Rian Johnson Describes Star Wars: Episode VIII Plot.

Star Wars Episode VIII director Rian Johnson briefly spoke about the plot of his movie, and specifically discussed the bond between two characters and what plot element teased in The Force Awakens will be given focus.

 

 

From USA Today:

Remember that Star Wars: The Force Awakens cliffhanger with new heroine Rey (Daisy Ridley) bringing Jedi master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) his old lightsaber on a remote intergalactic island? Writer/director Rian Johnson is picking up right where they left off in the beginning of the Star Wars saga’s still-untitled next chapter. “I don’t want to skip ahead two years,” Johnson says. “I want to see the very next moment of what happens.” How Rey and Luke relate to each other is the key relationship in Episode VIII, and Johnson says “a large part of the movie” will be spent addressing why Luke’s there and what he’ll do next. Like Luke, Rey has been pulled into a bigger world by connecting with the Force, “but part of what’s she’s dealing with is the realization that she has this power and this gift,” Johnson adds. “She’s taking her first step to coming to terms with this thing inside her that she never knew was there and is just starting to reveal its potential.”

 

 

Recently, rumors that much of the movie would be spent on Ahch-To came into prominence, mostly due to the Episode VIII coverage found over at Making Star Wars. Now, it looks like there’s some solid evidence to suggest that a good portion of the Luke-Rey section of the movie will indeed take place on the planet… Which, of course, naturally raises questions about what the other characters will be up to.

 

Also worth noting is that the article mentions that how Luke and Rey relate to one another is an important aspect to the movie. Maz Kanata previously implied that Luke had a role in Rey’s past, and Daisy Ridley said that she felt that The Force Awakens made it obvious who her parents were. Are we headed for another Skywalker familial reveal in the Sequel Trilogy, or is it simply that Luke sees Rey as a kindred spirit in their presumed teacher-and-student relationship? We’ve only got about a week and eleven months to go until we find out!

 

Thanks again to The Cantina patron Magnar The Great for the great find.

 

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

197 thoughts on “Rian Johnson Describes Star Wars: Episode VIII Plot.

  • January 9, 2017 at 6:15 pm
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    I only want Luke to leave the planet at some point. And a rogue-one leveled space-land battle.

    • January 9, 2017 at 6:23 pm
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      I only want a good story. I make no preconditions.

      • January 9, 2017 at 9:33 pm
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        What’s good to one may not be good to another.

        • January 9, 2017 at 9:55 pm
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          Yes, that is how opinions work.

          • January 10, 2017 at 10:23 am
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            Not to some some sas to me that their opinion is objective fact and I’m an idiot.

          • January 10, 2017 at 3:18 pm
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            Well, that’s silly. Opinions are just a person’s preference. I can think mine is correct and you are nuts for having yours, but that’s also just an opinion.

    • January 9, 2017 at 6:45 pm
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      “Well, we’ve got to have a spaceship battle” is why TFA has that unnecessary, anemic XW attack on Starkiller. I’m happy to let the film do whatever it needs to for the story.

      • January 9, 2017 at 9:07 pm
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        Ugh, that wasn’rpt really a spaceship battle, more likely a dog fight. TFA lacked in full-scale battles. Afterall, we’re talking about a series that has the word “war” in its title…

        • January 9, 2017 at 9:21 pm
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          It was a battle between spaceships.

          • January 10, 2017 at 12:58 am
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            When I say starships I mean the large cruisers. Those where starfighters. Even better, X-wing vs. TIE dogfight.

      • January 9, 2017 at 9:21 pm
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        Is that why? Or is that something you just made up?

    • January 11, 2017 at 8:50 am
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      Sea battle.

  • January 9, 2017 at 6:23 pm
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    About what we expected.

  • January 9, 2017 at 6:42 pm
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    When you combine the TFA cliffhanger, and the beginning scene for VIII, I think the connection is quite clear! (But it’s still anyone’s guess, haha!)

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:20 pm
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      I think it’s not.

  • January 9, 2017 at 6:42 pm
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    If it turns out that Rey has never been trained in the force, some of the things she did in FA where ridiculous.

    • January 9, 2017 at 7:16 pm
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      “force” light-sabers, planet sized super-weapons.

      Sure, Rey is ridiculous 😉

    • January 9, 2017 at 7:17 pm
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      Yup, I’m sure someone who has been trained in the ways of the force would now better… BTW, who trained you?…. After all this is only a fictional movie.

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:45 pm
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      If it turns out she was a trained Jedi by the age of 6 when she was dumped on Jakuu, it doesn’t make any more sense.

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:19 pm
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      That’s not how the force works! The Force isn’t some video game super-power that you have to level up to use. It’s a mystical energy that governs the galaxy. If the Force wills for Rey to whoop up on everyone with no training, it will happen.

    • January 10, 2017 at 9:51 am
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      I’m still confused why people is saying Rey is so immensely powerful. She beat a tired, injured Vader-wannabe whose training was incomplete, and after multiple tries she mind tricked a weak minded storm trooper (something that a child like Ezra learned to do with relative ease and little training). What did she do that was so amazing?

    • January 13, 2017 at 6:38 pm
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      “some of them” – Captain Understatement, up, UP AND AWAY!!!!!! 🙂

  • January 9, 2017 at 6:45 pm
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    Spoilers – Luke has spent his exile on Achoo turning it into a planet sized super-weapon that will destr…SAVE the Rebellion! Save the DREAM!

    • January 9, 2017 at 8:07 pm
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      First shot in the Episode 8 trailer is Luke standing on the edge of the cliff and a Tie Fighter dramatically rises behind him. It won’t be in the movie though.

  • January 9, 2017 at 6:58 pm
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    Imagine all the wasted time spent on discussions, theories and hypothesis when Ep8 starts with Rey saying “Hey Dad”.

    • January 9, 2017 at 7:15 pm
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      “are you Luke Skywalker, the great jedi?”

      “No, I am your father”

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:01 pm
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      I’d laugh my butt off, particularly with me imagining all those theorists out there and many loosing there heads. It’s why I’m not a fan of mystery box storytelling. We as humans are naturally biased towards our own thoughts. And anything less, may seem inferior. It’s why I don’t really take stock in those theories, amusing as they are.

