016 at 2:20 am
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        So stupid (of the characters Rey and Finn) to forget this, but damnit you are probably correct.

      • May 19, 2016 at 4:27 am
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        Yeah- I was confused why they went to takkodonna to get a clean ship and then got right back on the falcon and flew to the secret base

        • May 19, 2016 at 7:25 am
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          Remember Starkiller Base knows where is the Resistance Base, it is their next fire.
          They discovered themselves in the attack to the Castle, if I remember well.
          I guess, the tracking device was supposed to be removed by Chewbacca, while they were in the Castle, or by the Resistance Crew later.

    • May 19, 2016 at 3:18 am
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      1) Rey and Kylo are force connected and she may have given herself away during her training.

      2) Episode 7: Kylo read her mind when she was captive and he mentioned he’d seen the island surrounded by the ocean.

    • May 19, 2016 at 3:45 am
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      Watch the movie and find out

  • May 19, 2016 at 12:26 am
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    Sounds pretty awesome , just wish the bad guys who names aren’t Vader or Palpatine or Maul had a few minutes under the sun and not made out to look like incompetent chumps.

    • May 19, 2016 at 1:26 am
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      I just wish the bad guy named Maul had a few minutes under the sun.

      Period.

      • May 19, 2016 at 3:45 am
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        He was under two suns on Tatooine.

  • May 19, 2016 at 1:08 am
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    Where does the green light saber come from?

    • May 19, 2016 at 1:16 am
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      The lightsaber props they used in TFA were similar to the Hasbro Force FX Lightsabers so you’d be able to see what colour it is.

      • May 19, 2016 at 2:18 pm
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        this 🙂

  • May 19, 2016 at 1:13 am
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    So: the scene in TFA is vision of a future event. Kind of like that.

    • May 19, 2016 at 2:10 am
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      Thought the same thing, but then what about the villager that Kylo kills in the vision? And all the bodies?

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:30 am
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        Maybe it was a different rainy attack?

      • May 19, 2016 at 7:46 pm
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        Could be that there are other people on that island.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:50 am
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      Except Kylo is unmasked.

      • May 19, 2016 at 7:45 pm
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        He could’ve taken off his mask later on..

  • May 19, 2016 at 2:08 am
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    So in Kylo’s defeated, roughed up and bleeding state he wants some more ass kicking by girl? He wants to go face Luke? He wants to go where a pissed off Chewbacca is? I don’t believe it.

    I think they will face off but not right after the events of VII. Though I could be wrong and hope it does but Kylo must hace sustained a concussion to follow Rey.

    • May 19, 2016 at 3:25 am
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      It could be some time later if Rey trains with Luke for a while but yes, it strikes me as odd. Although totally in character for Ren to want vengeance on Rey and believe he can beat her if he’s not holding back because Snoke wanted her alive.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:03 am
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      My theory is while ep 8 begins right after the end of ep 7, it will skip forward some months (or even a year) where Finn finally wakes up from his coma. This fight will not be right after the events of VII

    • May 19, 2016 at 5:30 am
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      I’m guessing that Kylo will suddenly be way more skilled because he’s “completed his training”.

  • May 19, 2016 at 2:18 am
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    This is frigging AWESOME!! Can’t wait to see this on screen!

  • May 19, 2016 at 3:47 am
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    I watched Episode VII for the seventh time last night. I fast forwarded to various scenes, then went back and watched others. I am more critical of the film than ever before. That being so, when the new trilogy and its directors were announced, I was always most excited for Rian Johnson. His story is going to be structurally tight, and his script sharp (unlike the lazy, plot-hole ridden Ep. VII). Even so, I’d be pretty upset if Luke didn’t kick some serious butt at some point (even though Rey, the Mary Sue Goddess, could destroy Chuck Norris and Luke Skywalker combined with her eyes closed while mumbling “The Force.”).

