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SPECULATION Lor San Tekka (Max Von Sydow's Character).

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' started by zathronas, Sep 7, 2014.

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    Well in 330 or so odd days we will find out.

    I think he's just an old fart that buys salvage and will be talking to Rey about the old days.
     
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    Or Yoda's 2nd cousin? :confused:
     
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    A hutt clearly.
     
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    When this image and description of it were released, my jaw sort of dropped. I have some friends, one of which in particular claims to have connections. A few times he has been right, but I thought he may have just had lucky guesses. However it is very possible that he could have connections.

    That being said, a few months ago we were having a discussion via email which he stated to me that a character from the prequel who everyone thinks is dead would return. Of course my thinking was Boba Fett like some people think but he told me a story I thought was completely improbable... Until this description and picture was released.

    Possible Spoilers below if this is true:

    According to my friend, The returning Character is the leader of the New Republic. He was thought to be dead when the empire destroyed Alderaan. He was actually hiding. Helping to lead the rebels from the shadows. Only a select few leaders in the rebel alliance knew he was still alive including Mon Mothma and his Daughter. Princess Leia. Once the emperor was defeated Bail Organa Quickly used his influence to help re-structure the galactic senate.

    He went on to tell me that the war was still on going due to select factions that were not of the empire, but governors of independent systems.
    He also told me that Leia was set to die in this movie which will cause great conflict with Luke, Han, Bail and an un-named character which he said is very emotional when Leia dies.

    I don't know if this is true, or just speculation from my friend, but I do know that the description of MVS being a grandfather like figure, and a few of the supposed scenes that have been discussed by my friend and I make me think that MVS could very well be Bail Organa.
     
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    The new pic of MVS is definitely interesting. It would be interesting to know when that piece of art was done. Either it was done after he was cast or it was done with him in mind for the character given the striking resemblance to him. I think from this pic it does not appear that this character is bad. He seems wise and worldly which does seem to match up with some of the more recent speculations. Also this lends even more credence to @Viral Hide stance that there are no cyborgs in the movie since it has been speculated MVS was a cyborg and he clearly is not
     
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    I my humble opinion Max will be playing a Jedi who avoided order 66 and led a life not unlike Ben Kenobi's. He had a pivotal role in re creating the New Jedi Order, once he had got word that a brand new Jedi was in town noising up the Empire, lets face it creating a new order would take alot more planning than one single jedi could achieve on his own especially being relatively new to being a Jedi, just think the amount of knowledge Max could teach Luke, makes sense in my opinion.
     
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    Most likely MvS is a new character. Survivor of order 66? Possibly he could be Obi Wans son. If he can do an American accent, maybe Kannan? He would have been about 50ish during the OT. Definitely not Bobba Fett. Clearly he's going to play the wise old man role along with Luke. With his age most likely will only appear in this film, it takes a decade to make a trilogy. He was definitely alive during the clone wars, would have been about 20's-30's in age. Could be a clone, but doesn't look like a New Zealand Maori. Robes in the concept art scream Jedi. Does not look like an older Organa/ Latino/ Jimmy Smitts
     
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    Exactly his age is for him in this case MvS is 85 and M.Hamill is 63 so yeah theres strong possibility he could be Lukes advisor guide if you like, could it be that Rey consults him to find the whereabouts of Luke ?
     
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    I know I may be stretching a little, but, could Max Von Sydow be playing Jan Dodonna?
    Let's say the character was around 60 years old in ANH (The actor was actually 65 years old), I know that puts him 90+ in TFA, but even as a stretch, that is still a possibility?

    Another possibility would be General Rieekan? He's the same age as Max Von Sydow.
     
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    His face looks way too kind to be a bounty hunter, so let's throw this Montross garbage out the window.

    To me he looks like some sort of spiritual leader, a shaman who is protected by the village.. Perhaps he lives in the The Alien House and acts as a fortune teller of some kind.

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    You can see curtains and whatnot, maybe he's in that dome at the top?
     
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    This probably means nothing, but if all his role is is to pass on exposition that's a pretty dull role. The sort of role that could have been enlivened by making the character a colourful alien, perhaps -- so there may be a reason he's human. Either he's someone we know, or he's related to someone we know to be human.

    Just a thought....
     
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    I don't know why I stick to the fact that his character is linked to a character we know from the previous Star Wars Episode... where have we heard that rumor from again?
     
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    I guess nobody saw my post about MvS playing Montross (old buddy of Han) or Ovan (Han's stepfather)?
     
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    Yeah, there's just been a thousand posts about him being Montross and being Han's stepfather seems like a pretty big and pointless stretch.
     
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    I believe from spoilerman or the other guy with 'spoiler' in his nickname
     
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    I haven't seen anybody post the Montross description from the early drafts, so I thought it'd be more newsworthy, but oh well. Montross as an old friend of Han's makes sense for leading Rey to Han.

    And MvS being Han's stepfather still makes more sense than the other stuff floating around, and it sets up the spinoff film.
     
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    MVS is about 12 years older than Harrison Ford.

    Not exactly Stepfather material unless Mama Solo liked them young.
     
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    I'd like to see MVS play a wise, rugged, and powerful force user that has never been a Sith or Jedi. He's never used a light saber and only uses force powers for visions, manipulation, and defense. How cool would it be to see a force user kick ass without using any weapon? A nice tie in to the PT/OT could be that Yoda, Obi-wan, Mace Windu, or Luke had sought MVS for force training/knowledge. Or maybe after ROTJ Han or Leia save MVS from death and he is repaying that good deed by using his vision & defensive force powers to protect Rey.
     
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    There were reports that he was the cantina guy. Who in the concept art which means the look might change. Like an experienced actor might not want prosthesis on his face or cause they wanted to make him more human. That picture is pretty dark so there might be detail on the body we don't see that are cybernetic.
     
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