      Though, if there was one theory it would be Snoke being Plaugeis. But that’s just me loving Plaugeis as a character from Luceno’s book. 🙂

    • January 10, 2017 at 6:09 am
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      I say we make luke crawl around and mess with rey’s stuff, then take her back to his hut so he can make her eat nasty soup before she realizes he’s luke

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:10 pm
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    “a large part of the movie” will be spent addressing why Luke’s there” It’d be a nice touch if they mentioned Mara Jade and her passing, just saying…

    • January 9, 2017 at 7:14 pm
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      yeah, mara jade, maybe they can have that force-sensitive talking rabbit.. and luke is mourning on ahch-to together with a crying mountain. any more EU you want back with that?

      • January 9, 2017 at 7:58 pm
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        Do not talk disparagingly about Jaxxon! He would be an awesome addition to the new canon.

      • January 9, 2017 at 8:05 pm
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        Dash Rendar!

      • January 9, 2017 at 8:08 pm
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        Much anger I sense in you…

      • January 10, 2017 at 5:32 am
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        3 more superweapons and an alien invasion, please. Could I have a Galen Marek on the side, please.

      • January 11, 2017 at 4:19 am
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        Let’s don’t even act like Mara Jade wasn’t the $h1t in the novels. I just got a new red Ford Explorer Sport and named it Mara Jade over the holy-hotness-the-$h1t she was! Leave Mara Jade out of the EU bashing or I swear I will go angry Ewok on you!

        • January 11, 2017 at 4:20 am
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          In a civilized way…..of course. 🙂

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:20 pm
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      Why would they mention someone who never existed?

    • January 10, 2017 at 9:44 am
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      If Luke did have a wife, I think it would be fitting to name drop Mara jade, but if he never was in canon then it wouldn’t make sense. I do hope there is another skywalker

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:15 pm
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    We only got a week…. and eleven months… Great line!!!!

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:21 pm
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    Maybe she’s like Anakin, conceived by the force, which only leaves the question of who her mother is, not her father.

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:19 pm
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      No.

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:43 pm
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      Well, she has no father and no mother either. Rey grew out of a cactus in the Jakuu desert.

      • January 9, 2017 at 10:40 pm
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        Luke: “Who are you?”
        Rey: “I am Groot.”

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:22 pm
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    I’ve heard countless complaint about the irrationality of Luke “deserting” his loved ones like a coward, as if it were a plot hole. The stupidity of this speculation always astounded me, as the particulars of such a drastic action, knowing what we know of Luke as a brave hero in IV-VI, where always going to be the key to this entire sequel trilogy. Thankfully Johnson has spelled it out here, and now the whining can stop on this subject!

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:52 pm
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      I honestly ignored it to. While I wasn’t a fan of TFA, I do acknowledge it is one of those mystery box elements that will need to be explored, And Rian is the perfect guy to do so. Having rewatched Looper, I loved how he utilized Flashbacks in that movie. So seamless and they gave you what you needed to know. I’m predicting Episode Eight will have kind of a Godfather part two feel, loosely, where we will see Luke and Ben and the academy and how it falls.

      I just wished that the academy could have existed in this ST.

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:25 pm
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    Yeah.. in TFA Maz tells her that her parents are gone. I’m very on board with Rey being outside of the Skywalker lineage but a force birth like Anakin. “Plagueis” (snoke) lost his first attempt in Anakin, so he’s back to try again with Rey. That or she’s her own thing. Just a special being in the universe.

    • January 9, 2017 at 8:48 pm
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      We dont want another “Force Birth” — that shit was brutal enough in Ep1 — and the last “Force Birth” yielded a sociopathic mass murderer and wife beater. Yeah

      • January 9, 2017 at 10:39 pm
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        That’s a damn hard truth lol

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:19 pm
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      Snoke is not Plagueis and no more Force births, please.

      • January 10, 2017 at 5:31 am
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        1. We’ll see.
        2. I agree.

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:05 pm
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      She doesn’t say that her family are all gone (as in dead), just that they’re not coming back to Jakku. The line is as follows:

      “Dear child. I see your eyes. You already know the truth. Whomever you’re waiting for on Jakku, they’re never coming back. But… there’s someone who still could.”

      That last part, about there being someone who could still return to her life, is why I think that Rey absolutely met Luke at some earlier point, even if she does not remember it. In addition to the implied wording stating that Luke may have been one of the people she was already waiting for on Jakku.

      – Pomojema

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:39 pm
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    So are Chewbacca and R2-D2 just going to be chilling on the falcon waiting for Rey to come back from climbing for most of the movie? I guess Chewie has earned a vacation of sorts.

    • January 9, 2017 at 7:42 pm
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      That throught bothered me, too. I’m going to assume they leave Rey with Luke, and go off and do something else. Like find Lando?

      • January 9, 2017 at 7:56 pm
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        I guess its possible. It would be weird to drop her off and leave with no transportation of her own in case something happens. Though thought of Chewie and R2 having scenes in the movie by themselves as they go off to search for Lando would be interesting.

        Chewie: RAWRGWAWGGR

        R2: Beeps his objection

        Chewie: GGGWARRRHHWWWW.

        R2: Beeps excitedly in agreement

        • January 9, 2017 at 8:13 pm
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          Luke’s X-Wing is underwater, she can leave once she learns to lift it out of the water with the force. He’s been waiting decades to make someone do that. 🙂

        • January 10, 2017 at 7:59 am
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          AHHH! It’s the Star Wars Holiday Special all over again!

          – Pomojema

      • January 9, 2017 at 9:18 pm
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        Why find Lando?

        • January 9, 2017 at 10:20 pm
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          Its Lando. They need no other reason because its Lando.

          • January 9, 2017 at 10:23 pm
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            oh ok.

    • January 9, 2017 at 8:57 pm
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      Good point and part the reason I’m not a fan of a straight continuation from VII. Didn’t need to be a year or two as he’s suggested, a month or two would of been fine. Then the suggestion would be there of other things having moved along, and it could of started with Chewie and Rey returning from gathering food to Luke and R2-D2, with Luke and Rey then moving n to continue training and having a talk.

      • January 9, 2017 at 9:18 pm
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        “Good point and part the reason I’m not a fan of a straight continuation from VII. Didn’t need to be a year or two as he’s suggested, a month or two would of been fine.”

        Not a good point. Maybe they all go and visit Luke and then they take off. Or Chewie is happy to wait for Luke to be ready to leave b/c that’s his mission.

