Bobby Roberts
Banned
There can be TWO ya know.
We had Luke and Leia.
There's three then.
Luke, Leia, Ben.
That's a lot.
Two good, one bad.
ECHOES!
RHYMING.
Now if only there was a Kenobi in the mix to oppose the bad Skywalker.
There can be TWO ya know.
We had Luke and Leia.
And in Star Wars, the notion of family goes far beyond blood relations.
”Poe is in some ways a surrogate son for Leia," Isaac tells EW. ”But also I think she sees in him the potential for a truly great leader of the Resistance and beyond."
In The Last Jedi, a torch is being passed. It's about the peril of meeting your heroes, facing down disappointment, and rising to fight nonetheless. Just as Luke Skywalker – reluctantly – may be passing on his knowledge of the Force to Rey, Leia is guiding Poe, encouraging him to look beyond the crosshairs in his cockpit.
do it
For the new page:
OH HEY THIS LINE FROM THAT NEW ARTICLE ABOUT LEIA:
HEY, LOOK AT THIS SHIT:
That sounds an awful lot like that stuff I've been saying that Rey can carry on the Skywalker legacy without literally being a Skywalker.
Uh he told her later on STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME AND MY FRIENDS
That sounds an awful lot like that stuff I've been saying that Rey can carry on the Skywalker legacy without literally being a Skywalker.
A line which is directly about Leia's relationship with Poe.
I'm perfectly fine if Rey's not Luke's daughter, but be wary of reading too deeply into one line and then ignoring other information in order to satisfy your hopes for something. You'll be that much more pissed in the theaters come December if it does turn out Rey is Luke's daughter.
Luke playin' hard to get duh
The only expectation you should have when seeing this is that you're about to be mindfucked.
I'm not trying to satisfy my hopes, I'm trying to get people not to rely so strongly on their hopes. People are getting so certain about their theories that they are setting themselves up for disappointment when not all of that theory pans out, and they're all busy getting heated about why their theory is right and there's no way some other theory could be right because x y and z and meanwhile some of us are over here going
That's literally exactly what I'm trying to say too. lol The same problem is occurring for fans who support the "Rey Random"/"Rey Kenobi" theories.
Do I personally think Rey is most likely Luke's daughter? Yeah, but I don't really care. I think there's absolutely merit to be had if she's unrelated or a Kenobi too. I don't buy into the nuttier theories like her being Han and Leia's long lost daughter or her being a Palpatine at this point because those seem either too convoluted and against the narrative already built up, but if somehow that happens, I'm cool with it so long as it works.
Which I trust will be the case, seeing as how this is being done by Rian Johnson.
I'm really curious how Johnson is going to pack all these threads into a two hour movie. I read all this ET stuff and it sounds more like a season of television than a single film. Luke and Rey on Ahch To, Finn and Rose on Canto Bight, Poe and Leia with the Resistance, and we haven't even gotten to Kylo Ren! There's a lot going in Episode VIII.
Rey is a clone of Luke
Likelihood: 5%
Reason: Yeah, lets take the first female lead character in Star Wars and make her a gender swapped version of the male hero from the first trilogy. Bright idea.
Thematically, it fits better with George's idea of rhyming and repeating better than Rey being a Skywalker.I still have yet to hear a decent explanation for WHY Rey should be a Kenobi. What exactly does it add? If she's not a Skywalker, no matter how I imagine shit, I can't understand why Rey wouldn't be a nobody if she's not Luke's.
I seriously doubt JJ thought "I KNOW. Let's break the powerful and important lineage trope. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEN LET'S PUT HER INTO ANOTHER WELL ESTABLISHED LINEAGE!"
And a theory that actually explains how it would be implemented into the story.
Not to say it cannot be done, of course.
But let's fucking hear it
But let's fucking hear it
I'm really curious how Johnson is going to pack all these threads into a two hour movie. I read all this ET stuff and it sounds more like a season of television than a single film. Luke and Rey on Ahch To, Finn and Rose on Canto Bight, Poe and Leia with the Resistance, and we haven't even gotten to Kylo Ren! There's a lot going in Episode VIII.
Thematically, it fits better with George's idea of rhyming and repeating better than Rey being a Skywalker.
For story purposes, it obliges Luke to train her. I could also see her Kenobi lineage rankling Ben - he has Kenobi's namesake, but she has his blood. And she's got Vader's sweet lightsaber. She's taken everything Ben believes is owed to him.
I still think it's a longshot. The only reason I'm still onboard with the Skywalker theory is because every single casual viewer I watched TFA with immediately turned around and said, "That's Luke's kid, right?" All I could do is shrug. Yeah. She probably is.
You've been told plenty of times before and you just don't like it. It's fine.
No matter what grief or trauma Leia faced, she never wavered in her commitment to fighting for freedom in the galaxy, and her battle continues in The Last Jedi. Leia remains in charge of the scattershot Resistance movement, cut off from the Republic, whose leadership and capitol was annihilated in The Force Awakens.
