No matter how much research I do
there's always that one complaint in the comments about me not knowing the original source material.
So today I went down into the depths and you know what random commenter? You were absolutely right.
There buried deep in the obscure forgotten lore was the answer I was looking for.
The last Jedi is the name of a Star Wars comic from 1981,
so obviously the plot from the new movie will be clearly inspired from that.
So let's see what Disney has in store for us. In the comic. Luke and Leia traveled to a remote planet to rescue a prince.
Sounds plausible, and it's there that they meet a brain-damaged, bug man who carries a stick like it's a lightsaber, okay?
And that guy's name is Jedediah, so when he dies Luke refers to him
as the Last Jedi.
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So the Last Jedi is right around the corner, the red carpet world premiere is happening later this week
And you know what? I have something to prove
I've already gone out on a limb to make a prediction as to who Ray's
parents are but I think I could go one step further
This is my last chance to prove to you that old team theorists over here is digging deeper and looking closer at the evidence than
Anyone else out there, and what better way to prove that I'm worthy of my theory salt than by predicting how this year's biggest
Blockbuster is gonna play out before anyone even gets to see it
That's right ladies and gentlemen before anyone in the world sees this movie
I am gonna call the major twists of Star Wars: The Last Jedi based on trailer analysis and good
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Just assume that you're making a handshake gesture towards your computer screen right now, like I am like an idiot
Okay, so if we're sticking with the whole Star Wars rhymes George Lucas quote thing then the last Jedi will be the tense middle chapter
Like The Empire Strikes Back at least I hope it's the dark and surprising Empire Strikes Back middle chapter and on the slow-paced
Terrible dialog Attack of the Clones middle chapter. I don't like sand,
and judging by the hype director Rian Johnson is giving his own movie. We should expect the unexpected
He's teased that moments of the movie will quote shock the audience
And that one scene in particular will leave us unable to breathe so it's my test today to figure out how this movie is gonna
Take our breaths away vader style. There's a lot
We don't know I mean we don't even know some of the character names one of the new characters being introduced to this movie is
played by Benicio Del Toro
Del Toro, but everyone has been super tight-lipped about what his character's name actually is it seems awfully suspicious
I mean officially he's labeled as DJ, but DJ
Yeah, not buying it nice try marketing people
But you expect me to believe that a badass Star Wars character is gonna
Be named after a teenage girl from full house besides some do to gamestop already determined
That's toy version of this character has a helmet inscription in or Abeche that translates to don't join, (aka
DJ for short) my prediction this character is gonna be the Lando Calrissian of this movie the laid-back smooth talk and double-crosser
Anyway, that's just a random
Observation get ready to get those sub fingers the clickin because i've looked at all the information I could find and I am
Confident that. I've got the ending of the last Jedi figured out and Rian Johnson is right. It's
Now you know how movies sometimes reveal a bit too much from their trailers well
I've now seen the teaser and
Trailers for the last Jedi more times than I've seen the Sun in the past few months
And I believe the clues to the plot of the movies are there in a few very important votes and images
Let's start by reviewing the main things that we see in here across the Lucas training rayon Ock - but doesn't seem too happy about
It and might actually quit leading us to important quote number one
Before that scared me enough that it doesn't know
He also has a major hot take on the Jedi an important quote number two. I only know one truth
time for the Jedi
to end
over in kylo Ren land we get a little monologue from Snoke talking about how special he is an important quote number three when I
found
Kylo ren's philosophy about his parents is pretty well summed up an important quote number four
And finally Rey is feeling a bit lost herself and based on the trailer seems to be asking
kylo Ren for help an important quote number five
I need someone to
Show me my place in all this
As far as imagery in both the teaser and the trailers we get a look at something very rare in the Star Wars universe books
including one specific book with a very mysterious
Symbol on it and lastly we have an image of Snoke helping ray achieve her yoga goals by forcing her into a painful
Backbend these all might seem like disparate pieces, but there's a pretty clear through line here
Although the whole crew will absolutely be in the last Jedi
This is primarily a movie about Rey Luke
Kylo, Ren and the bonds they form and more importantly the bonds
They break with each other, so let's start the deep dive predictions with our og hero Luke Skywalker
And what we can expect from him obviously from the trailers
He has some help to give Rey
But it's not like she's gonna show up and everything goes off without a hitch the two luke quotes
I mentioned before gives us a strong indication of prediction number one
He will not finish Rey's training much the same way that Yoda was reluctant to Train Luke
And then never finished doing so in the Empire Strikes Back as for why Luke believes the Jedi need to end that conclusion is probably
Connected to why he's on Achtung in the first place.