        And saying “Didn’t need to be a year or two as he’s suggested, a month or two would of been fine.” is very premature. Wait and see what they do first before deciding they should do something different.

        • January 9, 2017 at 11:07 pm
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          Um I’m willing and will go and see, but it doesn’t mean I can’t give a balanced opinion on what’s put forward.

          Why the attitude??

          • January 10, 2017 at 1:27 am
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            There’s no attitude, but saying something needs to be done differently in a movie you have not seen makes no sense me. Apologies if it came off strong. Maybe it does need to pick up right away, based on the story. We don’t know.

          • January 10, 2017 at 10:55 am
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            ok I get the point, but considering this will be the first Star Wars film to pick up from the ending of the last its quite a sep away from the formula.

            Maybe it will work, hopefully it does, but personally I would of made a small jump in the timeline. If anything just to preserve the style of what came before out of respect, but that’s just me. I don’t see a need for fresh spin on every aspect, but primarily a fresh and exciting story.

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:51 pm
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      Poor chewie first became Rey’s co-pilot…Then he turns out to be her pet, I’m pretty sure he was attached to the Falcon with a leash

  • January 9, 2017 at 7:47 pm
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    Up to now the original trilogy is still what I personally consider to be the best three SW films, but ever since I heard Rian was going to be working on VIII I’ve been in the state of mind that this will dethrone one of those films in terms of becomming one of my top 3 SW films of all time. I think its fair to predict that this is going to be one of the most character/story rich films in the saga to date. I’m very excited to finally see more of Luke and what kind of a person he has become ever since that touching shot of him watching the father he never got to know be cremated on Endor. I’m also very intrigued by his mention of Rey coming to terms with the power that she’s recently discovered. I’ve been hoping for a possibility of her going to the Dark Side and while these statements don’t really shed a light on what her destiny entails I would be incredibly surprised if Rian doesn’t choose to show a dichotomy between Luke and Rey by having her dabble in the darker sides of the Force because they’re both desert raised, however Luke had the stability of a family with Owen and Beru, Obi-Wan was also there to look over him and he also had friends he grew up with. Even Anakin to an extent had a somewhat stable childhood with his incredibly loving mother and friends despite the fact that he was a slave. From what we’ve seen so far Rey has had none of that, granted I’d assume based on the Force-back that either Unkar was watching over her as she grew up (though he gives off slightly rapey vibes in the novelization when she’s going to get her portions), or someone had to have watched over her at least in her early years before she could survive on her own. Either way the point I’m getting at is that she had the most unstable and harsh childhood of the three desert dwellers we know of. She doesn’t have to necessarily become a full dark side user, but I think it would almost be a terrible loss if they didn’t at least play with the ideas of what such an upbringing can do because even the best of people we know from troubled childhoods have dark emotions beneath the skin. So much emotional material to mine out of that. Either way… this is gonna be one hell of a year for movies and I can’t wait to get to the cherry on top (Episode VIII)

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:17 pm
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      “I would be incredibly surprised if Rian doesn’t choose to show a dichotomy between Luke and Rey by having her dabble in the darker sides of the Force”

      Why? There is nothing to support this but your wishful thinking.
      Rey has shown nothing but good-heartedness and kindness so far. Her upbringing did not make her dark.

      • January 9, 2017 at 10:04 pm
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        That would be pretty interesting if we discover that she has been fueling her connection to the force with the dark side unknowingly. It would probably instill some fear in Luke and create a strained relationship between them.

        • January 9, 2017 at 10:24 pm
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          It might, but given what we saw, she was using the Force when she was calm and serene, not angry. So the text doesn’t support it.

          • January 9, 2017 at 10:30 pm
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            I believe in the novelization of TFA she actually felt the pull to the dark side during the duel between her and Kylo…but denied it. So they can work with that lol.

          • January 10, 2017 at 5:55 pm
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            Yeah Nooo is correct on the novelization. Also look back after she has that force channeling moment, she just seems more vicious in her attack but that’s just interpretation, I think we can at least all agree when she cuts down Kylo Ren, Rey was seeing nothing but red and you can tell by that look on her face. She looked like how I felt after my cat knocked my chipotle off my desk and onto my guitar pedals.

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:53 pm
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        I know, I don’t necessarily need an Anakin Skywalker arc. I just think it would make sense that she would have a little more (for lack of a better word) “angst” or a roughness maybe somewhat akin to what we saw in Han the first time we met him in a New Hope. I was sort of envisioning what I experienced when I was helping out as a mentor to “troubled youths” which are essentially just kids in high school who need someone to help them out. I came from the same background and went through the same things as they did growing up so the advice I’d give them is one from past experience, and of course they’d do what we all tend to do as kids which is sometimes not listen to the advice and approach solving a problem with a hammer when they really just needed to apply a softer touch if that makes any sense. I don’t need her to break bad, but I’d like to see maybe just a little of the natural human progression because if Luke can forgive Vader I can see him possibly (I extremely stress the word possibly) being the one to tell her to see Kylo as more than just the killer he is (because Luke has a more educated and wider scope of vision through his years and experiences) while I can see Rey to an extent saying forget that. Its more of just the drama that can occur between a mentor and their student that I’d like to see because at the end of the day I can still see her becoming a great Jedi or whatever title she’d use. Granted I’m sure we’ve had plenty of heroes who follow a good path and just overcome their challenges to become a great leader, but in her case I wouldn’t mind seeing her struggle with some personal issues and whatnot that arose from the way she specifically views life. Like Noooo! says under us she could be fueling her strength unknowingly from the improper source and perhaps needs to learn to draw upon a different part of herself to avoid the fall to the dark side. Either way I think the standard part of the heroes journey is to have a tangle with the dark side as we’ve seen in the past and I’m just doing some thinking that this may be somewhat of a way to go. But yeah you’re right, this is all personal speculation. But hey, its star wars, we should celebrate all of these ideas people throw out as crazy as they may seem since its half the fun of the leadup to these films we all love

      • January 10, 2017 at 5:27 am
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        She was tempted to kill Kylo. There is a dark undercurrent around Rey. that kind of strength can make an untrained person unstable.

  • January 9, 2017 at 8:01 pm
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    He isn’t really telling us anything we don’t know, but I like that Luke’s presence is being reinforced over and over. We are really going to get him this time. Not that the reveal in TFA wasn’t epic.

