Star Wars: The Last Jedi Japanese Website Emphasizes The Stories Of Rey & Kylo Ren
Another Japanese-related blurb about the plot of Star Wars: The Last Jedi has appeared online, teasing that the duality between Rey and Kylo Ren will be as important as both of their ties to Luke Skywalker.
I suspected that Kylo Ren’s soliloquy in the trailer was addressed to Rey, and based on a new description from a Japanese website, it strongly suggests that this is the case. A Tumblr user translated this screencap on the official Japanese Star Wars website into English (mirror text from r/StarWarsLeaks):
The Light? The Darkness? Rey and Kylo, two people who seem to move between the two; a new shocking development is hinted to await them in Star Wars – The Last Jedi.
Although the world was shocked to see that the hand offered to Rey belonged to that of Kylo Ren, what awaits Rey and Kylo is the question of “The Light? Or the Darkness?”, as together they are tossed and moved by the powerful Force.
Rey, who, even though in the previous film ‘The Force Awakens’ awakened the Force, carries a sense of being lost and unsure; will she be taken away by the darkness…. Kylo, who killed Han Solo, despite the fact that he was his real father; will the hopeful small amount of light that still remains in his heart be able to undo the darkness!?
These two figures who seem to resonate with each other; we cannot take our eyes off of them!!
Keep your eyes peeled for Rey and Kylo, the two people who resonate!
While I do think that we’ll be in for some revelations – insofar as the story necessitates a middle-chapter movie would need – I think it’s worth noting that Rian Johnson has stated something along the lines of telling fans not to expect an “I am your father”-level shock. I also think that the thing with Rey talking about how she needs guidance and Kylo Ren reaching out to her is misdirection in terms of the marketing campaign – as it looks to be patched together from two different scenes – although I’m not going to rule out the possibility that, for whatever reason, she ends up going with him to accomplish some goal that we don’t yet know about.
I’m of the opinion that whatever ties between these two characters are going to be platonic (as I really don’t see Rey falling head-over-heels for Darth Severus Snape after he committed patricide against her surrogate dad she had for a few days) and most likely hostile, but since the last third of The Force Awakens spent quite a bit of time emphasizing Kylo Ren’s fascination with the scavenger from Jakku, I’m not too surprised by this. The main plot seems to be divided up between the story of the Force and how it relates to Luke, Rey, Kylo Ren, and Snoke and the stories of the actual, ongoing war with pretty much every other character, and if that’s the case, it makes more sense for there to be a story between the new cast than the older characters.
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.
“The Light? The Darkness? Rey and Kylo, two people who seem to move between the two; ”
That immediately caught my eye. We know already that kylo has moved between both sides, but is this implying that Rey will too? #darkrey?
That’d be great
I expect to see her struggle … but I would be shocked to see her “turn” and choose to to use the dark side.
I agree. I remember in ESB when Luke left Dagobah to help Han and Leïa in Cloud City. Obi-Wan’s Force Ghost said something along the lines of “This is a dangerous time for you. Your training is not yet complete. You could be tempted by the Dark Side”.
However, I don’t recall Luke being very tempted at the end of ESB.
I would expect that Rey, having started her training with Luke, might leave to try and help her friends and the Resistance (whether she leaves with or without Luke I have no idea). This would be a perfect opportunity for her to be tempted. I think we may see her struggle and eventually start to slip towards the darkness. But I wouldn’t want to see her just join the FO. I am personaly opposed to the “Dark Rey Theory”.
Then again, I don’t know anything more than any of you so I could be completely wrong.
how could you not remember Luke beeing tempted by the dark side? Just re watch Luke and Vader’s fight.
I remember them fighting but not really Luke going through a dark moment
I think he’s saying that Luke was tempted but never really had any moment when he actually used the dark side or started down that path at all. Which I would agree with. We saw great emotional stress and character development but at no point did I consider Luke was going to join Vader or use the dark side
He did turn to dark side briefly, to defeat Vader. Then he noticed Vader’s mechanical hand and his training vision in the cave, and he walked back from the dark side. Hamill is on record saying that was his motivation for the scene. I’m sure if that scene were shot today they would make his eyes yellow, just to make it easier for all to follow along.
Agreed. But that was much later, in ROTJ when he had already gone back to Dagobah to try and finish his training (though that didn’t really happen due to Yoda’s death).
Exactly what I was talking about. Thank you for translating my meaning. English not being my first language, I guess I could’ve been more precise.
Just a guess, but I think Rey and Kylo take down Snoke and then Kylo announces his leadership over the FO.
In spite of the translated text coming from an official source, I can’t help thinking that it could have been written by someone who has no more knowledge of the details of TLJ than we do, especially because of the way it describes Kylo reaching out to Rey.
Is luke holding his father’s blue lightsaber in this image?
No, that’s his lightsaber. It hasn’t been his father’s for decades.
As opposed to the green one he built himself…
I suppose I should have been more specific. “Is Luke holding the blue lightsaber that Obi-Wan Kenobi retrieved from Anakin Skywalker’s smoldering and presumed dead body on Mustafar? The one that Obi Wan kept in a trunk on Tatooine until he gave it to Luke under the pretense that Anakin, Luke’s father, wanted him to have it when he was old enough? The same blue lightsaber that Luke trained under Obi-wan and then Yoda with? You know, the lightsaber that Luke fought off a Wampa with on Hoth? The elegant weapon that Han Solo later used in his rescue of a nearly frozen Luke? The very same lightsaber that Luke lost in a duel with his Father, now called Darth Vader, at a Tibanna gas mining colony floating in the clouds above Bespin (along with his hand)? The same, exact, lightsaber that Maz Kanata squired, kept safe in her castle, and then gave to Rey on the planet Takodana? Is Luke depicted holding the very same, exact, specific, blue lightsaber with its afore mentioned history that Rey then handed him on the cliffs of a island on Ahch-To?”
lol yes I believe that’s the one
That’s something new, right? Or do you think it’s just a case of artistic license?
I am really glad my simple post made you type all this.
Darth Snape. LOL. That made my night. Funny story when I saw TFA with my friend in theaters he made that same connection and me and most of the theater busted out laughing.
I do agree that I do not see Reylo or whatever ship happening. At least not this film. Rose and Finn? Maybe? As for the reveal, I expect it to be a reveal and we don’t get details until episode nine like the “ I am your father”. While Rian Johnson did say Rey is affiliated with a name character( correct me if I am wrong) I suspect she is going to be different.
For example, what if Rey is a wound in the Force? As in she has an innate ability to siphon the Force and can form bonds with people. It would explain why she is so strong in TFA and why she could make friends so quickly. As for what caused it? Who knows? Maybe she was a byproduct of Palpatine’s experiments on Jakku. Basically, think the plagues novel where his fooling around with the Force created Anakin.
But I could be dead wrong. Let me know down below.
Grant, after all this time?
Luke with his old lightsaber?! (anakin’s)
In the movie it Will be Green. Like rotj
In tlj Luke Leia Rey and all the heros turn dark all of them, but the jedi porg and the side kick chewbacca.
I think the rey and kylo scene is exactly what it is and she goes with him instead of resisting like Luke did to Vader, and They go to snoke and this is the scene we see of him force blasting her saying fulfill your destiny. If she’s looking for a teacher and doesn’t find it in Luke then she goes elsewhere and now Luke feels responsible and rescues her.