Fulfill Your Destiny

We still don't know yet who Snoke is adressing when saying the line "Fulfill your destiny". If it's Kylo or maybe even Rey. In about two weeks we'll know.

Best Trailer for "The Last Jedi" so far.

Here is another trailer for the upcoming "Star Wars - The Last Jedi". And for the first time I really got excited while watching it, which to be honest wasn't the case before with all those other trailers which have been released so far. But this one makes me really looking forward to the movie. Because it shows Luke training Rey and the struggles they have.

As I've already assumed before Luke is hesistant with training Rey. He fears to fail again as he did with Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren. While Rey might be a rough diamond at first she assures him that she won't fail him as Kylo did before. In one of the interviews he recently gave Mark Hamill revealed that Luke won't be the good teacher as Obi Wan was. Am sure we'll see quite some tensions between Luke and Rey. Which will be in direct contrast to what we used to see between Luke, Obi Wan and Yoda.

The Last Jedi - Possible Timeline Of Events

Now there have been many who have analyzed the latest trailer for "The Last Jedi" in detail and some even tried to figure out which scene might appear when. I will do something similar, but I will only focus on the events involving Kylo Ren. Especially when it comes to the final scene of the trailer where he seems to offer someone his hand. I think that scene is clearly misleading.

Ok, let's first outline what we're about to see in Star Wars 8. Starkiller Base has been destroyed but the First Order found out where the Resistance base is. Rey went to Luke to try to convince him to come back to help figthing Snoke and the First Order and of course to get trained by him. We know that the first scene of the movie will pick up right where "The Force Awakens" ended, with Rey meeting Luke.

So putting that aside for a moment, what are the Resistance and the First Order doing? It's clear that the Resistance Base will get attacked by Kylo Ren and his troops in order to take revenge for the destruction of Starkiller Base and to whipe out the whole Resistance. That's possibly the big spacebattle which will take place and where Kylo is flying his cool Tie Figther. You can clearly see that he's got a black patch over the wound on his face. So it's still fresh. Which makes it clear that these scenes will appear in the first half of the movie. Leia and the Resistance manage to escape and head to the new base which will be on Crait; the desert planet with that bright whitish sand and the red mud below it.

Kylo in his Tie-Fighter with a patch on his face.

There is that scene where we see Kylo standing in an elevator. At first he's wearing his mask, which he then takes off and possibly crushes it (Remember his destroyed mask in the first teaser. It's clearly lying on the floor of said elevator). He's also wearing the black patch there. So that scene will happen either before or after the attack on the Resistance Base (edit to add: I tend to believe that we'll see that scene before the attack. Because we don't see him wearing the mask in other scenes anymore. Except that one scene in Snoke's red throne room.). If it happens before then maybe he's not happy with himself because he just killed his father and didn't get the results he had hoped for. If it happens after the attack then maybe he's also not happy with himself because he wasn't able to destroy the Resistance and not able to kill his mother. In the clip in the trailer which shows said space battle it seems like he's reluctant if not even not willing to pull the trigger to destroy Leia's cruiser. I am sure this might have some repercussions of some sorts.

Kylo in an elevator. Still wearing the patch.

Later on the First Order will somehow find out about Crait and will attack the base there. That's the scene with those big walkers and the ATATs. The attack will be successful in one or the other way. At least to me it seems to be clear that Kylo will make his way into the base. The scene where he walks into that cave together with a whole bunch of stormtroopers could indicate just that. Now we're getting to the final scene of the trailer where he's reaching out his hand. He's not wearing any patch on his face anymore, so the wound is about to heal and this indicates this scene happens later on in the movie. Now what will he do in there? Who is he reaching out to?

Kylo Ren leads his troops into the Resistance Base.

The trailer makes it look like he's reaching out to Rey. But both seem to hate each other. Rey hates Kylo because he just killed her father-figure, Han Solo. And Kylo hates just anybody anyway. Well, of course he also hates her because he got defeated and injured by her. If above mentioned scene happens inside the new Resistance base then it could be that he's reaching out to his mother, Leia, in order to offer her help to escape the clutches of the First Order. As we could see in the trailer Leia is in that base and it seems Kylo couldn't kill his mother during the spacebattle. So maybe he attempts to change sides and wants to flee together with his mom?

Kylo reaching out his hand to somebody.

To me this is rather unlikely. What would be much more likely should be obvious to everyone who saw "The Force Awakens". Just think back to what happened there.

What was Kylo after all the time? Yes. Correct. "The map to Skywalker, where is it?"

He has been tasked to destroy the "last Jedi". Storyleaks have indicated that Luke's hideout on Ahch-To will be attacked, either by the First Order or by the Knights of Ren. In the first trailer for "The Last Jedi" we could see Rey running towards something or somebody. Her lightsaber was ignited like she was about to attack someone. So at some point Kylo could indeed show up there. This means that he finally got "the map to Skywalker". Who had that map? Right, it's BB-8. And he's the personal astrodroid of Poe Dameron who is also on Crait as we just could see behind the scenes footage. In any case Kylo must confront one of them, either Poe or BB-8. And that's possibly the scene where he is reaching out his hand. Not to offer help to somebody, but to demand something. "The map to Skywalker, give it to me!"