In The Force Awakens
Han says that the people who knew Luke believed he went off in search of the first Jedi Temple after kylo Ren turned on him
And killed his students.
"People who know him best think he went looking for the first Jedi Temple."
Well he found that first Jedi Temple on Ahch-To and the reason he went there is almost certainly to find the books we see in the trailers.
That symbol you see on the book is actually the Jedi Symbol meaning that these books are almost certainly the ancient Jedi Symbol
meaning that these books are almost certainly the ancient Jedi Texts known as the Journal of the Whills.
The Journal of the Whills are basically a source of ancient wisdom and history of the galaxy.
You remember Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus from rogue one?
Well, they were known as the guardians of the Whills so this isn't coming completely out of nowhere
Now, well.. what we don't have a ton of information on what is inside the Journal of the Whills..
there are two quotes that could be useful to us.
The first is from the novelization of The Force Awakens which states, quote,
"first comes the day then comes the night after the darkness shines through the light
the difference they say is only made right by resolving of grey through refined Jedi sight."
solid rhyme scheme their Jedi
taking apart the poetry like a tenth grader learning the fine works of William Carlos Williams
It's clear this Jedi Text is saying that the Jedi need to refine their site to create Grey
bringing the absolute dark side and absolute light side together to bring balance to the force which I gotta say
I am NOT opposed to, I mean, what good guy doesn't
also want to use force lightning, and now maybe you'll be able to and Luke might believe he's the one to make this happen based
On another quote from the journal of wills quote and in the time of greatest despair there shall come a savior
And he shall be known as the son of the sons now admittedly this quote is non
Canon but Luke could easily be considered the son of the sons given his home planet of Tatooine as a giant ball of
Sand and sadness governed by two hot Suns if Luke believes in these quotations
He may believe both that his mission isn't over and that it's his task to bring together the darkness and the light
Maybe even through his own. Death which would of course make him
jeanna, and before you point out that the film's title in other languages points to the word Jedi being plural keep in mind that the
Director very directly stated that Luke himself is in fact the last Jedi and more
Importantly that it's explicitly stated that Luke is the last Jedi in the opening crawl of the force
awakens reading sometimes does prove essential
But there's also a clue that Luke's decision for the Jedi to end isn't one he's making passively
He is going out swinging in the international version of the last Jedi's poster Luke is no longer in the background
But is instead in the middle holding a lightsaber now there have been a lot of official Star Wars posters over the years
I've looked at them all but in every single
One if you're shown holding a lightsaber you are going to be involved in a big lightsaber battle before the end of the movie sure
Seems like Luke isn't gonna go down quietly and based on the rest of that poster means they'll probably end up fighting
Kylo, Ren towards the end of the film
So where does that leave Rey? Well as cagey as everyone involved in the last Jedi has been about giving things away?