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:57 pm
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      It wasn’t epic…having the Skywalker lightsaber land on Luke’s hand instead of Rey’s to defend our new heroes would have been epic. Finding Luke with no dialogue was pretty underwhelming. (My opinion of course)

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:59 pm
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      Honestly, I could see why the movie didn’t have much Luke as he could have taken a lot away from the new characters. But that was no excuse for making really paper thin characters. Though, the actors are amazing. If Luke had showed up, that would have been amazing.

      But something as simple as Luke speaking to Rey in her thoughts would have been enough. It would have been cool as it is one of the homages to ANH that would have worked. But Rey winning, well, is something I’m mixed on. I won’t discuss it here.

      But overall, I feel like LucasFIlm is going to promote Luke’s presence a lot given he wasn’t in TFA. I know for me, I personally was a bit disappointed we didn’t get to hear just one bit of dialogue from Mark Hamill. Hence, why I joke it was the easiest paycheck Mark ever got.

  • January 9, 2017 at 8:20 pm
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    I wonder what Luke’s first line of the film should be. I’d like ‘Lighstaber? I got one of those. Have you brought anything to eat?’

    • January 9, 2017 at 8:25 pm
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      “Sup bitch, and I am calling you bitch because I don’t know you individually” – Kat Skywilliams

      • January 9, 2017 at 8:25 pm
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        oh wow, that’s funny. we both went there..lol

    • January 9, 2017 at 8:25 pm
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      Sup Girl, what the fuck you doin here? I thought I left yo ass on Jakku.

  • January 9, 2017 at 8:41 pm
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    Has always been his daughter…”we” the fans created all of the possible twist.

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:42 pm
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      Precisely. The Star Wars “Saga Films” = The Skywalker Stories.

  • January 9, 2017 at 8:46 pm
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    Rey… *I* am your Father

  • January 9, 2017 at 8:52 pm
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    I want the MOST Luke possible in this film. I want Luke training Rey. I want Luke in LIGHTSABER combat. I want to HEAR Luke’s voice as much possible. Luke *IS* the major draw which will catapult Ep 8 to a “Force Awakens Style” Box Office. I still remember watching TFA on opening night and audibly hearing little kids asking their Parents: “When is Luke coming out???”

    • January 9, 2017 at 8:55 pm
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      I want lots of Luke as well. Though I don’t know how much I want to see a 65 year old Mark Hamill do Lightsaber combat.

      • January 9, 2017 at 9:00 pm
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        Its a Movie. And Mark is in great shape – they can make him look like a champion. If he whips out the Green Saber and starts fighting, people will be in TEARS of joy in the crowd.

        • January 9, 2017 at 10:22 pm
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          A little green saber action would work but I don’t want A New Hope Lightsaber battle or Count Dooku. I don’t know how much they can really do that doesn’t underwhelm after the fanboy gasm of seeing Luke with his Saber.

          • January 9, 2017 at 11:08 pm
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            Count Dooku was fine in battle. And believe me, this is coming from a guy who DETESTS the prequels. Dooku was grounded, menacing, & solid….. much better than Darth Maul’s “flip flop and fly” style of fighting.

    • January 9, 2017 at 9:14 pm
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      I can’t agree with you more. I was so stoked when Vader emerged in Rogue One with his red lightsaber. Now, I want Luke kicking butt with his classic green lightsaber.

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:08 pm
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        Exactly!!!

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:05 pm
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      Agreed. I trust Rian Johnson to as he has this incredible ability to coax some of the best performances out of actors. I need only mention Looper and the child in that movie. Most children aren’t good actors which is understandable. But man; a really compelling performance.

      And Mark Hamill; he’s a really great actor. I’ve seen work outside of him being the Joker and I really do think he could have been someone amazing. And knowing Rian Johnson is directing him, expect some really memorable lines from Luke.

      I’m hoping he’s a very different mentor than Obi-wan and Yoda. In legends, the best way I described post ROTJ Luke was he’s a smart as Obi-wan and as powerful as Yoda. I’m hoping to see some of that; a guy who is wise, but is straight-forward.

      • January 9, 2017 at 10:25 pm
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        That kid has been good in several things, but yes, Rian is great.

  • January 9, 2017 at 9:22 pm
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    If it starts where TFA ends, there shouldn’t be a crawl then. But we know there will be a crawl, and it will be nonsense filler. As for Rey potential, I think we already got the message. She can do aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanything

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7RgN9ijwE4

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:25 pm
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      Just because you can’t imagine what the crawl would say doesn’t mean Rian Johnson can’t.

      • January 10, 2017 at 11:42 am
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        I have a suggestion for a crawl “Give me a break, look what JJ Abrams left me to deal with”

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:50 pm
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      It doesn’t have to be “nonsense filler” – there are other things going on in the galaxy than just Rey and Luke meeting for coffee and cake. The crawl can tell us:

      1. What the Resistance are doing, now that the First Order knows where there base is

      2. What the Republic is doing, now that their capital and a bunch of planets are wiped out
      3. What the First Order’s next move is, and how badly the loss of Starkiller hurts them
      4. What Snoke and Kylo Ren are doing next

      Alternatively, as many have suggested previously, they may break with tradition, show the scene of Luke meeting Rey, and then have the opening crawl (I doubt this, but it would be kind of cool too)

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm
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        Yeah, the crawl will still matter. Heck, I’m hoping it delves more into the world and the political minutia. I felt that was horribly lacking in TFA. Not, taxation policies, but really what is the status of the New Republic after loosing their home world?

        Who is in charge? Because, that’s the thing that bugged me about TFA. Give some details about the galaxy. If we want more, there’s always Bloodline which was excellent.

      • January 10, 2017 at 4:45 am
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        5. BB8 got a New Hard Drive.
        6. Finn and Poe have surrogated an uterus.
        Oh no, that´s spoiler, it was Luke who surrogated an uterus in Kamino to give Rey birth.

      • January 10, 2017 at 6:01 am
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        You know, that’s a great point, because the movie did end with Rey on the cliff, but we don’t know how long it took to hyperspace over there. If we remember, luke was able to get a whole jedi training session in before han, leia, chewie, and 3po got to bespin, so the time skip might have actually happened during the force awakens.

