Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi

[epilogue]

Lucasfilm and Disney confirm they have "no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher’s performance as Princess or General Leia Organa."

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news ... rs-w461141

[dimejinky99]

Carries death is gonna change 9 one way or another. They're probably rewriting right now. Trevorow met with Kennedy last week. Let's see.

[Strat]

We'll have no idea until Episode 8 comes out. I fugred at some point they would kill off all the original cast and its just a matter of when and how.

I wonder if they will have to re-write parts of 8 and shoot some new scenes to deal with it so that moving into 9 is more seamless

[stip]

would you prefer to see a rewrite or recast?

[Strat]

Rewrite. For sure. This story is about the new cast, supported by the legends.

[stip]

for me if it really damages the story and there isnt a clean revision available i might prefer a recast

[dimejinky99]

Rumours about 8. Doesn't sound all that crazy. Well. Some of it doesn't.
Remembering who's directing

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A post on 4Chan has outlined what is about the first third of Episode VIII, and while anyone can post anything on that imageboard some of the things in the post are backed up with whispers coming out of the production.

The poster claims this is basically the first forty or so minutes of the movie involving Luke, Rey, Kyo, and Hux. Beware that there are some major spoilers here if anything true. Some of this hasn’t been posted elsewhere but they are spoilers that have been heard by some people already so at least some of this has truth to it. That’s the only reason why I’m reposting this:

Kylo is seen in bacta and we see his helmet lowered on his head like Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
Hux is killed by Snoke.
Luke is insane and talks to animals on his little island. He disappears (again) leaving Rey to fend for herself against the wildlife on the island.
Rey fights a giant sea monster and then gets chased into a giant tree by the island birds.
Inside the tree she meets the Force Ghosts of Obi-Wan and Yoda.
Outside the tree she awakes to Luke standing above her with a bird with giant eyes.
Luke tells Rey she has to kill Kylo, but she doesn’t want to.
Kylo and Rey connect to each other through the Force, and then he arrives on the planet.
There’s a fight and Kylo knocks Rey off a cliff and incapacitates Luke before the island birds swarm Kylo.
Again these 4Chan rumors are completely unconfirmed, and the bit about Rey fighting the sea monster has been posted by MakingStarWars in the past. However there’s other stuff in there that checks out, so there could be at least some truth to this. Also, the movie hasn’t yet undergone its full reshoots, so it’s possible some of this could change before release this December.

[Monkey_Driven]

Not going to lie Dime, that sounds really, really stupid.

[tragabigzanda]

Star Wars sucks now

[jwfocker]

Hahahaha wtf. that sounds fucking awful.

[jwfocker]

If that's legit Disney better not show any trailers. Just flash Star Wars.

[Jorge]

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Luke is insane and talks to animals on his little island.

This line made me burst out in laughter

[epilogue]

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Luke is insane and talks to animals on his little island.

This line made me burst out in laughter

Hilarious. But probably the only part of the "synopsis" that's actually true.

[jwfocker]

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Luke is insane and talks to animals on his little island.

This line made me burst out in laughter

Hilarious. But probably the only part of the "synopsis" that's actually true.

Yeah for sure.

[dimejinky99]

I will say a lot of rumours that emerged from TFA sounded bizarre bordering ridiculous especially given no context.

Given rians remarks about telling Luke's story honestly and hoping it makes sense to people and they get on board, none of the above spoilers or rey la reaction to it sounds all that outlandish.

[dimejinky99]

Further. These just sounds like fan hypotheses though

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VII opens with Snoke and Kylo Ren talking about Ren's failure vs. Rey. Ren is afraid of being replaced by Rey.

On Ahch-To, Luke is conflicted about getting involved again. Rey asks about her heritage - Luke shares details but remains vague.


Luke decides not to train her as it will make her a target. Snoke knows about her, so it's best she goes into hiding. This ticks Rey off - Luke locks himself into his hut. She storms off and starts to explore the island...


While wandering Rey learns the birds of the island communicate via the Force and she discovers the Force Tree and a temple... she meditates and we get a trippy sequence about the Force. She is guided by the birds to a dark side sea beast which she figures she must kill... she's ineffective while on the attack, but when she approaches it as an equal rather than as a enemy, the beast no longer attacks - queue a lesson about balance of the light/dark sides. Luke sees this and agrees to train her.


...Rey training montage...


Rey asks when she'll make her own lightsaber - Luke says the Graflex saber and her staff should be enough... enter Kylo and the Knights of Ren.


Luke sends Rey to the Jedi Temple - that she's the galaxy's only hope.


Luke is a complete badass and takes down many of the Knights. But, there are a few of them and it becomes more difficult. Rey returns - Kylo goes after and disarms her. He tells her Luke killed her mother (possibly implying Luke is Daddy).


Luke goes into berserker mode, defeats the remaining Knights of Ren and making Kylo retreat. Rey feels betrayed and wants answers...

[wease]

Rumours about 8. Doesn't sound all that crazy. Well. Some of it doesn't.
Remembering who's directing

Spoiler: show

A post on 4Chan has outlined what is about the first third of Episode VIII, and while anyone can post anything on that imageboard some of the things in the post are backed up with whispers coming out of the production.

The poster claims this is basically the first forty or so minutes of the movie involving Luke, Rey, Kyo, and Hux. Beware that there are some major spoilers here if anything true. Some of this hasn’t been posted elsewhere but they are spoilers that have been heard by some people already so at least some of this has truth to it. That’s the only reason why I’m reposting this:

Kylo is seen in bacta and we see his helmet lowered on his head like Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
Hux is killed by Snoke.
Luke is insane and talks to animals on his little island. He disappears (again) leaving Rey to fend for herself against the wildlife on the island.
Rey fights a giant sea monster and then gets chased into a giant tree by the island birds.
Inside the tree she meets the Force Ghosts of Obi-Wan and Yoda.
Outside the tree she awakes to Luke standing above her with a bird with giant eyes.
Luke tells Rey she has to kill Kylo, but she doesn’t want to.
Kylo and Rey connect to each other through the Force, and then he arrives on the planet.
There’s a fight and Kylo knocks Rey off a cliff and incapacitates Luke before the island birds swarm Kylo.
Again these 4Chan rumors are completely unconfirmed, and the bit about Rey fighting the sea monster has been posted by MakingStarWars in the past. However there’s other stuff in there that checks out, so there could be at least some truth to this. Also, the movie hasn’t yet undergone its full reshoots, so it’s possible some of this could change before release this December.

That's a lot of action in the first 45 minutes.

[LoathedVermin72]

Episode VIII: Birds

[LetMeSleep]

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Isn't Chewie waiting in the Falcon?

[epilogue]

Episode VIII: Birds

Space Birds