After months of hopeless and relatively aimless speculation, we finally are getting some details aboutStar Wars: The Last Jedithis weekend. WithStar WarsCelebration in full swing, the cast and crew from the movie were on hand to finally talk a bit about the movie, in addition to delivering theLast Jedi teaser trailer. And based on whatDaisy Ridleyhad to say about Rey and Luke, it seems like he may not be what she, or we, were expecting him to be.
Before revealing the first teaser trailer forStar Wars: The Last Jedi, the cast of the movie came out on stage atStar Wars Celebrationfor a panel all about the most anticipated movie of 2017. When moderatorJosh Gadgot around toDaisy Ridley, she was able to talk a bit about Rey inStar Wars 8and her relationship to Luke, which doesn’t seem like it will live up to her hopes. Here is what she had to say about it.
“In The Last Jedi, we go deeper into Rey’s story. What is very apparent from where we left off in The Force Awakens and begin with The Last Jedi is Rey has a certain expectation as to what she may be getting from Luke and what that might entail and as a lot of people know, it is difficult when you meet your heroes because it might not be what you expect.”
Not that the first bit of what she has to say is overly surprising. It is good to know that we will be learning more about Rey inStar Wars: The Last Jedi, but it is really that last bit that is truly interesting. She is expecting thisgreat Jedi warriorand if Luke Skywalker isn’t what she expects, then what is he? The last line in the trailer when Luke says, “It’s time for the Jedi to end” is actually pretty telling. Events that we don’t know much about, like all of his new generation of Jedi being slaughtered, clearly have shaken him quite a bit.
Even though we are finally going to see Luke Skywalker talk and do things in this movie, and it will beCarrie Fisher’s last performanceas Leia Organa, there seems to be at least as much excitement and curiosity surrounding the character of Rey heading intoStar Wars: The Last Jedi. That speaks volumes about how fans responded to her inStar Wars: The Force Awakens. So we still have to wonder who her parents are, but what has been revealed is interesting. The information may raise more questions than it answers, but it is something.
Most of theburning questionswe had going intoStar WarsCelebration this weekend have not been answered, but at least we finally have some idea of what this movie is going to be. The cast forStar Wars Episode VIIIincludesDaisy Ridley,John Boyega,Adam Driver,Domhnall Gleeson,Oscar Isaac,Carrie Fisher,Benicio Del Toro,Laura Dern,Gwendoline Christie,Andy Serkis,Lupita Nyong’OandMark Hamill.Star Wars: The Last Jediis written and directed byRian Johnsonand is set for release on December 15.
