Seems like they're using a bunch of the Dark Empire story arc, replacing Luke with Rey. Can't wait to see it, but goddamn that Mandalorian trailer has me more excited
“We” who?Apparently they showed a sizzle reel at D23 that showed Rey in a dark cloak with a double red light saber.
So what is worth b*tching about the most: Red Stormtroopers, Palpatine returns, or Rey potentially turning? All I know is we are beyond the point where we can get excited about anything associated with the movies. It all just sucks now.
I just don't see how they're going to wrap this up. What happens at the end even if "good guys" prevail? The first order will still exist even if Rey "wins" -- there will still be thousands of star destroyers and officers, etc.
I know in a way you could say the same about ROTJ, but that storyline wrapped up so well ... redemption of Vader, he still died, Emperor killed ... just seemed more "done."
So, I normally warn anybody away from any of the Star Wars novels, but the Thrawn Trilogy (starting with Heir to the Empire) could set up how it's handled. They take place after ROTJ but were written in 1991. In it, Thrawn takes over for the Emperor as sort of a master tactician and Luke and the Rebels are taking it to the remnants of the Empire which is still a very formidable foe. Seriously great stuff, and they found a way to work Thrawn into the Star Wars Rebels animated series.
Also, last trailer will be shown tonight on ESPN Monday night football!
When they brought JJ back you knew it was going to be another reimagining of the original trilogy like TFA. It almost looks like they are recreating the throne room scene from Return of the Jedi in that last few seconds of the trailer. Whatever, I enjoyed TFA so I'm excited to see what JJ has done.Bringing back Palpatine seems totally unimaginative to me. If a powerful bad guy is going to be brought in to make the bad guys look stronger (like how Vader had Palpatine), then I would have much preferred that Darth Plagueis be brought in. That would have been an awesome book-end to that story that Palpatine told Anakin about Plagueis.
If you go back and watch some of TFA trailers, JJ does a really nice job of misleading and adding footage that doesn't even appear in the movie. My guess would be it is the same scenario for this movie.