- Place your bets.
We're taking odds on what could be the biggest reveal
in Star Wars history on today's Nerdist News.
This week, we got some rather spoilery plot details
for Star Wars: The Last Jedi in the form of a Japanese ad
with a lengthy description of what to expect this December,
the most intriguing part of which is a claim
that the most shocking truth in Star Wars history
will soon be revealed.
Damn, bitch, that's a big, no, huge claim,
and makes us think that whatever this reveal might be
could be on the scale of the Vader's
"I am your father" moment.
Now, the promo features a shot of Rey
overlooking the cliffs of Ahch-To,
a still that we saw in the trailer,
and we notice that the Star Wars logo
is actually the yellow one used for The Force Awakens
and not the red Last Jedi version,
so already these first two details seem to be
setting up the audience to learn more about Rey's journey
as the central figure of the sequels.
The text, which we'll get to in just a second,
is broken up by three more trailer shots.
On the left, we have Luke and R2
overlooking what is presumably the burning Jedi school.
On the right, Poe and BB-8 running for cover
with sparks flying behind them,
and dead center is that close up view
of Kylo Ren gazing at someone or something
down the blade of his lightsaber
and sporting the new cool bad guy scar placement.
And thanks to a translation from the folks
over at StarWarsNews.net, we see that the end of the text
is yet another version of that first bold claim,
"Be ready for the shocking truth
surpassing the previous stories."
Doubling down, and the first two lines
set up the new generation of Star Wars heroes
we met in The Force Awakens and marks Han Solo's death
as the beginning of their fight.
Rey's force awakening and the conflict between
the First Order and the Resistance are all covered here
with no surprises or new info.
Now, the third line reads, "What will happen
to the galaxy when Rey and the only remaining
Jedi knight, Luke Skywalker, meet?"
This line clearly shows that marketers in Japan agree
The Last Jedi the title refers to is a singular Jedi
and that person is Luke,
so plural Jedi conspiracy theorists,
it may be time to let that one go.
Now, lines four and five give Kylo Ren's backstory
and asks, "Where will his ambition lead him to?"
Because that's how we describe Kylo, ambitious.
- Yes, exactly, exactly!
- He's so ambitious, that Kylo,
he's actually willing to kill his own dad.
That's how bad he wants to be elected
president of the Snoke fan club.
Now, the next line has what's either
a very simplified version of the plot details
we've previously seen or a new reveal.
"Furthermore, Kylo Ren's mother,
the leader of the Resistance, Leia,
Poe, Finn, and BB-8 will embark on a new mission."
Now, this is the first time that we've seen any mention
of these four characters all being on the same adventure.
Previous theories include Finn
going undercover within the First Order,
Finn and Rose meeting up in the casino city,
and Leia going toe-to-toe with Snoke.
Could it be that any seemingly side missions
that these four go on all have the same end goal,
maybe to provide distractions while the others
blow up the mega destroyer?
But as to what the big shocking reveal could be,
how can we possibly figure out
which is the most likely to be the truth?
Well, we here at Nerdist saw both
Moneyball and A Beautiful Mind,
which some might say makes us experts at game theory.
No one else really says that, yeah,
but they will once they see how awesome we are
at calculating the odds on what
The Last Jedi's shocking reveal could be.
- Never tell me the odds.
- Possibility number one, Snoke's identity will be revealed.
Odds three to one.
Now, this was one of the major questions
left unanswered in The Force Awakens,
and with the general Star Wars track record
of revealing major players' identities,
we're calculating the odds
of a Snoke uncloaking as very high.
- Never tell me the odds.
- Possibility number two.
Luke is the man behind the curtain
pulling the strings and manipulating everyone,
and Kylo Ren is in super, super deep cover working
with him to take down the First Order from the inside.
Odds 10 to one.
- Never tell me the odds.
- Now, this theory would be quite the shocking twist
and would suggest that Luke had a hand in Han Solo's death
as part of an elaborate way to prove
Kylo's loyalty to the First Order,
but this is still very much a fringe theory with lower odds.
And possibility number three,
Rey's parents will be revealed.
Odds two to one.
- Never tell me the odds.
- For similar reasons to the Snoke reveal,
we calculate that it is highly likely
we will learn or at least confirm what we already believe
to be Rey's true parentage in episode eight.
I say possibility number four, it's gonna be one and three,
because why not?
But with these odds, it seems like
if Rey's parentage is the big twist,
the bigger twist might be who they are.
We're already suspecting Luke,
but could it be Snoke, Obi-Wan, Han and Leia?
Whatever the answer is, the movie is gonna have its work
cut out for it if it wants to elicit a bigger gasp
than the moment we all found out Vader was Luke's daddy.
But what do you guys think?
Will Rey's parentage be the super shocking
reveal of episode eight?
Could Kylo Ren be in super deep cover for Luke?
And what are the odds of successfully
navigating an asteroid field?
- Shut him up or shut him down!
- Let's discuss.