    • January 9, 2017 at 11:57 pm
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      It seems minjay (or the former Platinumstar) is still frustrated. Try to get a hobby man! Or get laid…

  • January 9, 2017 at 9:56 pm
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    I’m super excited. Whatever my issues were with TFA, I was looking forward to Episode Eight as Rian Johnson was directing it. I think he is an excellent choice as I did love Looper and Brick, respectively. And knowing he’s penning the script, means we’re in for something really cool and hopefully great.

    I’m especially looking forward to seeing Luke come back and see what he’s been doing. And also finally get some development for Rey and company. Not to beat a dead horse, but TFA really I felt lacked in the character department. But that’s really Abrams sucking as a director.

    Rian is quite the opposite in my view. So yeah, I’m counting down.

    • January 9, 2017 at 10:24 pm
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      That’s weird b/c the one thing everyone agreed on was the characters were the best part of TFA

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm
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        I liked the actors’ performances and the moments, but the writing on said characters I felt was mixed at best. Kylo is really the only well-written character.

        But all the acting was fantastic and honestly, why I don’t outright despise this movie. I see the potential in this cast and with a better director, like a Rian Johnson they will very much shine.

    • January 9, 2017 at 11:30 pm
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      Yeah the character development was fine. It was the story that everyone had issues with.

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:39 pm
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        It’s funny because I liked the actors and the performances, but I had issue with the characterization. Really, Kylo I felt was the best developed character.

        Rey, I love her concept as a character as she’s very Mononoke/ Naussica. And to the movie’s credit; she’s in my favorite sequence in the movie which was her opening scene. That was a masterfully done scene.

        But I felt her character arc, while fine, wasn’t as strong as it could have been. We learn about her life on Jakku and that she’s waiting on Jakku because of her family? Why? Why is she so insistent on waiting? The flashback showcased her as a child and her parents leaving.

        Does she have abandonment issues? Did someone promise they would come back? It’s this mystery box around her that irritated me. Because, had there been that; I’d be more with her.

        Because, ideas like her wanting to go back and running away/accepting her destiny is great. The setup just wasn’t as strong for her.

        Finn, I felt was wasted potential, even though I love Boyega. Attack the Block rules. His turn is too quick and is a bit too comedic relief. But his Takodana scene was great.

        Poe was wasted. Seriously, he should have gone with the group. He did say he could pilot anything.

        The plot, much as it is similiar to ANH, my two biggest issues was the lack of world building and the Starkiller base. The latter because it was lazy and was tacked on and the former because it’s been 30 years since ROTJ; we need to know what happened in the movie. Not some book or exterior material to make it better, much as I love it.

        Overall, I cannot call the movie bad, but I cannot call it good. It’s a mixed bag. But hey, Episode Eight is going to be amazing.

      • January 10, 2017 at 2:48 am
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        “everyone”.

        Not everyone.

        • January 10, 2017 at 5:00 am
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          I think when he said “everyone”, he meant everyone who had problems with TFA.

          • January 10, 2017 at 5:34 am
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            That makes sense.

        • January 10, 2017 at 6:29 am
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          “everyone” who complains

          • January 10, 2017 at 3:18 pm
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            oh, so everyone.

  • January 9, 2017 at 10:30 pm
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    So stoked for Episode 8. Although, so far, it’s sounding like the majority of the film will not see Rey interacting with Finn and Poe…like, at all! Which may be a missed opportunity to explore their development into the buddy trio we would like them to be in this trilogy. Oh well, I suppose spending time with the last Jedi in the damn galaxy is more important than wasting time with newfound friends. Hah!

    • January 9, 2017 at 11:06 pm
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      I’ll take Luke over Finn and Poe. Any day of the week. ALL day every day.

      • January 10, 2017 at 12:23 am
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        It sounds a bit like you’re describing something inappropriate for this site…

        • January 10, 2017 at 4:59 am
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          H O M O P H O B E

          /s

    • January 9, 2017 at 11:50 pm
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      I can see where you are coming from. My biggest gripe with Poe was that he sucked as a character. Oscar Isaac is an amazing actor and he was wasted. TFA should have let Poe travel with the group and have him interact with Finn and Rey. Because, really if this is supposed to be our new trinity of characters(I love Chewie, but I usually pair him with Han), it seems really odd not to have them all together.

      • January 10, 2017 at 5:59 am
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        I think it was said that Poe was supposed to die on Jakku, but then he asked JJ not to do that and they extended his character out, so that’s probably why he didn’t pop in all that much

        • January 10, 2017 at 6:21 am
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          I know that and hence why I’m so critical on Abrams. Oscar Isaac is an amazing actor. Why waste him? Worse was that the new canon promoted his folks who were really cool via Shattered Empire. And I liked his character and Before the Awakening.

          Overall, Poe should have been with the group. He honestly should have been the Han Solo of the new generation in that he’s the most experienced. Him piloting the Falcon(he tags along with Finn) would have solved a lot of issues.

          I mean he did say he can pilot anything as we saw with the Tie Fighter. And really, him tagging along would have added to the whole group dynamic. And it would have been interesting to see him and Han interact a lot more.

          And it would have made that third act a lot better via him vs. Starkiller base as you’d be more emotionally invested in that aspect.

    • January 10, 2017 at 9:25 am
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      I think that their stories will seem unconnected and then converge similar to ESB. If you think about it, the “trinity” don’t actually have much screen time together in that film beyond a scene or two in hoth and the hallway in bespin. But their arcs intersect at the climax. I’m betting that leia / Laura Dern’s character and Poe will be one story , Finn and his new companion another, and Luke and Rey as the last. Cutting between each of them until the final battle where they team up

  • January 9, 2017 at 10:32 pm
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    “She’s taking her first step towards coming to terms with this thing inside her that she never knew was there and is just starting to reveal its potential.”

    so to me this seems to put the kibosh on rey having any previous training or awareness of the force as a child.

    • January 9, 2017 at 11:14 pm
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      I reckon she will be the true Chosen One, with Anakin a product of Sith manipulation of the midicholrians. Bringing balance to the force will be eradicating the mistake that is the Skywalker bloodline……

      Just kidding……

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm
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        Chosen One? “There can be only one!”

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm
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        not a terrible theory.

        • January 9, 2017 at 11:47 pm
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          The only thing is it would only work with Luke’s demise, which if we are getting episodes 1-12 as well, I hope isn’t in this current trilogy

          • January 10, 2017 at 3:39 am
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            either way i think luke is going eat it by the end of the trilogy unfortunately.