    • May 19, 2016 at 3:48 am
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      Shut up. Your post is stupid.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:01 am
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      Hey remember when the 8 year old boy built and raced advanced, jet-propelled vehicles, built complex droids, piloted starfighters to destroy an enemy spaceship from the inside and then escape unharmed, all without any Jedi training? Somehow there were no questions about the plausibility of that kid doing what he did, but Rey fighting a dude with a gaping, bleeding crossbow wound is totally unacceptable!

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:29 am
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        Just remember, it’s only OP when a woman does it.

      • May 19, 2016 at 3:50 pm
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        George Lucas got caned for everything he did in the prequels. Now, all of a sudden, people aren’t allowed to criticize Episode 7? I like it, and I’m like looking forward to Episode 8, but if The Force Awakens had “Written and Directed by George Lucas” it would have been howled down by fans, with every little detail pulled apart mercilessly by critics and “fans”.

        None of the 7 Star Wars movies are perfect, though I love them all. But either they are all open to critique, or none of them are, in my opinion.

        • May 19, 2016 at 5:09 pm
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          Yes, you certainly can criticize it. No one ever said you couldn’t. But your criticism will be rebutted when it makes no sense.

      • May 19, 2016 at 6:59 pm
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        We had been told 30 minutes earlier into TPM that his midi-chlorian count was the highest ever. With Rey, we only knew she likes wet bread.

        • May 19, 2016 at 7:32 pm
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          Exactly dude- that’s all you KNOW. We still don’t know a single solid thing about Rey. Maybe she’s even stronger in the force, you’ll just have to find out.

          • May 19, 2016 at 9:45 pm
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            Oh, yes, the infallible “it is the first part of a trilogy” rebuttal. Sorry, I have no appeal for JJ’s Mystery Box.

        • May 19, 2016 at 8:42 pm
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          We can see as plain as day that she’s force sensitive. You don’t need any stupid midiclorian blood tests to figure that out.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:10 am
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      Yawn.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:43 am
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      I love you, Daniel.

    • May 19, 2016 at 7:31 am
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      May be you need to watch it a couple of times more, I see you have let escape some details about Chuck.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:02 pm
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      Watch out, we’ve got another obsessive and pretentious geek/nerd cinephile armchair filmmaker here

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:32 pm
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      Don’t bring Chuck into this or he will show up and round house kick this site into a galaxy far, far away!

    • May 20, 2016 at 6:22 am
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      Whats that got to do with anything?

  • May 19, 2016 at 3:55 am
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    Hope this is true. I want to see Luke as the badass Jedi!

  • May 19, 2016 at 4:02 am
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    Love the idea of Luke going all out, especially with the green saber.

    But the thing is:-

    !) would he still use the green saber if given his father’s?

    2) Would he mow down the K of R before we know anything about them?

    3) Would Rey not feature in this at all as the account suggests?

    I dunno. I can totally get on board with such a scene, but it sounds like fanwank to me.

    • May 19, 2016 at 6:24 am
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      1. Yes he would use the lightsaber he made. He is his own man now. Rey will keep the hero lightsaber for the time being. 2. Remains to be seen but this is probably past the halfway point in the movie giving plenty of time to learn more about them. 3. Read Makingstarwars story. They tell you where Rey is.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:57 pm
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      He would tell Rey to keep the Heroes light saber. So no he would use the one he created.

  • May 19, 2016 at 4:44 am
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    I find it extremely unlikely someone witnessed this scene being filmed. Movies are never shot in sequence and for fight scenes they are shot in small pieces that would not look like much of anything to an observer. I know as I witnessed the filming of a fight scene for a popular TV show that films near where I live. It involved a bunch of people including the actors, extras, stunt men and women, stand ins etc. Mostly two or three seconds of excitement followed by 10 to 15 minutes of resets and scene changes. I don’t know how someone could have gotten all of this from watching the filming just over one day… Unless they were reading the script… Hmmmm..

    • May 19, 2016 at 10:07 am
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      That is a depressingly solid and accurate point.

