# Episode VIII has a title...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995 "2017-01-24T01:10:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995/1 "2017-01-24T01:10:16Z")

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It’s The Last Jedi. In other interesting news (possibly), they have taken to calling the main Star Wars movies “The Skywalker Saga”.

So is Jedi singular or plural? Guess we’ll find out in 11 months.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995/2 "2017-01-24T01:12:42Z")

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Oops, I searched the page for Jedi but not VIII. I see there’s already a thread. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995/3 "2017-01-24T01:15:07Z")

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Luke was referred to as “the last Jedi” in the title crawl of TFA, FWIW.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995/4 "2017-01-24T23:49:50Z")

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[Existing thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=778506)
