Monday, November 20, 2017
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.
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.
First Look At The First Order Fleet
More and more trailers are being released now since we come closer to the date where "The Last Jedi" will hit cinemas. In one of the latest trailers called "Heroes" (watch the trailer below) we can get a glimpse of the First Order Fleet which is possibly attacking the Resistance Base on D'Quar. It's just a very short sequence and you could miss it if you blink but you can clearly see the First Order fleet consisting of the "Dreadnaught", a kind of new Super Star Destroyer, and at least three classic Star Destroyers which are being attacked by X-Wings and those new Restistance Bombers, which look like a mixture of a Nebulon B-frigate and a World War 2-bomber..
Although the Dreadnaught seems to be a new kind of Super Star Destroyer it doesn't seem to be as big as Vader's "Executor". When you compare the size of the normal Star Destroyers to the size of those flagships, the Dreadnaught seems to be about five times bigger than a Star Destroyer. While the "Executor" is much bigger by far (compare both images above and below).
We could already see ATATs and ATSTs in the trailers. And now we also get confirmation for that the First Order is still using those good old Star Destroyers, which still look cool and menacing.
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| X-Wings and Restistance Bombers are attacking the First Order Fleet. |
Although the Dreadnaught seems to be a new kind of Super Star Destroyer it doesn't seem to be as big as Vader's "Executor". When you compare the size of the normal Star Destroyers to the size of those flagships, the Dreadnaught seems to be about five times bigger than a Star Destroyer. While the "Executor" is much bigger by far (compare both images above and below).
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| Super Star Destroyer "Executor" with Star Destroyers (source StarWars.com) |
We could already see ATATs and ATSTs in the trailers. And now we also get confirmation for that the First Order is still using those good old Star Destroyers, which still look cool and menacing.
Monday, November 6, 2017
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Star Wars - The Last Jedi - Who is flying the Falcon?
Since a couple of weeks several trailers for "The Last Jedi" have been released which for the most part always show the same scenes; which are sometimes recut to either show us a bit more of a certain scene, even if it's just a closer look at something ( like Kylo Ren's face f.e.). But some of the recently released smaller trailers even include new scenes which haven't been seen before. Like with the new trailer, called "Awake" ( watch the trailer below) where we see new scenes which show the Millenium Falcon. Especially one small scene was revealing to me. Which shows Luke standing in the cockpit of the Falcon seemingly switching it on. And while doing that he's looking around in amazement like he's just having a big flashback.
The Millenium Falcon has been featured in all the trailers. But so far we haven't seen who is actually flying it. There is this short sequence where we can see Chewie sitting in the cockpit roaring, while a new companion is sitting right next to him. A tiny Porg. A birdlike resident creature of Ahch-To, Luke's hideout. But Chewbacca is as usual sitting in his co-pilot chair. The one who is actually flying the Falcon has not been revealed yet. Most people automatically assumed that it must be Rey who is flying it. Because after Han's death she seemed to have taken over the pilot's seat. But now with the new trailer there seems to be another option.
As already mentioned in a previous article storyleaks have suggested that Ahch-To will get attacked by the First Order. There is also a scene in the very first trailer where we see Rey running as if she's going to attack someone with her light sabre. Is she about to fight First Order-troops? If that'd be the case then Kylo Ren somehow found out about Luke's whereabouts. This would mean that he got the missing part of the map which shows Skywalker's location. As we all know by now BB-8 has that map. So somehow it got into the hands of the First Order. We may see how that happens in "The Last Jedi". There is also the scene which shows Rey being in Snoke's throne room, possibly being tortured by him. That would mean that she gets captured.
Ok, let's assume that this all will take place. Then seeing Luke entering the Falcon's cockpit would only mean one thing. He will fly it together with Chewie as his co-pilot.
In any case. All scenes which featured the Millenium Falcon in the new trailers suggest that it's being piloted by a very skilled person whose pilot skills could be akin to that of a Han Solo.All in all we only see the Falcon flying around on Crait. So far there haven't been any scenes which show Rey being rescued. Unless Finn, Rose and DJ are about to do that while going undercover dressed in First Order uniforms. So this would mean that Luke will join the Resistance and help them fending off the attack of Kylo Ren's troops on the Resistance Base on Crait.
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| Chewie on his co-pilot seat in the Falcon. |
The Millenium Falcon has been featured in all the trailers. But so far we haven't seen who is actually flying it. There is this short sequence where we can see Chewie sitting in the cockpit roaring, while a new companion is sitting right next to him. A tiny Porg. A birdlike resident creature of Ahch-To, Luke's hideout. But Chewbacca is as usual sitting in his co-pilot chair. The one who is actually flying the Falcon has not been revealed yet. Most people automatically assumed that it must be Rey who is flying it. Because after Han's death she seemed to have taken over the pilot's seat. But now with the new trailer there seems to be another option.
As already mentioned in a previous article storyleaks have suggested that Ahch-To will get attacked by the First Order. There is also a scene in the very first trailer where we see Rey running as if she's going to attack someone with her light sabre. Is she about to fight First Order-troops? If that'd be the case then Kylo Ren somehow found out about Luke's whereabouts. This would mean that he got the missing part of the map which shows Skywalker's location. As we all know by now BB-8 has that map. So somehow it got into the hands of the First Order. We may see how that happens in "The Last Jedi". There is also the scene which shows Rey being in Snoke's throne room, possibly being tortured by him. That would mean that she gets captured.
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| Will Rey get captured by the First Order? |
Ok, let's assume that this all will take place. Then seeing Luke entering the Falcon's cockpit would only mean one thing. He will fly it together with Chewie as his co-pilot.
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| Will Luke fly the Millenium Falcon? |
When Star Wars meets The Ninth Gate
What if book dealer Dean Corso, aka Johnny Depp, from the movie "The Ninth Gate" meets Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars-universe?
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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.
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.
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?
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?
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!"
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.
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| 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.
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| 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?
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| 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?
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| 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!"
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