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:30 pm
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        I’m so sorry to ruin your fantasy with a solid dose of reality, LOL
        … 😉

    • May 19, 2016 at 12:07 pm
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      My thought exactly. It’s the editing room that fixes the fight, not the actual shoot.

      Also how would they know the lightsaber is green? That’s a post effect as far as I know.

      • May 19, 2016 at 2:16 pm
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        when prince harry and the other one went to set the prop lightabers had coloured blades

      • May 19, 2016 at 4:06 pm
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        For the first 6 movies, all light sabers were white and colors were added post production. For the new trilogy they are lit to create the proper glow on the actors face, costume, etc. There is still a good amount done in post production.

    • May 19, 2016 at 1:25 pm
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      MSW have a proven track record with these kind of leaks. They were spot on for TFA, and more recently Rogue One (vindicated by what was released in the teaser).

      I would assume that the finer details of the fight, and most possibly most of the scene, will be filmed back at Pinewood.

      • May 19, 2016 at 4:03 pm
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        So your saying someone didn’t witness it, the were reading the script?…. Didn’t I state that at the end.

        • May 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm
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          No. I’m simply pointing out for MSW to post an article on such an elaborate description then it most likely must be credible.

          • May 19, 2016 at 5:33 pm
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            I’m sure I could quote any “reliable” source about anything and find a time or two when they were wrong. Take this with a grain of salt until the movie comes out and we see it for ourselves…I would appreciate it if you remind me of this conversation in mid December or 2017… Thanks 😉

  • May 19, 2016 at 5:27 am
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    I came…

    …to this website to learn about this development.

  • May 19, 2016 at 6:30 am
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    I hope Kylo keeps using the mask from time to time. I’m fine with it off as well… I just love masks/helmets. Adds to the whole badassness…ery? 😛

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:54 pm
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      Agreed! I love masks and cool helmets. It also helps add to the epic-ness if he keeps wearing it most of the time. That way you always know that when the mask is off Kylo means business!

  • May 19, 2016 at 6:30 am
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    So glad Kylo is using the same lightsaber.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:55 pm
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      I guess he repaired it after Rey sliced it.

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:06 pm
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        Rey did not slice it. I saw someone on Youtube freeze frame that section of the fight and all she does is hit the beams of his lightsaber so hard it throws if from his grasp luckily leaving the hilt completely unharmed.

        • May 19, 2016 at 5:47 pm
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          Follow that beam you will see it intersect with the exhaust port and continue through.

          • May 21, 2016 at 9:27 am
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            No. Slow it down, go frame by frame, all that stuff. She doesn’t slice the saber.

          • May 21, 2016 at 6:53 pm
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            It happens after it leaves Kylo’s hand review it as it finished the arc.

          • May 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm
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            Maybe. I’ll have to ask Pablo Hidalgo to make sure.

          • May 22, 2016 at 10:47 am
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            i think it’s cool that jj left so many things a mystery.. he knew all of us sweaty nerds would speculate over all these tiny things before episode viii

        • May 19, 2016 at 5:49 pm
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          The damage is not the hilt but the left exhaust port it got slagged.

          • May 19, 2016 at 6:25 pm
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            Idk man. I have slowed it down a thousand times and seen a number of YouTubers confirm she only hits the main blade and a quillion. No contact with the metal as far as I can see.

          • May 19, 2016 at 6:36 pm
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            It does hit it after it flies out of Kylo’s hand

          • May 19, 2016 at 7:22 pm
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            Cool. I will have to watch it again.

  • May 19, 2016 at 6:50 am
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    I’d love to see him force choke a bitch again.

  • May 19, 2016 at 7:27 am
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    I hope Poe arrives in time to save them.

    • May 20, 2016 at 6:20 am
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      Um…well he’ll be with the resistance doing his own thing

      • May 20, 2016 at 10:34 am
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        It would not be the first time 😉

  • May 19, 2016 at 8:42 am
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    “Isn’t that too much fan service”? Really? What were you expecting luke doing exactly the same stuff Yoda did?