They've also given so many interviews that we can start to piece a few things together
Daisy Ridley said at a panel in April that she and Luke might not have the perfect
mentor-mentee relationship
And said specifically that quote
It's difficult to meet your heroes because they might not be what you expect this
Reinforces what I said earlier that it's likely that Rey won't complete her training with Luke and will end up going off on her own
if Rey recognizes the power of the force
But then also realizes that the mystique of the Jedi and Luke Skywalker can't or won't give her the answers
She's so desperate for is it such a stretch to believe that she turned to the dark side
dun dun dun I
Know I know that saying a Star Wars character turns evil is basically my whole shtick yes
I was wrong about Luke don't treat me like the matpat who cried synth because this one seriously makes all of the sense in a
big interview with Entertainment Weekly
Daisy Ridley says that quote the resistance isn't all that much terrain
Implying that she could likely be swayed away from it wouldn't a logical place to turn be towards kylo Ren
Especially if he ends up being revealed to be her brother and let me just say it
I know people disagree with me on the whole Rey as kylo sister theory
But I am sticking to it especially since there is no chance that Disney is letting her parents be Star Wars, Battlefront
exclusive non force using characters made by, EA
Sorry for all you Dell iDEN truthers out there, and yes
I know when aftermath it says that Luke left her behind on jakku
But it doesn't actually say who the parents are
Specifically so the answer still has yet to be decided meaning han and leia still makes the most sense regardless
Already made a video for that theory and honestly
It doesn't really matter for today's theory from their first few encounters in the force awakens
Kylo, ren says ray needs a teacher
And then he can be the one to show her the ways of the force. I could show you the ways of the force
If Ray's looking for a teacher she knows where to find one director Rian Johnson also gives
What feels like a pretty big hint in that same Entertainment Weekly piece where he says about Rey?
Whoa you're going to meet people who you think are gonna help, but don't and help is gonna come from unexpected places
and
It sounds to me like Ray goes to Luke searching for help Luke ends up giving up on her and she's left to turn to
kylo
Ren who is eager to extend a helping hand this is all further
Supported by this production photo of Rey with kylo Ren in the background she seems awfully calm considering
She's right in front of a guy who tried to kill her in the last movie
But maybe you feel like this would come out of nowhere that there's no hint of the dark side near Rey at any point well
How about this you remember that Snoke quote from earlier about seeing raw power in kylo Ren?
He's not talking about kylo Ren in Taiwan the subtitles for that very same trailer use a very specific
character for the pronoun you when Snoke says when I found you and that character is
specifically feminine in the Taiwanese language
Not a masculine usage, so unless there's some unexpected backstory on kylo Ren Snoke is
Absolutely talking about Ray when I found you
Gray and with this reveal suddenly a lot of pieces from the force awakens and the less Jedi start falling into place
Snoke sends to Rey in the force when she was very young
Prompting her parents who may or may not be Han and Leia along with Luke's help to exile somewhere where they thought
She'd never be found jakku so Snoke went after her older brother Ben
Instead now that Snoke has found ray
Remember that image of the two of them from the trailer would it really be that hard to turn her to the dark side Adam
driver says again in that same Entertainment Weekly piece
which really revealed a lot that his character kylo Ren began turning against his parents because he felt they cared more about the
Resistance than they cared about him wouldn't that be enough to turn rey against an idol who rejects her and parents who abandoned her
So here is your shocking ending to this year's biggest movie Rey's bad
Experience with Luke coupled with a knowledge that she's kylo Ren's sister leads her to ask kylo to help her find my pace
losses one way or another ratios herself as open to the dark side Luke comes to fight kylo Ren and
Potentially Snoke as well thinking
He'll ever a on a side
But she turns on him during the battle the kylo Ren monologue about killing the past is advice
He gives to raid to help her become who she was meant to be
Maybe Snoke gives her a little force push along the side, and they all unite to kill Luke officially making him the last
Jedi Oh
Pretty dark right before you say that the Star Wars universe would never go in that direction
Well hate to break it to you, but it already has granted
This is no longer canon
But in the novel sacrifice which is part of the Star Wars legacy the fourth series the son of Han and Leia
Jason solo kills his sister's Jedi Master Mara Jade
Skywalker, so what you have is a young solo killing an older Skywalker who also happens to be his sister's
Jedi teacher
Sound familiar it's already happened in the extended universe once now all the pieces are in place to make it happen in the movies
but hey that's just a theory a film theory and
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