Hey youtubers it's Charlie and some new details about the characters in episode 7 have been
revealed just like those leaked pictures from the tatooine set. They're mostly about the
main character that's going to be the new Luke Skywalker. Not the actual character,
the person that the film is going to introduce us to the new Star Wars Universe. There's
also some big updates on classic characters that are coming back. So I'm going to do a
full breakdown of everything.
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So the most important stuff. John Boyega's character is supposed to be the person the
story uses to introduce us to the new JJ Abrams Disney Star Wars Universe. He's getting the
Luke Skywalker character arc or something similar.
What does this mean? Well remember how in Episode 4 Luke was living in the middle of
nowhere had no idea he was special, and only had a passing knowledge of the Empire and
the Galactic Civil War. He was completely regular but had big dreams. That's what John
Boyega's character is supposed to be like.
He was part of that group of people filming the early scenes on the Tatooine sets, so
at the very least it confirms a few things. The rumors are that it's his character development
will be very similar to Luke Skywalkers, so he's not going to be a Jedi or even a padawan
at the beginning. But he'll slowly develop as the sequels come.
As for the actual Jedi, we know Mark Hamill is back as Luke Skywalker. He's been getting
back in shape and growing his Obi Wan Kenobi Jedi beard. So clearly he's going to be the
spiritual leader of the new franchise.
Because of all the Tatooine Luke Skywalker repeats with John Boyega I'm wondering if
Luke himself will follow a modified version of Obi-Wan's character arc in the original
trilogy. You see what's happening. They're honoring the classic films with the real life
props and using the same film camera and they're kind of lightly using the same story beats
at first.
I don't expect them to just cut and paste the plot. But a really safe way to appease
the superfans would be to do the Battlestar Galactica thing where all the characters realize
all these things have happened before and they will happen again.
If you're not familiar with the plot of Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar feel free to ask for
clarification on that metaphor.
More characters though. I have seen the rumors about Lupita maybe being Obi Wan Kenobi's
grand daughter. I think that would be fine but it would be a departure from the movie
canon. There was no point in any of George Lucas' films that Obi-Wan had any kind of
romance with anyone. So I'd be really curious as to where a grand daughter would come from.
But if JJ Abrams time travel rebooted Star Trek, I wouldn't be surprised if he retconned
some things from the Original Trilogy. Prepare yourself for that to happen.
The primary antagonist initially is supposed to be a female Sith character. The best theories
I've seen since last week are that it will be Gwendoline Christie. It's going to be female
and a main cast member, and how many women have they cast in the movie so far? Practically
none aside from Leia. And no, it's not going to be her. Wouldn't that be crazy?
I just keep remembering this interview Gwendoline Christie did at the beginning of Game of Thrones
Season 4 where she said she had to bite someone's ear off in a scene and kind of laughed at
how ridiculous and violent it was. I'm wondering if the Star Wars people saw that scene and
said "hey she would make an excellent sith warrior".
Something Clone Wars did with Asajj Ventress, but someone that's a closer analog to Darth
Vader. Gwendoline Christie looks about the same size as David Prowse, the actor who wore
the Darth Vader costume. So it's possible. I don't think they'd make her wear a mask
though.
Speaking of villains, remember how the original trilogy developed? Darth Vader was the antagonist
of the first film and most of the second. But then they introduced the Emperor. Well,
don't be surprised if we don't find out who the Sith Master is until the second film.
But just looking at the casting sheet my eyes dart to Max Von Sydow, just because he looks
like a villain. But that's kind of an obvious move. So feel free to suggest another possibility.
They will cast more new people when we get to the second film. So we might not even see
the Sith Master's face till then.
The only other new things we've learned about the movie is that despite it being like 30
years after Return of the Jedi, there will be no New Republic. That doesn't mean the
Empire is still going strong, but the New Republic was something that evolved in the
expanded universe, so I'm not surprised they aren't using it.
The last thing is spinoff related. Supposedly Boba Fett Armor or Mandalorian armor however
you want to think about it, was spotted on the set. No confirmation on what role he'll
play in the first film. But it's likely that he'll just be teased and they'll use a post
credits scene with him to tease the first spinoff.
Disney hasn't confirmed which spinoff is coming first and they probably won't until Episode
7 comes just to maintain the surprise of that post-credits scene. But because Disney owns
both Marvel and Star Wars now, expect them to do the Marvel Universe thing where each
film teases the next one.
Let me know in the comments what you think about Brienne being like the new big huge
Darth Vader sith warrior and if they do make Lupita Obi-Wan's grand daughter, will you
be upset that they're changing the story of the original trilogy?
I think I could live with it. It's happened to so many other franchises, that if it helps
the story in any way, I feel it will be an improvement from the prequels. I'm not a prequel
hater or anything, but JJ Abrams has already fired Michael Arndt, the person who wrote
the first draft of the Episode 7 script. And he wasn't a bad writer, he was the guy who
wrote Toy Story 3, which was really good..
Since we're starting to learn a lot more about episode 7 my next bonus video will either
be plot related or a bonus video about my favorite expanded universe stories. Be sure
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Oh, almost forgot. Billy Dee Williams will be playing Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars
Rebels cartoon this fall. He didn't say how big his part is or how many episodes he's
in. But I'm guessing he'll just be a recurring guest star.
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