  • May 19, 2016 at 9:07 am
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    Alright, Luke being a one-man army to the group that killed his padawans, this is gonna be fun and satisfactory!

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:54 pm
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      I think the reason the Knight’s succeeded in the first place was that Luke was not there when they attacked. Otherwise Luke would have handily defeated them.

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:10 pm
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        Sounds reasonable. Still, it will be an amazing payback!

  • May 19, 2016 at 10:41 am
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    It sounds too good to be true. I doubt anyone observing the shoot of an action scene could get so many details. How did they know what color Luke’s lightsaber is supposed to be? And didn’t he lose the green one on the Death Star? He tosses it away after defeating Vader and we never see him pick it up again.

    • May 19, 2016 at 1:08 pm
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      Maybe he picked it up offscreen while carrying Vader.

      • May 19, 2016 at 4:52 pm
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        He force pulled it to him while carrying Vader’s mechanical shell off the dying Death Star.

    • May 19, 2016 at 3:53 pm
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      Its hanging on his belt just before hugging Leia at Endor

    • May 19, 2016 at 3:55 pm
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      He had it on Endor later

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:05 pm
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      In issue #4 of Shattered Empire which follows ROTJ, he still has the same lightsaber. Luke should still have the same lightsaber unless he has come up with something new since then. As for the color, in TFA, the prop sabers actually glowed with the color of the blade so they could capture the real effect of the lighting playing off of the characters and the environment. They were just touched up later to make them look like actual lightsabers. I assume they are doing the same for VIII.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:51 pm
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      Actually he has it on his belt when at the celebration on Endor’s moon.

    • May 19, 2016 at 7:35 pm
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      They would know the color because they use actual lightsaber props that glow now, like ForceFX sabers, instead of just poles.

        • May 20, 2016 at 6:19 am
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          He lost his blue lightsaber not the green one

          • May 20, 2016 at 10:06 am
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            Yes I know that, but I thought he never picked up the green one after defeating Vader, but apparently he has it during the Ewok celebration and in the Shattered Empire comics. So that’s where I was wrong…

          • May 22, 2016 at 10:46 am
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            he picks it up- he wears it during the celebrations on endor

  • May 19, 2016 at 11:26 am
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    Too much focus on Luke. He should be shot like the scimitar fighter in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
    Kylo and the Knights of Ren approach. Luke draws his lightsaber and gets shot – Rey escapes. With Luke dead early on we can focus on Rey and the new heroes with Luke appearing as a Force Ghost at the end.

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:50 pm
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      Definitely Not! A blaster blot getting past Luke’s attention No Way. Who do you think taught Kylo to freeze the blaster bolt huh?

    • May 19, 2016 at 4:50 pm
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      I’m all for luke being a force ghost eventually but gunned down early on would a a huge slap in the face! He is the main character of the origional trilogy and you want him to have a cameo in 7 and be killed early in 8? That would make the character feel like a joke

    • May 22, 2016 at 1:03 am
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      No way jose. We do NOT want Luke dead. We want AS MUCH LUKE AS POSSIBLE — plenty of time for Rey to get screentime you fool.

    • May 22, 2016 at 10:45 am
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      you really think they’ll kill luke skywalker by having him shot….? especially in the first half of episode 8? please never write a film

  • May 19, 2016 at 12:09 pm
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    How would they know the lightsaber is green, isn’t that added in the post effects?

    • May 19, 2016 at 2:23 pm
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      They are enhanced to look like real lightsabers, but for tfa and this film lightsaber glow their correct color like the toys to have the actual lighting on set reflected on their faces.

  • May 19, 2016 at 1:28 pm
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    This battle can surely happen, but I don’t think the description 100% correct. Luke using the force and his lightsaber to fight sounds extremely cool but the knights of ren being destroyed in their first real scene and Kylo fail again and retreats….I mean star wars needs strong villains not just a strong Luke….Oh and I hate sentences like “Kylo wants his revenge after Rey disgraced him.”. I mean everybody knows this, it sound like it’s included just because its true for sure and because of it no one could call the description 100% fake, everybody does this, even the most ridiculous rumours, and that’s why I don’t like this description and I question it’s credibility.

