Topic: Star Wars: Episode VIII (Mild Spoilers)

[Shogunn2517]

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-official-title-for-star-wars-episode-viii-revealed



The title has been revealed.... And seemingly, my initial thoughts, would be this would be fitting for an Episode IX.

But I suppose it gives us an idea of a plot.

[Silver Shocker]

I find the title kind of ironic considering a major theme and premise of the expanded universe novels was that Luke wasn't in the fact the Last Jedi, but the first in a new line of Jedi.

[daglob]

Maybe the next group won't be "Jedi".

[Talavar]

First and last are pretty interchangeable terms until/if more come.  Luke/Rey or Luke and Rey (Jedi is the plural of Jedi) can be the last jedi up to this point, just as they could be the first jedi of a new order.  Some people on the internet are reading way too much into this title.

[Silver Shocker]

Considering Mark Hamill himself has encouraged speculation as to the film right after the title was revealed, including calling the film a "Samurai" film...um...yeah, gonna have to disagree with that.

[Ouflah]

I think the title probably uses jedi in the plural sense for reasons that will be revealed in the movie.

[Shogunn2517]

I think the title probably uses jedi in the plural sense for reasons that will be revealed in the movie.

That's an interesting theory...

[Tomato]

So I was watching a news roundup on youtube called the Know (it's mostly gaming news) and I thought I'd share one of the highlights here... namely that Ouflah was correct. Several renditions of the title, including the French, Spanish and German versions, are more clear in the use of "Jedi" in the plural sense... you can check that out here if you're curious.

[Talavar]

I saw that Tomato, as well as a new look at the younger main characters from toy packaging from John Boyega himself: https://t.co/RX26MKBkHx

[Shogunn2517]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ

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"I only know one truth... It's time for the Jedi to end."

I assume that's who I think it is... and I suppose I can guess why they said it.... But maybe it's just a little too far?

Pretty dramatic though.

[crimsonquill]

I assume that's who I think it is... and I suppose I can guess why they said it.... But maybe it's just a little too far?

Pretty dramatic though.

My guess is that's Luke response when Rey comes to him wanting to be trained by THE legendary Jedi she heard stories about. He is completely done with training anyone much less calling himself a Jedi worthy of the name after his own dream went up in smoke.

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Luke probably decides to tackle the balance issue with Jedi/Sith by creating a neutral type of force user which understands both sides of the force. Jedi were the light side and Sith were the dark side but both are extreme sides of the same Force coin. It would take someone like Luke who has been tempted to follow in his Dad's footsteps to understand that maybe trying a new method using old teaching philosopies from The Old Republic and even earlier when Jedi and Sith had not divided out into different schools of thought. Just an idea and something that could seed interest in an Old Republic one-shot. 

- CQ

[daglob]

I don't know if y'all remember:

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In one of the Dark Horse series, Luke worked for somebody on the Dark Side, maybe The Emperor, in order to understand what he was confronting.

Jeeze, but it's been a long time since I read that...

[The_Baroness]

I don't know if y'all remember:

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In one of the Dark Horse series, Luke worked for somebody on the Dark Side, maybe The Emperor, in order to understand what he was confronting.

Jeeze, but it's been a long time since I read that...

Dark Empire ?