Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Spoilers for Episode 7)

knapplc said:
Of Luke dying. He's been the major face of the franchise since 1977.

But I think they missed an opportunity here. "I am your father" was one of the most iconic moments in movie history. Luke's surprise death could be the same. Han's was basically a foregone conclusion, since Harrison Ford had been begging to be killed off since the first movie, but Luke's death will be a huge moment. Surprising the audience with it could have been another iconic moment. Now we know.
Click to expand...
No we don't.
What we do know is Luke is hiding, even from his friends and his sister (which makes his reclusiveness different from Yoda's), and doesn't want to deal with life right now because his nephew who he was training went to the dark side. We haven't seen someone stop being a jedi (except when Anakin became a Sith) but that doesn't mean it's not possible.

Alternatively as was said above my post, Rey is not a jedi. Just like Luke was not a jedi in episodes IV and V. Right now Luke is the only jedi and since his attempts to train padawns went horribly wrong, he could have easily decided he won't train anyone else and that makes him the last up until Rey changes his mind.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Yeah, if Luke ends up being the Last Jedi, I'll be even less of a fan of this Luke-in-hiding storyline than I was in Episode VII. Obviously there are still Stih around. If Luke basically allows the Jedi line to cease to exist...... that just makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

 
What would be the motivation for trying to 'soften the blow' of that, anyways? Do they think people would be mad or something?

 
Just like Jedi could be singular/plural, "last" can be final OR most recent. I am going with latter interpretation for now (like last night, last year) as that's the safest until there's a trailer. ;-)

 
It wouldn't make sense to take the story line towards the path of "the Jedi are no more." We spent the entirety of TFA essentially being told the Jedi are the only chance the good guys have of defeating evil. Killing them off or somehow ending their line seems to go against, really, one of the whole points of the films.

I also don't think "The Last Jedi" necessarily suggests death - where are people getting this idea from? Just by reading the title? It could also just be a direct reference to Luke - he's literally the last Jedi.

 
I'm apparently laboring under a false assumption. I read somewhere that they had announced that Luke was going to die in this show. Couldn't even tell you where I heard that, but clearly they haven't announced any such thing, so...

 
knapplc said:
I'm apparently laboring under a false assumption. I read somewhere that they had announced that Luke was going to die in this show. Couldn't even tell you where I heard that, but clearly they haven't announced any such thing, so...
Click to expand...
Luke dying has been speculated since they announced a new trilogy.

 
Well now, I guess we can't count on Gen. Hyten from US Strategic Command to help fight the dark side.


Sorry, I found this tweet funny amongst all of the Star Wars mania going on right now.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
I'm not a huge fan of the title, but it certainly doesn't imply that there won't be any more Jedi.

Luke is currently the last of the Jedi. All the title signals to me is that he's going to play a big role in the movie, and they're amplifying the mystique around his status. Look how precarious the situation is for the good guys!

It's a bit of a trite way to do it, though. Jumping universes, Aang was The Last Airbender...until the heroes triumphed and then he wasn't, because more airbenders would descend from him.

 
knapplc said:
I'm apparently laboring under a false assumption. I read somewhere that they had announced that Luke was going to die in this show. Couldn't even tell you where I heard that, but clearly they haven't announced any such thing, so...
Click to expand...
We all thought you were talking about the title only.

 
C3BILU_XcAEebU9.jpg


 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top