  • May 19, 2016 at 3:17 pm
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    Really hoping for EU powered Luke to show himself in this movie! I see no reason for Luke to die in these films. Also hoping that there are more Jedi that will show up that Luke had trained early on. Luke should be a force of nature by this point.

    • May 19, 2016 at 5:14 pm
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      Yeah. In fact, I’m speculating that one of the possible surviving Jedi might Ezra’s child and/or a relative of one the new characters of Rogue One, right?

      • May 19, 2016 at 5:17 pm
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        please no…I hope they keep all the Ezra stuff out. I’d prefer only the old EU or what is now called legends to show up in the film. But surely he trained someone early on that is still out there, right?

        • May 19, 2016 at 6:40 pm
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          Dude, did you even watched the new continuity? The generation doesn’t matter, all that matters is that we have this continuity to accept, and if it looks good for me and others, then leave like that, if you don’t, the I’ll leave it that way, but it may obstruct your ideas and speculations for possible things in the new films. Besides, I was just speculating though.

  • May 19, 2016 at 3:47 pm
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    A scene like this might not be filmed on location.

  • May 19, 2016 at 4:48 pm
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    That sounds like an awesome encounter on Ahch-To.

    • May 19, 2016 at 5:12 pm
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      Exactly, man!

  • May 19, 2016 at 4:59 pm
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    I would love Rey falling off the cliff only to springboard over Kylo and Luke rising up the cliff face.

  • May 19, 2016 at 5:55 pm
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    Fake

  • May 19, 2016 at 5:56 pm
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    Only gripe with this is that if its the first time we see the KoR in action, they’re getting Captain Phasma’d. Even if it is in the best way possible (by Luke). I would want to see them do some badass stuff first to show what kind of a force they are before we watch them get annihilated which would effectively work to show how much stronger Luke is.

    • May 19, 2016 at 11:57 pm
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      Supposing they are not Force sensitive and they have no lightsabers. How would they stand against a Jedi?

  • May 19, 2016 at 7:29 pm
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    So is Luke’s arc going to be that he has to control his anger again? It makes sense that after the fiasco with Kylo that he would pretty pissed but him mowing dudes down seems a little out of character. So it will be interesting if anger has consumed him while he has been alone on this rock.

    • May 19, 2016 at 8:37 pm
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      I have a feeling that it will be a “stormtrooper effect” where the knights of ren are just canon fodder that we don’t think about too much (besides kylo). I mean yoda cut down tons of clones without flinching in episode 3. Jedi don’t seem to fret killing as long as its self defense.

      • May 20, 2016 at 1:27 am
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        Yeah I feel you. But Luke was never that type of dude. I feel like ROTJ Luke would try to appeal to Kylo’s good side. But I guess after what he did to his students and Han has gotten him pissed. So I’m imagining that Rey is going to have to help Luke get over anger and vengeance and try to defeat Kylo with (I can’t think of a better word) love as opposed to hate.

        • May 22, 2016 at 1:02 am
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          Keep in mind – Kylo SLAUGHTERED an entire generation of new Jedi. B*tch deserves to die at Luke’s hands.

          • May 22, 2016 at 3:51 am
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            Yo Vader killed like 10 BILLION people! Luke is very forgiving!

      • May 20, 2016 at 9:58 pm
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        You think they’re going to go the way of Boba Fett, Kit Fisto and Captain Phasma?

  • May 19, 2016 at 10:31 pm
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    The sequential nature of this “report” leads me to doubt it greatly. Action scenes are not filmed in an A to B to C way. If you’d ever seen one filmed, you’d know that, particularly with the number of crew and equipment present.