Kylo Ren reacts to "The Last Jedi"-Trailer

The guys from Auralnauts did it again and released another funny video in which they let Kylo Ren react to another Star Wars-trailer. In the past they already let him react to the trailers for "Rogue One" which was brilliantly done. It seems like Kylo is a Star Wars-fanboy by himself. And so he also needed to react to the new trailer for "The Last Jedi".

Will Kylo Ren save Rey?

The trailer for "The Last Jedi" has been released last week and apart from it looking awesome and making appetite for more, it also leaves a lot to speculate about.There are a lot of scenes which seem to suggest that the movie might take this or that turn but it's really hard to tell because the trailer might be misleading by the way the scenes have been put together.

For example there is this scene at the end of the trailer which kinda makes you go "Woah!". Because you can hear Rey saying "I need someone to show me my place in all this". Then it cuts to Kylo Ren who seems to offer her his hand. Suggesting that he might be that someone who is willing to help her showing the way. Although it seems like both could be in the same scene, because of the background and the same dark lighting, it might be that both scenes with Rey and Kylo could belong to totally unrelated scenes althogether and that Kylo is reaching out to someone else.

But let's stick to the theory that Kylo might indeed offer Rey his help. Before said scene we can hear Snoke saying "Fulfill your destiny" (It's not clear if the audio really does belong to this scene or to another one). And it seems like he's either torturing or mind-scanning Rey (who doesn't seem to enjoy it very much). So at some point in the movie Rey is getting captured by the First Order or by Kylo himself and brought to Snoke who might try to turn her to the dark side as he did with Ren.

Rey seems to get tortured by Snoke.

It's being rumored that Luke's hideout on Ahch-To will be attacked by Kylo and the first order. Maybe that's where she's getting captured. Or she's simply out for revenge and trying to confront Snoke by herself for some reason. Like it's been in "The Empire Strikes Back" where Luke leaves Dagobah, also basically untrained, to face Vader.

Snoke's headquarter seems to be on a giant star destroyer. So Rey would need help from someone who'd be on the ship in order to be able to escape. Maybe it's indeed Kylo/Ben Solo who will help her because he realized that Snoke is about to drop him for Rey. So he's changing his mind, frees Rey and both escape somehow.

It looks like Luke is rather hesitant if not even unwilling to train Rey because he fears he can't tame her "raw strength" as it's been with Ben Solo. And he fears to fail again as Obi Wan did with Anakin. So what are you left to do if you need to know about the ways of the Force and the one master you were seeking out is letting you down? You are looking for another master or at least for somebody who knows more about the Force than you do. This would then possibly be where Snoke and Kylo could come into play. In "The Force Awakens" the Supreme Leader already told Ren to bring Rey to him. Maybe he already sensed that she could become a very powerful Jedi. Maybe she's even more promising than Kylo Ren himself. And that might be when Kylo realizes that he'll get dropped by Snoke and decides to take Rey with him instead and teach her the ways of the Force by himself.

Kylo Ren seems to offer someone his help here.

In a more recent interview Mark Hamill stated that in "The Last Jedi" we'd get to see a little more of Luke. His role in "The Force Awakens" wasn't much more than a cameo to say the least. Does this suggest then that he won't have many scenes in the movie? Will he just test Rey to see how much she's already able to use the Force and then decides that he doesn't want to train her? Does this also mean that he won't leave his planet to support the Resistance in their fight against the First Order? Some behind the scenes footage which shows him together with Carrie Fisher like they'd be together in a scene could suggest otherwise. But you never know.

In the upcoming movie the whole subject of the Jedi seems to take another turn. Like they want to leave the path of the good and bad Force users. That they want to create some new venue. There's the concept of a so called "Gray Jedi" who neither aligns with the dark nor with the light side of the Force (like the older Ahsoka Tano?). Maybe Rey and/or Kylo will go down that path after both have been let down by their masters? A lot of questions which need to be answered. And am looking forward to see if the movie will explain anything or if it will even leave us with more questions.

A more creepy version of Kylo Ren

I always felt that Kylo was less manazing than all the other dark side users before him (except Count Dooku). So I thought adding Vader's breathing sound might make him appear much cooler and maybe at least a little bit creepy.

Is Snoke from the "Unknown Regions"?

Possible Spoilers ahead!

Rumors have emerged about the possible origins of the mysterious Snoke. It's being claimed that in "The Last Jedi" we'll get to know more about where Snoke came from.

Snoke communicates via hologram with Kylo Ren and General Hux.

 Supposedly he's from the so called "Unknown Regions" which seem to be beyond the so called "Outer Rim" of the more or less well known Star Wars-Galaxy. So it's a mysterious region of space about which most people barely know anything about other than myths and rumors perhaps. I guess that a lot of people who only saw the movies and never read any of the books or comics don't even know much about the Outer Rim-regions nor about the Inner Core of the Star Wars-galaxy at all other than maybe Tatooine, Alderaan or Coruscant.

