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Post by vox on Oct 20, 2015 12:11:17 GMT -6
Analysis based on the trailer and whatnot. After the emperor died, the jedi were no longer needed. Luke went into exile to avoid temptation from the dark side. 30 years later Kylo Ren shows up. He is a Vader cultist and is a "self-taught sith\dark jedi". He starts wreaking havoc an commits atrocities. Finn, a stormtrooper, witness some of it and react. It triggers his ability to use the force (the force awakens in him). He flees and gets hunted. Ren won't allow a jedi to live. Finn almost gets killed, but gets saved by Rey. She becomes his friend and helps him reach the Skywalkers (Leia). Rey means Shepard + Good friend, by the way. So she shepards him to safety. Helps him avoid the wolves, as it were. They reach "the rebels" and talks to Leia and Han who tells them about the jedi etc. The legends are real and all that. They decide to find Luke so he can help train Finn to be a jedi (and help deal with Kylo Ren). Han and Chewie goes with them on the journey. Leia gives Finn a lightsaber. For that they need the Falcon. Luke's location is in its NAV computer. The Falcon got shot down or something, years ago, on the planet Rey spends her time and she leads Han and Chewie to the Falcon (Chewie.....we're home!") Captain Phasma is in charge of hunting down Finn and she pursues them through the movie. The imperials follow them to where Luke is hiding. A fight ensues (probably the scene where Hamill almost died when he almost fell down a cliff while shooting the movie). They all escape. Last scene is with Han, Luke and Chewie on the Falcon. Hence why Luke isn't in the poster. He only shows up at the end. Thoughts? Hm, I am kinda with you with that Finn is where it starts, that searching for him on Jakku after he flees triggers most events, like the droid-pod with death-star-plans over Tatooine did. After that, well, we seem to have three basic locations/planets according to the trailer: Jakku (desert-planet), Rey lives there, Finn crashlands there, and we already saw the Falcon, so maybe Han is already there or gets there. IF of course he is still with the Falcon - I am not sure "We're home is referring to the Falcon?". The other major planet is the snow-covered one, which seems to be Star Killer Base - the Death-Star-Wannabe-Planet on the poster. And we already see a major battle Ties vs. X-Wings on that planet, and the whole Triumph-of-the-Force-scenes are there as well. Last we probably see the Skellige-Island-Ireland-Planet with the (Jedi?)-Ruins, and again some major ground/air-Battle taking place there. The Resistance-Base seems to be there as well? And now I am kind of a loss here. I think the major plot-thingy is search for Luke, the last Jedi, and the ruins he guards (?), with all the old Jedi-knowledge Kylo and the Knights of Ren want to purge. But there is also the whole Star-Killer-thing, that would naturally be the climactic battle at the end of the movie? Also the political situation of the Galaxy? The First Order doesn't seem to be that galaxy-wide as the Empire was once, but what is the REsistance resisting against then? That book "Aftermath" told us there is a New Reoublic, is it already doomed that shortly after Endor? I personally think that the whole movie in fact does not take place in the "civilized" parts of the galaxy visited in the previous movies. Maybe its deepest Outer-Rim (hence no Coruscant or other major hives of civilization in this movie?) where the First Order has a firm grip and plans its assault on the New Republic, and the Resistance is some kind of local group that is only unofficially getting support by the Republic (through Leia? Civil-War-Veteran?) - officially the REpublic is on appeasment-policy-course and trying to talk the First-Order-Problem small while secretly being concerned and fighting a proxy war...though all that might be hard to translate to the cinema-audience in a scroll-text ^^ But hey, better then space-taxes anyway... You know what? This trailer is awesome just for this kind of discussion alone. I love it that we already get a great glimpse on what to expect tonally, atmospherically and visually, but storywise? I still can't make it up, not without using ideas of those ominous leaked scripts etc... JJ. I applaud you, the trailer was another small victory. My doubts diminish, and I hereby say: THis new Star Wars looks like it could really become the second-best Star Wars trilogy...and it will be the very first time I watch a movie on release-date (here in Germany, 17th decembre! Yay!) Can't wait! |
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