  • May 20, 2016 at 2:44 am
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    Love it if its true except for the end part where Luke is described as trying to finish Kylo off. The whole point of the original films seemed to be about Luke forgiving his father and redeeming him. Now his nephew is in the same boat and he is just like fuck it that shit was way to hard last time. Im sure by the time I see this in context it will make more sense but I don’t know Luke becoming a cold killer towards his own nephew kinda defeats the purpose of being a Jedi as well as Han’s sacrifice in The Force Awakens. If a no good smuggler (father) died trying to bring Ben back shouldn’t the Jedi (his uncle) be a little more devoted to that cause at least for the sake of Han and Leia.

    • May 22, 2016 at 1:01 am
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      Jedi *DO* kill when necessary to protect their beloved and / or the innocent.

      • May 24, 2016 at 8:46 am
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        Very true that’s why I remain open to the idea of Luke trying to kill him if the situation is dire and it is absolutely his only option.

    • May 22, 2016 at 10:44 am
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      good point- luke would never kill his own nephew. it’s against everything that happened to him in the last three films. i think ben is set up as a tragic character who will definitely be redeemed in the end- i think the source was speculating about what happened- some of the descriptions sound like he was literally standing right behind the camera which is impossible

  • May 20, 2016 at 1:28 pm
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    I don’t know. For this to be (partly) true, I think the source would have to know the content of the scene as opposed to having seen it shots happen. It would be is impossible to see a scene shot out of sequence and know where it’s going without being in the know. And then someone, the source or whomever along the way, embellished upon it. Luke wouldn’t finish Kylo off. He might approach him and Kylo flee possibly. I would like to see a sequence similar to this, except the Knights have to be armed and trained so that it seemed like a plausible fight. Right now it doesn’t.

  • May 20, 2016 at 3:06 pm
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    Gammorean Lives Matter.

    • May 21, 2016 at 7:23 pm
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      LAWL

  • May 20, 2016 at 4:15 pm
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    If this is (Partly) true.

    It FINNALLY shows how powerful is Luke in this new trilogy

  • May 20, 2016 at 4:39 pm
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    I remember when everybody complaint about Kylo’s Lightsaber. Now everybody wants it back in Episode 8!! LOL

  • May 22, 2016 at 12:59 am
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    Why is telling us an awesome story & giving us an AMAZING action sequence “too much Fan Service”?

    • May 23, 2016 at 12:06 am
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      I know right? Lol

  • May 22, 2016 at 1:04 am
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    THIS SCENE IS LITERALLY A DREAM COME TRUE!! SEEING LUKE IN COMBAT AGAIN WILL HAVE AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE *****WEEPING**** WITH JOY!

  • May 22, 2016 at 7:01 am
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    This does sound awesome and the events described in the scene would fall in line with the little screen time Luke had in episode VII. My only reservations for the scene (assuming it is legitimate) are about how they explain Kylo finding Luke and Rey… perhaps a lingering force connection that was made (or reinforced depending on whether you think Kylo and Rey are related) between Kylo and Rey after their first confrontation? Obviously Luke would be powerful enough to mask his presence, much like Yoda, but Rey? Perhaps not.

    The alternative would be Kylo capturing someone who was prevy to such sensitive information, but I’m guessing that is a very short list and would require delving into quite profound repercussions. Also, I hope enough time has passed where Luke has been allotted enough time to train Rey in order for her to showcase her strength both through lightsaber combat and force manipulation.

  • May 22, 2016 at 10:42 am
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    told myself i wouldn’t look at this but it was slowly spoiled for me over the week- sounds like a great sequence. i’m ASSUMING this will be in the first half of the film- not the climax. it seems that luke was supposed to be in whatever casino scenes they filmed in dubrovnik so obviously he leaves the planet. i doubt they would return there.. so if this is in the first half, imagine the finale! WOO. damn. i’m excited.

  • May 23, 2016 at 12:07 am
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    Epic. Luke and Knights of Ren fight in the rain on beach at night. It’s too perfect!!!

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