I have to admit that I do belong to those people. So adding another mysterious area of space which is outside of an already vast galaxy which Star Wars-movies barely even explored so far doesn't make much sense to me. But I assume it has to be that way in order to create a more mystical aura around Snoke, who seems to have come from out of nowhere.

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Will Kylo Ren set the Force Tree on fire?

Spoiler Allert! The following article could contain potential spoilers! 

Is this the supposed "Force Tree"?

According to recent story leaks about "Star Wars 8 - The Last Jedi" there could be a "Force Tree" on Luke's hideout Ahch-To. This tree seems to be connected to the Force somehow and no matter if Jedi or Sith the tree represents something valuable. Maybe like the cave on Dagobah where Luke had a kind of vision of Darth Vader. That place also seemed to be connected to the Force.

Luke has a "vision" of Darth Vader in a cave on Dagobah.

Recent spoilers suggest that there will be an attack on Ahch-To by the First Order led by Kylo Ren. It's unknown how they are able to find that place because they didn't had the full map which showed where Luke was hiding. Maybe they are able to get it in their possession during an attack on the Resistance base. It would be logical that Snoke and Ren would take revenge for the destruction of Starkiller Base. Which would mean that the attack on Ahch-To could happen during the second half of the movie.

Is Kylo setting the "Force Tree" on fire here?

Anyway it could be that Kylo is able to set the tree on fire regardles of what kind of consequences it might have for him, because it's being suggested that nobody is allowed to mess with such a powerful place. But as we know Ren is ready and willing to do just anything in order to become as powerful as his grandfather, Darth Vader, was.

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New Outfits for Rey and Kylo Ren in Star Wars VIII - What could it mean?

The following is pure speculation.

Recently new outfits for Rey and Kylo Ren have been revealed which seem to have a slightly different style now for Star Wars 8 than the ones they used to wear in "The Force Awakens".

Rey's dress reminds us of the classic Jedi robes we are familiar with from the Prequel Trilogy. It's got kinda the same earth colors as the robes of  Qui Gon Jinn or Obi Wan Kenobi.

Rey's outfit is akin to the classic Jedi robes..

Kylo Ren though is still prefering a very dark outfit. Unlike the one he was wearing in Star Wars 7 he seems to prefer a Vader-like cape now over a cloak. The rest of his outfit seems to have been inspired by Luke Skywalker's dress from "Return of the Jedi" and/or Anakin Skywalker's outfit from "Revenge of the Sith". So a very dark appearance.

Kylo's outfit reminds of Anakin's and Luke's outfit.

Does the change of outfits indicate the progress both characters have made? During the teaser/trailer for "Star Wars VIII - The Last Jedi" Luke says that "It's time for the Jedi to end". To me this sounds like he'll be very hesitant training Rey in the Jedi-ways. In his mind he possibly thinks that he failed to continue the legacy of the Jedi because his former apprentice, Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren, turned to the dark side and slaughtered all his other padawans. He possibly feels that he's the last jedi and that there won't be any more, because he's not such a good Jedi Master and doesn't want to fail again. During the first half it's possibly on Rey to convince him otherwise. Her brown Jedi-like outfit could mean that she wants to continue the Jedi legacy.

With Kylo it could be totally different though. Anakin's black outfit in "Revenge of the Sith" was possibly an indicator for that he'd turn to the dark side in that episode. Although Luke was wearing a quite similiar dress in "Return of the Jedi" it possibly rather indicated his inner conflict. He encountered Vader for the first time in "The Empire Strikes Back" and failed to kill him. Indeed he even had to find out that he's his son. So he possibly didn't know if he should kill his father or if he should follow in his footsteps?

As we could see in "The Force Awakens" Kylo seems to be full of inner conflicts. He's still being touched by the light side of the Force sometimes although he tries to fight it. He wants to become a Dark Jedi and therefore tries to eliminate any light inside of him. That's why he killed his father, Han Solo. Because he represented one of his inner connections to the light side of Force. It could be that his outfit should represent his inner conflict which he's trying to fight. Maybe he will run into situations which will make him doubt about his current course. Maybe there's a chance of Kylo turning against his master, Snoke, at one point of the trilogy. But maybe only to become the master himself.

New Outfits for Rey and Kylo Ren revealed!

Those who pre-order "Battlefront 2" will get special skins for Kylo Ren and Rey. Both outfits can possibly be seen in "Star Wars VIII - The Last Jedi".

When taking a closer look at Rey it seems like her outfit was inspired by Qui-Gon Jinn's dress back from "The Phantom Menace". It seems like she's paying respect to old Jedi-traditions.

Kylo Ren seems to wear a Vaderesque cape now. The rest of his dress reminds us of what Luke and Anakin were wearing in "Return Of The Jedi" and "Revenge Of The Sith". So it has a pretty dark look. It also seems that we will see him more often without his helmet now. Those who watched the first trailer for "The Last Jedi" possibly noticed that his helmet was lying on the floor and it was totally smashed by whom or by what force ever. Maybe he had an encounter with either Luke or Rey. Or maybe it happened during training with his master Snoke..


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