Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi *spoilers from Post 2857*

FunLover18

david75 wrote:

Looks like Luke is dead in 8

Or Hammill is nearly wrapped

david75

Why that picture of his robe? Bit early to kill him but it would rhyme with what's gone before on many levels.

FunLover18

david75 wrote: »

Why that picture of his robe? Bit early to kill him but it would rhyme with what's gone before on many levels.

Because it's the last time he'll wear it for this movie. It's much more likely that Hammill is nearly done shooting than the director would tweet a cryptic clue to such a massive spoiler.

SpaceCowb0y

Awh booo to killing off Skywalker in the next film! Would much prefer to see him simply losing the robes in favour of something more badasss to fight in.

Was hoping to see Skywalker take on Snoke but i guess it's inevitable and totally predictable that Kylo Ren is going to end up doing that isn't it :rolleyes:


sake...

Theboinkmaster

david75 wrote: »

Looks like Luke is dead in 8
https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/740636706949484545

there's no way he's going to tweet that, he just means he's nearly wrapped that's all.

pixelburp

Think there's a little bit of reading wayyyy too much into a single, offhand Twitter post. Mark Hamill's obviously nearly finished his portion of the shoot, that's all. Ockham's Razor 'n all that.

Cantona's Collars

Release date confirmed as 15 December 2017. http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/star-wars/feature/a779028/star-wars-episode-8-release-date-director-trailer-and-everything-you-need-to-know/

david75

Star Wars celebration London is in two weeks. Reckon we'll get a title then?
Or even some footage?

Slydice

Might get some info. Probably gonna be more devoted to Rogue One though.

Theboinkmaster

david75 wrote: »

Star Wars celebration London is in two weeks. Reckon we'll get a title then?
Or even some footage?

No chance - way too early

david75

forgot to post this..i sent Hamill this little book..he DM'd me on twitter and proved he's the coolest ever

Sad Professor

Very cool! Hamill is gentleman to his fans.

david75

Has there ever been a 'celebrity' more grateful and gracious about his luck or position? i dont think so.

That said, he wanted 20,000£ to take part in justin lee collins 'bring back star wars' but i understood that at the time...

must rewatch that..Carrie fisher was priceless in it.

david75

The opening crawl has leaked:

It is a dark time for the
Rebellion Resistance. Although the Death
StarStarkiller Base has been destroyed,
Imperial First Order troops have driven the
Rebel Resistance forces from their hidden
base and pursued them across
the galaxy.

Evading the dreaded Imperial First Order
Starfleet, a group of freedom
fighters led by Luke Rey Skywalker
has established a new secret
base on the remote ice lava world
of Hoth Thoth.

The evil lord Darth Vader Kylo,
obsessed with finding young
Skywalker, has dispatched
thousands of remote probes into
the far reaches of space....

cowboyBuilder

david75 wrote: »

forgot to post this..i sent Hamill this little book..he DM'd me on twitter and proved he's the coolest ever

WOW!!!

Nice one !!!

Cherish that mate !!!

david75

He posted a pic with the book but 'forgot who sent it to him' ah well:)

safetyboy

david75 wrote: »

He posted a pic with the book but 'forgot who sent it to him' ah well:)

http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2016/07/mark-hamill-loses-his-contractually-obligated-beard-shares-a-memory-from-the-force-awakens-table-read.html

david75

he said to DM him..i'll leave him to it

david75

ok spoiler time

just read the 4 Shattered empire comics, set right after the Endor victory..Poes mom and dad are central and Poes mom goes on a mission with Luke to break into an Imperial base to rescue 2 tree saplings the emperor had in hiding..they're force trees, last 2 saplings of the force tree at the jedi temple on Coruscant...

so that big black tree we saw the falcon parked beside in those drone photos from Pinewood will obviously have some part to play in 8...also the emperor hd an operation called Cinder to be enacted in case of his death, where all remaining imperial fleet assets were to attack certain planets and systems..naboo being one of them

Read a few of the comics now (i have two SW subscriptions now ) the artwork has been incredible in all of them, gotta say.

david75

want.

J Mysterio

'Force Trees'?! Fack off! I swear to god if force trees are a thing im going to kick my own head

david75

i'll just leave this here...

Tony EH

Force sensitive trees.

Oh no...please don't.

kirk buttercup

I wonder if bran lives in one.not mad on this idea

david75

'...an energy field created by all living things..it surrounds us and binds us'


a tree is a living thing.

Bacchus

What's the big deal about trees being strong with the force? For a start it's well accepted that certain relics/items are strong sources of force energy (or whatever the correct way to phrase that is) so why not a tree. Further, go back to Yoda describing the Force in Empire...

For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes.

The force creates and flows through life. A tree is a fairly good representation of that.

Tony EH

Yeh, but it should only be conscious beings that can control the force.

A force sensitive tree, suggests a "special" tree.

It sounds like something a two year old would come up with.

Mickeroo

Yeah, seems pretty much in tune with the original trilogy's idea of the force to me. Yoda,says every living thing is in tune with it to varying degrees didn't he? As long as they don't start having full blown conversations with it it should be fine....

Edit: Arguably a lightsabre talking to Rey makes less sense than a tree :pac:

Tony EH

Maybe at the end of this trilogy, the force ghosts that will appear will be Anakin, Ben, Yoda, Luke and a sycamore.

david75

there were was one planted in the garden of the jedi academy apparently and i think theyd more be a source of the force rather than it being sentient or having ability..

that set pic looks like a reproduction of skellig and its meant to be the first jedi temple so the tree being a source and on the same island as the temple makes sense..