Anyone who expected the Resistance to fill that void and maintain order would be mistaken. ”No, no, no. Not at all," Johnson says. ”They're a small band that's now cut off, on its own, and hunted when the Republic is shattered. When the First Order did that hit, the Resistance is isolated, and they're very, very vulnerable. That's where we pick them up."
but I'm OPEN to being won over.
No need for the sour response
Maybe this is what Finn and Rose are up to - recruiting ships and manpower from the underworld.The article sort of clarifies, sort of further confuses the wider situation for the setting post-TFA:
I mean, I wasn't expecting the Resistance specifically to suddenly take charge of everything, but the comments seem to waver between 'Republic is fucked and falling apart' and 'Republic had its head cut off, but body still standing'. Kinda makes me wonder if perhaps my presumptions about the sequence of events should have been reversed - that perhaps the space battle is towards the end of the movie and is the First Order's major push into Republic territory that amps up the threat for the final act. Which would probably make more sense given the Vice Admiral having apparently a role of some actual importance, which further would make more sense if the film had time to build her up. Plus, the Resistance being isolated at the start doesn't much sound like a group that would begin with a fleet, rather than pick one up over the course of the movie.
Maybe this is what Finn and Rose are up to - recruiting ships and manpower from the underworld.
I'm pretty sure Del Toro's character is 1. A scumbag and 2. Rich as fuck. He also probably knew Han Solo, since every criminal in Star Wars apparently did. So Finn/Rose leverage Resistance resources + Solo's street cred to get ships.
I think Holdo is probably from one of the few surviving parts of the Republic fleet (most of it was destroyed because the fleet was docked at Hosnian Prime during peace time) and shows up to save the Resistance fleet when it evacuates DQar. My assumption would be that there's tension between her and Leia over who should be in command after that.
All we know for sure is that Del Toro plays a man who goes by the name ”DJ." And his shabby appearance suggests someone familiar with the underbelly of the galaxy.
As part of EW's cover story about The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm has revealed a little more.
Here's the official one-liner on him: ”DJ is an enigmatic figure whose tattered, threadbare clothes and lackadaisical attitude conceal a sharp mind and expert skills."
This rings the most true to me and would explain why the Resistance suddenly has a "Vice Admiral" who hasn't been mentioned or seen in other media.
FRIDAY: Rian Johnson on why Reys family history matters so much.
”We just need a codebreaker and he's the best in the galaxy. Unfortunately, he's very dodgy and only in it for financial gain. He doesn't fight for any side," Boyega says.
In Star Wars parlance, a hacker is known as a ”slicer," and this is a side of the lore that the movies haven't typically explored. Most of the saga has been devoted to the mystical side of things — the Jedi, the Sith, the Force — rather than the technological aspects George Lucas placed within his sci-fi/fantasy.
EW just released the next article, which is on Benecio Del Toro's character, "DJ."
And, uh, guys- Here's the hook for tomorrow's article at EW...
And, uh, guys- Here's the hook for tomorrow's article at EW...
Watch him mention that it's gonna be fully revealed until IX.
EW just released the next article, which is on Benecio Del Toro's character, "DJ."
And, uh, guys- Here's the hook for tomorrow's article at EW...
Ah, he's a slicer.
My guess is Finn and Rose break him out of somewhere to help them access something. Sounds like he'll double cross them.
Impossible man.Not really, man. It's okay.
It wasn't!
Leave it to Rian Johnson to get a heist in a Star Wars movie.With so much money and jewelry on display, and so many powerful figures gathered from throughout the various star systems, the casino is surrounded by law enforcement. There are landing pads for spike-winged police speeders, with armored security officers patrolling the perimeter.
Its a perfect place for an unscrupulous figure like DJ to practice his craft, and Del Toros co-stars did reveal a bit more about his expert skills.
We just need a codebreaker and hes the best in the galaxy. Unfortunately, hes very dodgy and only in it for financial gain. He doesnt fight for any side, Boyega says.
Leave it to Rian Johnson to get a heist in a Star Wars movie.
Didn't we get that in Rogue One?
I think that was the original pitch, but what we got is much more of a war film. Jinn and Cassian's brief episode undercover felt closer to Han and Luke on the Death Star than a bonafide bank robbery.Didn't we get that in Rogue One?
Meanwhile, I'm sitting here still wondering where the rest of the Knights of Ren are.
Ben Solo as the next great Jedi. What a bust that was. Luke to a Jedi Academy is what MJ is to running the Bobcats. Just because you were great as a player/Jedi, that doesn't mean you're gonna be a great GM/Jedi Master.
You made the right decision to disappear there Isiah Thomas. You were trash at your job.
Now this is interesting, combined with the brief bit of Finn and Rose in Imperial uniform. Question is, are they trying to access information, or a location?
Meanwhile, I'm sitting here still wondering where the rest of the Knights of Ren are.
EW just released the next article, which is on Benecio Del Toro's character, "DJ."
And, uh, guys- Here's the hook for tomorrow's article at EW...