vallorn said:
Fox12 said:
Fox12 said:
"There's no picture of Luke Skywalker!"
Heh, what if he was the villain in the mask, as a lame twist.
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Oh God. Oh God, that could actually happen. That could actually be a thing that is real in the world right now.
*Remembers scene in trailer where the villain says he'll finish what Vader started. Starts crying*
Darth_Payn said:
I laughed at the Stormtrooper copy-paste bit, and it's really on-point. Copy-pasting is kind of the Empire/First Order's whole thing, enforcing conformity and all that.
And where the deuce is Luke?! Before anyone says, I don't know HOW he could be Kylo Ren, the guy with cigar lighters on his lightsaber.
There's almost certainly some kind of twist about Luke's identity. I don't see any other reason why they would beat us over the head with nostalgia for the rest of the cast, but completely conceal Luke. Something's up, and it had better not be anything as predictable as him being Kylo Ren.
Rewatching the trailer, I'm convinced he is. With the bit about carrying on Vader's legacy, and with Han saying "all the stories are true." Heck, I just realized the red light saber is probably a really stupid symbol about Luke being Jesus, or something. There's also the possibility that Luke is preparing to fight some secret threat that nobody knows about. Maybe Vader (and the Emperor) knew something everyone else didn't. Like Paul, from the Dune series.
This isn't increasing my confidence.
You think we might get a yuhzahn vong movie arc if that is the case? Because, personally, a heavily modified Vong story arc might be exactly what the Star Wars movies need to stay fresh instead of just being jedi v sith all the time.[/quote]
I'm hoping it's something along those lines. If Luke just turned to the Dark Side needlessly then I would be very disappointed. A "greater threat" story arc could, at least, be interesting. They really need something to turn this series on its head. Maybe remove the simplicity of the "good vs. evil" dichotomy. If they just rehash A New Hope then I don't even see the point of the new films.
I think there's potential. My only question is how they justify Luke joining The Empire. You'd think he could accomplish the same goals with the Rebel's
The_Darkness said:
Remember that this film is being directed the same person who thought Star Trek Into Darkness's main twist would be shocking and original...
And... Oh no. His name. Take the initials, KR, and +1 to each of them. You get LS. *Weeps* (Okay, yeah, that's a really flimsy piece of evidence, but it doesn't mean that I can't see Abrams pulling this...)
This is my main concern. We know Abram's did major rewrites, and one of the original trilogy screen writers left the project after disagreeing with hi. I have faith in a Star Wars project, but I have no faith in Abrams.
The sad thing is that your last post is probably right. That seems like the sort of thing he would think is clever. But maybe we'll get lucky, and it was Kyle Katarn the whole time!