Star Wars Episode VIII anticipation thread

It is being reported.

ETA: :smack: :smack: as it was reported up thread, oh, eons ago.

Sigh.

Something else I found interesting is Disney has started calling the main Star Wars movies “The Skywalker Saga”.

Yes, it is interesting. Maybe Rey is a Skywalker? I figured she really is just a new Force user, even with her mysterious background.

I kind of hope Rey isn’t a Skywalker. It’s a big galaxy and the major characters don’t all have to be related.

I like The Last Jedi as a movie title, but it is a bit ambiguous and doesn’t necessarily mean there will be no more Jedi, any more than The Final Frontier was the last Star Trek movie or “The Final Problem” was the last Sherlock Holmes story.

It’s the Skywalker Saga because Luke is still centrally involved, and Kylo Ren is of Skywalker lineage too, so there’s plenty to go round without Rey needing to be included. Presumably this episode is more about Luke, hence the title.

Luke walks over to take the light saber, Rey kills him with it.

“One down, two to go”

Then she flies back to see General Organa. They re-use about 3 seconds of Leia greeting someone, then show the door closing and lightsaber sounds.

Door opens. Rey walks out. “One damned Skywalker left.”

:smiley:

How? He appears as Anakin in ghost form.

If only they had some sort of… I dunno… cloning technology.

:eek:

That never occurred to me (in relation to RoTJ and Vader’s redemption)

Each of the OT titles have double meanings:

A New Hope = Luke; The destruction of the Death Star (or at least possessing the plans).
The Empire Strikes Back = they find the Rebel base on Hoth; Vader hits out at Luke with his revelation.
Return of the Jedi = Luke is now a Jedi; Anakin returns to the Light Side; the Jedi Knights return to the galaxy.

A flashback, a recording in R2D2, Anakin in ghost form even, dunno don’t care, we want Wheezy!

Hayden Christensen is already confirmed to reprise the role of Anakin.

Just kidding.

He’ll appear in the next movie in Pog form.

Re-watching episode VII today and Snoke says, "Leading them to the last Jedi. If Skywalker returns, the new Jedi will rise…

Also, the opening crawl says, “Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed.”

Seems like it is Luke.

Based on the non-English movie titles, Jedi is plural in this case:

I still like the siea of Luke atrting a new school/approach to the Force.

Brian

Star wars Celebration is happening.
Yesterday, they had a nice tribute to Carrie Fisher :frowning:


Some stuff before / after --including a special music event…

There will be stuff today, probably including the Last Jedi trailer, at 11AM eastern (UTC-4)

Brian

I assume Disney will put the trailer online today as well?

I hope the trailer will be there

[QUOTE=Daisy]
Rey has certain expectations from Luke, all I can say is never meet your heros, as they might not be what you think they are…
[/QUOTE]

(That is a paraphrase)

Brian

I’m hearing around 12 Eastern(10 minutes from now), the trailer will hit on Youtube?

Could be the wrong timezone, though.

Just aired live (twice)

[QUOTE=Luke]
I only know one truth – it is time for the Jedi to end
[/QUOTE]

Some training scenes, some space battles. Luke’s first word in the trailer is “breath”

Before the trailer, they announced “we have a teaser… poster” – the audience reaction was great (though they are all getting a copy)

Brian