      • January 9, 2017 at 11:48 pm
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        I’m kind of hoping the opposite. I always liked the idea where Rey was another reincarnation of the chosen one and that the chosen one is always born during times of strife and conflict.

        It is a very avatar the last airbender thing, but I do think it adds quite a bit to the mythos as it showcases that balance is always in flux between both sides of the Force and that the idea of balance may differ between the eras of SWs.

        Or they could make her a reincarnation of possibly someone from the First Jedi temple? That would also be cool.

        • January 10, 2017 at 10:50 am
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          I quite like that idea, but the only thing that puts me off is how soon two incarnations of the chosen one have occurred in the films. Still like the idea though and it can still fit around Anakin being a false avatar.

          • January 11, 2017 at 6:31 am
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            I can understand the idea of it being too soon. Really, I just want Rey to kind of be her own character. I really didn’t get much from her in TFA, in spite of me loving the concept and the actress.

            And her being a Skywalker, while I can see it, it is a bit predictable. Because, really, I’m hoping she’s just a powerful Force Sensitive from another family. Tales of the Jedi is one of my favorite SWs comics and I loved Nomi Sunrider.

            I loved the concept of there being a bloodline as powerful as the Skywalkers. It would work well because, thematically it works with the prior trilogies. One Skywalker fell to the dark side. Another served the light to end the darkness and in the end the Skywalkers helped do so.

            So to have another person outside the bloodline stop another Skywalker would be a big shift. A possible way to once and for all put an end to the impact the Skywalkers have caused.

            But this is just me prattling. My bad. 🙂

    • January 10, 2017 at 2:47 am
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      Really? Because it seems like it might be pointing towards that.

    • January 10, 2017 at 9:19 am
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      Yeah, I think just because she beat Kylo’s people are putting way to much stock into her having previous training or mind wipe. I doubt this is the case. Like Luke and Anakin (though not necessarily related) before her I think she is just strong with the force and resourceful. She beat an injured wannabe and mind tricks a weak-minded storm trooper and suddenly she must be a reincarnation of the chosen one.

  • January 9, 2017 at 11:12 pm
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    I also want ******AS MUCH PRINCESS LEIA****** in Ep 8 as possible. I am still RESENTFUL that they shafted her in Ep 7 — any idea why her scenes were cut down so much? She looked great, sounded great, and was full-on LEIA again. This is our FINAL chance to see Carrie Fisher as Leia — and they BETTER make it count. C’mon there are plenty of “Finn bumbling around doing nothing” scenes that can be edited out to make room for her — the Finn action figures will still sell just fine.

    • January 9, 2017 at 11:17 pm
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      Like the “Finn riding on a space horse” scenes looks horrendous already. Trim a few minutes off that and give it to LEIA !

      • January 10, 2017 at 12:20 am
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        So, basically you want to see less of Finn?

        • January 10, 2017 at 4:57 am
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          Someone might call that racist.

          • January 10, 2017 at 11:09 pm
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            Um let’s not be social-justice-idiots please. I dont analyze Star Wars characters based on race. I loved Finn in TFA but I do consider Finn to be a tangential, un-essential character. That said, I do LIKE him. He’s a good resistance trooper but does not carry the storyline. And with Carrie Fisher in her FINAL Star Wars Film, I’ll take Leia over Finn when the editing decisions are made. Especially since most Finn scenes lend to comedy.

          • January 11, 2017 at 2:55 am
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            I said “someone might call that racist”, not “that’s racist”. Learn to comprehend the English language.

      • January 10, 2017 at 2:47 am
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        Almost as if incomplete set photos always look bad. This is not valid criticism. Chill.

        • January 10, 2017 at 9:52 pm
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          I’ll take Leia over Finn on a Space Horse any day. All day. I don’t even need to see the Footage.

          • January 10, 2017 at 10:05 pm
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            Exactly. That is why you fail. Closed mind.

          • January 10, 2017 at 11:05 pm
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            I know what I like and I have a pretty good idea of what makes fans react in a more emotionally-engaging way than “oh wow he’s on a horse I bet he’ll fall off herrr-ha-ha”. There’s a reason why OT T-shirts are still BEST sellers, even at youth-marketed outlets such as Hot Topic. And in the wake of her recent death, I know any Princess Leia scenes in Ep 8 will be cherished & treasured by fans over fill-time-visual-gags.

          • January 11, 2017 at 1:33 am
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            “oh wow he’s on a horse I bet he’ll fall off herrr-ha-ha”

            This is an amazing display of arrogance for something you haven’t seen yet.

            You act like it’s mutually exclusive; like if Finn has a scene, Leia can’t. There is no reasoning with you.

            You were certain that only tons of Vader would make Rogue One a success and that was wrong. Maybe you don’t have as good an idea as you think

      • January 10, 2017 at 8:32 pm
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        So you’ve seen footage already? Or are you just going off of paparazzi photos of the set?

    • January 10, 2017 at 12:13 am
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      I think you’re allowing Carrie Fisher’s passing to color your opinion. If you recall, one of the main themes after TFA was how Fisher was off her game and the acting chops really left her a long time ago. In fact, when the rumor about her being captured in Ep.8 came out, lots of people thought it was a good idea because she wouldn’t be featured so much.

      I love Carrie, but she was not a great actress at the end.

      • January 10, 2017 at 2:04 am
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        I’d argue that she was never really a great actress, or even a good one. And her own comments agree.

        • January 10, 2017 at 3:10 am
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          Well, I do think she was good in the OT, especially Ep.4. She had a couple of so-so scenes in Ep.5 and Ep.6, but it was mainly good work. Following Jedi, she had a tough time with drugs, and it was all downhill from there. She got so nasally from the nose candy that she sounded like a completely different person. The smoking made it worse, in both body and mind.

          As I said, I love Carrie, and I think she had lots of talents right up until the end. But her acting wasn’t one of them unfortunately. I apologize if it’s too soon to say that.

          • January 10, 2017 at 6:18 am
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            I don’t know about Episode 4 – she couldn’t even maintain a consistent accent through the movie. I still can’t understand why she always hunched over before delivering any line, too. Seriously, before she would say any line (and I mean, ANY line she utters in the entire OT) she starts by thrusting her neck out and slightly tilting her head to one side. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Not very regal at all. She never once acted like a princess, she only ever acted like Carrie Fisher, I guess.

