Star Wars - Impressions, no spoilers, just impressions!

[Barrister]

Luke saying to Rey, "Rey...I am your father....".

Scary part is it actually would kind of make some sense....

Mrs B watched TFA with Andrew yesterday.  That's her theory.

[garbon]

The first shot will be a star destroyer launching probes in frantic pursuit of Luke Skywalker's whereabouts.

Let's hope not. I was pretty lenient on the fanboish recreation angle on TFA, but Rogue One clearly showed you can be brave about storylines and get away with it.

Though not too brave vis-a-vis the braver tale getting replaced/re-shot.

[Admiral Yi]

Title telegraphs to me that Rey buys the farm while saving the universe.

[Kleves]

Title telegraphs to me that Luke buys the farm while saving the universe, leaving Rey to continue to have profitable adventures for Disney for another 20 years.

FYP.

[celedhring]

That was my thought at first, but it would really be lame if they killed off a major OT character *again* after Han's death in Ep VII.

[Admiral Yi]

If Luke croaks and Rey lives, what would prevent her from finding and training noobs?  If Rey dies they go extinct.

[Barrister]

That was my thought at first, but it would really be lame if they killed off a major OT character *again* after Han's death in Ep VII.

Mark Hamill is 65 years old.  As they've learned from Carrie Fisher you can't build a multi-billion dollar franchise around actors eligible for Medicare.

Luke Skywalker is a dead man walking.

[Grey Fox]

The plural of Jedi is Jedi.

[The Minsky Moment]

If Luke croaks and Rey lives, what would prevent her from finding and training noobs?

Common sense.  Finally realizing that training Jedis only leads to grief, that the whole Jedi project is horribly misguided.

More realistically - nothing.  Hence the possibility for more sequels with Jedi in them, prior movie titles be damned.

[frunk]

If Luke croaks and Rey lives, what would prevent her from finding and training noobs?  If Rey dies they go extinct.

Easy enough to start a new order that isn't Jedi but has the power.  If Jed could found the Jedi Rey can found the Reyi.

[Berkut]

"The Last Jedi" doesn't mean there won't ever be more, it just means that at the particular point in time, there is only one left. At that time, he is the last Jedi.

If I eat the last cookie, that doesn't mean there will never be another cookie.


Right now, Luke is the last Jedi.


Apparently because he is pretty terrible at training Jedi, and they all die. I am not sure that his bodes well for poor Rey...

[Admiral Yi]

I concede the Disney profit argument's logic.

I suppose then that the title means Luke croaks, Rey is THE ONLY ONE LEFT.  Until next time.

[Scipio]

Jedi is singular and plural.

[Admiral Yi]

If Jed could found the Jedi Rey can found the Reyi.

Too hard to pronounce.

[The Minsky Moment]

Jedii?