Star Wars - Impressions, no spoilers, just impressions!

[MadImmortalMan]

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.

Leia is kinda the next round in the chamber, since Carrie is already dead. Hamill seems healthy and drug free. I bet they are shooting Mark's force ghost sequences just in case though.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

"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.

iirc a number of Jedi managed to evade order 66, maybe some of them are still alive.

[viper37]

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.

I think it's been confirmed that is not the case.

[viper37]

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

Nothing, but the title would still be accurate.  From a certain point of view.  Or considering allternative facts.

At this point in time, she would be, technically, the last jedi.

[Zanza]

"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.

iirc a number of Jedi managed to evade order 66, maybe some of them are still alive.

Order 66 must be like 50 years in the past in the TFA timeline. Luke and Leia were not born yet. So human Jedi of the time before Order 66 must be extinct. Doesn't Yoda say as much in the original trilogy. Luke is the last of the Jedi.

[Barrister]

"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.

iirc a number of Jedi managed to evade order 66, maybe some of them are still alive.

Order 66 must be like 50 years in the past in the TFA timeline. Luke and Leia were not born yet. So human Jedi of the time before Order 66 must be extinct. Doesn't Yoda say as much in the original trilogy. Luke is the last of the Jedi.

Well they've kind of ret-conned that one, since a few Jedi have surfaced in the Star Wars Rebel cartoon (which is considered canon).

[Berkut]

Is there defined canon for what happened around Lukes effort to restart the Jedi academy and Kylo Ren's betrayal?

[Zanza]

Well they've kind of ret-conned that one, since a few Jedi have surfaced in the Star Wars Rebel cartoon (which is considered canon).

The series plays way before Yoda says that Luke is the last of the Jedi in Return of the Jedi, which is surely canon.

[Barrister]

Well they've kind of ret-conned that one, since a few Jedi have surfaced in the Star Wars Rebel cartoon (which is considered canon).

The series plays way before Yoda says that Luke is the last of the Jedi in Return of the Jedi, which is surely canon.

Not "way before".  Googling suggests rebels is set 5 years before A New Hope.  And besides Obi Wan and Yoda were always a little flexible with the truth in talking with Luke...

[Grey Fox]

Ezra Bridger, while not a Temple trained Jedi, is still probably out there & younger than Luke.

[Syt]

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

Doubtful, it's been confirmed that the movie - in a break with tradition - will pick up where VII left off, instead of having a few years pass between movies.

[Kleves]

Doubtful, it's been confirmed that the movie - in a break with tradition - will pick up where VII left off, instead of having a few years pass between movies.

Well, they're going to have to open on a spaceship (in space) somehow, right? 

[Berkut]

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

Doubtful, it's been confirmed that the movie - in a break with tradition - will pick up where VII left off, instead of having a few years pass between movies.

Not a break at all - after all, the first movie picks up moments after the 8th movie left off!

[viper37]

Ezra Bridger, while not a Temple trained Jedi, is still probably out there & younger than Luke.

I don't think he survived Rebels.  They may not kill him onscreen, they may reserve it for a novel/comic book, but I doubt he's alive.  Imho, he turned to the Dark Side, killed his master and was slaughtered by Vader after finding redemption.

[Habbaku]

Ugh.  If Rey turns out to be Luke's daughter, I may just walk out of the theater.