            I don’t think it’s too soon to critique her acting ability (if you can call it that). Mindless adoration just because someone has passed has always seemed a bit dishonest to me.

          • January 10, 2017 at 3:26 pm
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            Nitpicking is also in that category. There’s a reason she is beloved and it’s b/c she made Leia come alive.

          • January 10, 2017 at 9:52 pm
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            Precisely. Carrie’s acting must not have been “so bad” considering the generations that she has inspired.

    • January 10, 2017 at 2:46 am
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      They were cut down to make for a better movie.

      • January 10, 2017 at 9:51 pm
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        There’s no way you can accurately say that as you haven’t seen the Leia scenes that were cut or the context of the scenes. You are assuming “every editing decision they made was wise” which obviously was not the case. I am especially resentful that the Vader vs Luke scene was cut from the ForceBack. The scenes that were cut could have made for a more holistic, inclusive, and ultimately more satisfying TFA.

        • January 10, 2017 at 10:06 pm
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          They could have. They could have also made for a lesser one. We don’t know, either of us.

          • January 10, 2017 at 11:03 pm
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            I do know that if Rey had seen Vader vs Luke in the Forceback, it would have been a more meaningful, jaw dropping, emotional scene — as opposed to random hodgepode that we got of Rey falling out of a Bespin tunnel, rain and “Rey” from KEnobi which no one in the Theater could even hear.

        • January 11, 2017 at 2:53 am
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          “you haven’t seen the Leia scenes that were cut or the context of the scenes.”

          Yes. Yes I have, actually.

          • January 11, 2017 at 6:32 am
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            They showed one of them on the DVD outtakes. The Droid one-liner was hilarious and would have “popped” the crowd at the theaters. Other than that, we haven’t seen her other cut scenes.

    • January 10, 2017 at 8:30 pm
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      She was not in the movie very much for the same reason Luke wasn’t. It wasn’t about her. The objective of the film was to set up the characters of a new trilogy, not another movie about Luke, Han and Leia. They already had their trilogy. This trilogy is about Rey, Finn, and Poe. Han Solo gets the most screen time of the original three because it’s his last ride. But you can’t overshadow the new kids with the heroes of the last trilogy.

      • January 10, 2017 at 9:49 pm
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        The heroes of the Last Trilogy are the REASON that TFA broke every box office record worldwide. I like Rey, Finn, and Poe — but their box office draw is MINISCULE compared to even one OT hero.

        • January 11, 2017 at 12:49 am
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          Irrelevant. You think that the stories of these films should be based on potential box office? That’s pretty unfortunate. How about making a new trilogy based on new people, instead of keeping the 60 and 70 somethings left over from the trilogy from 35 years ago for no other reason than fan popularity. How lame.

          • January 11, 2017 at 4:01 am
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            There is PLENTY of time for “The Adventures of Rey and Finn” — I would much RATHER see Han, Luke and Leia while we have them. There’s plenty of time for the newbies — as we have seen with Leia here recently, time IS of the essence with these wonderful (and superior) heroes.

          • January 11, 2017 at 6:01 am
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            If you understand the structure of trilogies, the introductory episode is where you introduce the characters that will go through the rest of the story. And this trilogy is about THEM, not the people from the LAST trilogy. Imagine if A New Hope was all about Obi Wan and Yoda and you spent just a minimal amout of time on Luke, Han and Leia. Could you effectively set those characters up for the next two episodes? Of course not. This is basic storytelling.

          • January 11, 2017 at 6:29 am
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            Leia and especially Luke still have a story to tell. This is basic storytelling and is not negated because they are “older” or because they have been in a previous trilogy. They are icons and their story has not ended just because Rey and Finn are now skipping around trying to figure out which way is up. I still remember at the Theater on opening night how many kids i heard saying outloud to there Parents “Where’s Luke, when is he coming out?” I do LIKE Rey, Finn, and Poe – don’t get me wrong – but we have plenty of time and years to spend with them. An Ep 8 more focused on Luke and Leia (who only have so many years left) would ultimately be more beloved to the fandom worldwide. Rey and Finn make for great “frosting” but the heart of the cake is the OT heroes.

          • January 11, 2017 at 8:49 am
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            And they tell that story in supporting roles, not major roles. The major roles in this trilogy belong to Rey, Finn and Poe, not Han, Luke and Leia. Their story is 4-6. In 7-9, they are the mentors passing the baton to the new kids. They are not the primary characters. They cannot overshadow those new characters, and certainly not because of something as trivial as fan service pandering. People don’t want to see a trilogy about sixty and seventy-year-olds, they want to see something new, with a nod to the past, which is exactly what they are doing. To say that there’s plenty of time to cover the new characters later ignores the basic structure required to introduce, grow and resolve the characters’ destiny in the three-part character story arc. To sideline them in the first film for no other reason than fan service makes their introductions minimized far more than it needs to be. It’s simply bad storytelling.

  • January 10, 2017 at 2:36 am
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    I’m so excited for episode 8. TFA and Rogue One was really good but I think wpuside 8 is gonna be the best one. It’s got Jedi master Luke and that’s what I been waiting for and to see what kylo is gonna do next

  • January 10, 2017 at 4:36 am
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    I don’t think Luke is her dad, but I think he knows who she is, at least. I read a theory, and I think it makes sense, to pay attention to the exact dialogue from TFA…. Rey only mentions her family coming back. People seem to think she was dumped there, but the dialogue points to her family leaving; as if they had always lived there. I hope the explanation of their (Luke/Rey) relationship will be interesting.

    • January 10, 2017 at 4:48 am
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      Luke and his partner surrogated an uterus in Kamino.

    • January 10, 2017 at 4:56 am
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      That’s true! I don’t think any canon source says that Rey’s family dropped her off at Jakku, just they left her there! They could have all lived there before. What if she’s related to Gallius Rax?

    • January 10, 2017 at 9:12 am
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      I agree. Also despite his small role I think there is a reason it is lore San tekka that has a map to Luke lived on jaku. I believe he too had some connection to both her parents and Luke.

  • January 10, 2017 at 4:54 am
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    I wonder how the movie will open. Will it have a Rogue One-esque cold open, and then instead of having a title card, it’ll have the crawl.

    • January 10, 2017 at 7:58 am
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      It’s getting an opening crawl – they’ve already confirmed this. Only the Anthology films are opting out on that.

      – Pomojema

  • January 10, 2017 at 4:56 am
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    so, there´s no need for opening crawl….

    • January 10, 2017 at 4:58 am
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      They are giving one, sure.

      • January 10, 2017 at 7:57 am
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        They’ve already said that only the Anthology movies will opt out on the opening crawl. They’re sticking to the crawl with all of the “Episode” movies.

        – Pomojema

    • January 10, 2017 at 7:00 am
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      They can explain in the opening crawl what the immediate events following the destruction of Starkiller and the Republic capital are. What are the next moves of the FO and the Resistance?

      • January 14, 2017 at 10:25 pm
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        Yes, but these events happened AFTER lhe last scene of the movie, so they will be talking about the future. It´s a VERY difficult decision

        • January 19, 2017 at 8:12 pm
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          They are happening concurrently with Rey going to find Luke.

    • January 10, 2017 at 10:47 pm
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      If they dont that would be so dumb

    • January 11, 2017 at 2:10 am
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      the opening crawl will be the first to talk about he future, then say “but first let’s go back and see waht happened to Rey and Luke”

      • January 11, 2017 at 2:53 am
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        *freeze frame and screeching record sound*

        Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here.

  • January 10, 2017 at 4:57 am
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    So Opening Crawl about small changes from TFA and I wonder if we will not have space scene at the begining.
    We ignore fate of Kylo Ren, for example, but we can imagine it or we can be wrong. At this time we expect Kylo Ren is going to visit Luke too, I wonder how long it will take.
    We don´t know the new location of Resistance Base, obviously they will move.
    Or the location of Snoke.
    Or if Snoke is 15 feet tall or 36″. Or we need film confirmation.
    What/where is the New Goverment of the galaxy… Hosniam system is destroyed…

  • January 10, 2017 at 5:53 am
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    Now, this is where I was torn with seeing luke at the end of the force awakens. I personally think the movie should have ended when rey, chewie, and R2 got on the falcon in search of him, which would have made for a much better opening for episode 8, with us not knowing how long it took to follow that map.

    But I also think that if I never saw luke in the force awakens I would have felt cheated and complain about that when I got out of the theater. So I understand why they did it, but in the whole over archng story, I think it would have been better if they hadn’t

    • January 10, 2017 at 6:57 am
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      Yes, agree, they had to sell the movie introducing Mark Hamill.
      For me it is a pity we have not seen the 3 together again in the movie, Luke, Han and Leia.

    • January 10, 2017 at 3:25 pm
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      The focus of the movie was finding Luke. If you didn’t find him, then the movie doesn’t have an ending. It would have been worse.

      • January 11, 2017 at 4:32 am
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        agreed wholeheartedly.

      • January 13, 2017 at 6:34 pm
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        And yet they spend very little time looking for Luke. They start by SAYING that’s the focus, but the script says otherwise. The script says the focus of the movie is to get BB8 to the resistance, and while that’s going on, nobody is looking for Luke. Still strongly feel the film ends more naturally on the departure from the base on their way to Luke.

        • January 13, 2017 at 8:08 pm
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          And why are they trying to get BB-8 to the Resistance? To find Luke.

    • January 10, 2017 at 8:49 pm
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      When a whole movie is stupid from the first seconds when that dark star destroyer is flippining the finger, there’s no reason why it wouldhave an good ending.

  • January 10, 2017 at 4:05 pm
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    I have a feeling that Luke will be reluctant to train another Jedi in VIII. If you look at his expression at the end of VII when Rey hands him his light saber. He looks like he is thinking “Oh, not again”. It makes sense because his star pupil betrayed him, killed his fellow students and joined Snoke. Why would he go down that road again, so to speak? I think he has adopted a view that he shouldn’t interfere in the galaxy’s affairs anymore, kind of like Yoda on rebels. Even his Jedi robe is a gray neutral color, signifying the neutral stance hes taken on life, the Jedi and the battle with the first order. I think he feels its better for him not to interfere.

    With that in mind, I think a good portion of the movie will be Rey convincing him to snap out of it and take a more active role in whats going on. It will be interesting to see if Leia will play a part in getting luke to help the resistance, train Rey and join the fight. That’s just a theory anyway. It may play out entirely differently.

  • January 10, 2017 at 4:51 pm
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    This is looking interesting…

  • January 10, 2017 at 7:44 pm
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    Two suppositions here. Number one, I think that the look on Luke’s face is the realization that another Jedi has come for training and that Rey reminds him of his wife/her mother (yes I said it). Number two I think the story is going to play out like “The Sting”, with Rey being the young upstart trying to convince an old and broken mentor to get back into the game for one last con-job.

  • January 10, 2017 at 9:35 pm
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    I want to see a Star Wars movie about paperwork. There must be a ton of paperwork and forms in the Empire. I want to see the story of the accountants and insurance filings after the Death Star’s destruction. No Force. No Lightsabers. No blasters. No ships. No action. No plot. Just two hours of forms and concentration in a well let room. That’s direction the Saga should take.

  • January 10, 2017 at 10:46 pm
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    please make planets that are different. TFA had crap planets like Jakku and Dqar that were basically copies of Tatooine and Yavin. Make planets that are memorable like Dagobah or Mustafar.

    • January 11, 2017 at 2:08 am
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      yes, bring George Lucas back, yeahh

      • January 11, 2017 at 3:16 am
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        I dont understand why Disney or cynics dont want him to be involved. I mean its not like he is gonna be put in full control. He is just gonna be a guide when it comes to the lore. Thats what he did with the clone wars show. And people are gonna say “ugh he has stupid ideas” well if he brings a stupid idea up the director can just tell him no, that simple. People think that because a movie has George Lucas involved the movie is gonna suck donkey cock or something. The movies will feel much more fresh and exciting. Episode 7 had boring rehashed planets that were complete copies of previous ones. Having George Involved would be great!

        • January 11, 2017 at 4:55 am
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          Lucas = Damaged Goods. I love the guy for starting the series, but he is out of touch.

        • January 14, 2017 at 10:22 pm
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          I loved the prequels, except episode I, that is a really bumped ride. Ep III is great, But it´s impossible to make everyone happy. Disney is doing incredbly well, but GL surelly had good ideas (mixed with bad decisions, mostly concerning actor performaces)

  • January 11, 2017 at 8:21 am
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    Why he would agree to an interview with USA Today is the real question.

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