SPOILER MakingStarWars Rumors and Speculation Thread (Part 1)

Bingo. What's weird: in the MSW post, he acknowledges there's been misinformation....on twitter, MSW contributors denied that there's been any misinformation, and that this is 110% truth. I feel like they're trolling us for clicks. I think I'm done with their site (should've bailed after they went after the cantina)

 

It's been said before many times, and some think that JJ is not concerned with us hardcore fans finding out the plot, but he is and is well versed in misdirection campaigns. My brother previously worked as an editor for DVD extras, one of his projects was Lost, produced by none other than Bad Robot. The team he was on would often have access to dailies and shooting scripts, and other production documents before an episode aired. He told me of "official" scripts with false scenes purposefully inserted for misdirection. These scripts were barcoded so if someone leaked info, they could track it down using the false info.

The lesson here is that Bad Robot is well aware of how fans work, has already used misdirection campaigns, and we should not put too much stock in any alleged "firm" or "sure thing" reports based on concept art, and especially not production documents.

 

They'd might as well just show this after Rey gives Luke his lightsaber back:

Because that's what we're all going to feel like if this is true.

 

Coming from being in a PR department in the NFL, they used reporters to spin stories their way, whether that was through intentional misinformation or true info. All I'm saying is I would be shocked if Disney and JJ's crew doesn't have people who are "sources" spreading some false info and some true info.

 

Does anyone really think JJ and Disney would "loose" or "give away" the entire script or call sheets of the most important movie of the decade so easily?

 

Whats funny about the whole thing is that any 'source' may believe they have an official document, because even the source may not be in the know of the whole picture. If the vader twist was so heavily guarded in the preinternet days, imagine the lengths they will go to now.

 

He posted it a few pages back.

 

He didn't mention it in his piece if that's what's your asking. He just mentioned it out of the blue in his post on here. Since when was there an opportunity for kylo to kill her but spare her? If that was the case why not mention it in your original article about Han's death. The way he described was Han sacrifices himself and Rey and the others witness it. Then just leave him behind because stormtroopers show up.

Spot on! There's so many holes in this plotline that it's ridiculous. There's been so many details that just don't make sense.

 

I'm guessing he's saving it for a larger article about the dual at the end.

 

Maybe, my girlfriend mentioned after she was viewing wookieepedia, although I doubt Vader created it any other way, he wasn't seen with a new lightsaber at the end of TROTS.

 

I don't know what's true or not, but if the Luke rumor is true, I think it's a super risky move.

They want to make Luke be the Yoda of the ST, I get it. However, Luke is not Yoda. Luke is every SW fan's childhood hero. It doesn't matter that the new trilogy is about the new generation: every single Star Wars fan will walk into the movie theater counting the seconds to see Luke Skywalker on screen.

And, again if rumors are true, the movie will even fuel that anticipation by making the search for Luke a core point. Showing just 15 seconds of Luke at the very last scene is super risky IMO, and doing that shortly after killing Han - I feel millions of voices will suddenly cry in terror, causing a great disturbance on the Internet.

Not to mention this would mean Luke and Han won't get any screen time together.

 

The luke rumor is not true

End of story

Bye bye

*whispers* see you later

 

For anyone following the final episodes of Lost....Bad Robot created some great distractions. I will say, the details of the final episode eventually made it out...but not without a lot of misinformation.

 

While I agree that screen time to service fans may not be in the best interest of the story, this new report from MSW goes the complete opposite direction. I seem to remember Abrams and Kasdan were re-writing the script to INCREASE screen time for our heroes. We've also heard many times that this movie would "pass the torch" to the new cast of heroes. If they simply use Luke for a cameo to set him up for a bigger role in Episode VIII, how is that passing the torch? Again, seems to be opposite of everything we've known to be true up to this point.

 

Hamill said in 2013 he didn't want to be the same exact lightsaber dueling Jedi we last saw him as.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62268

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05...e-for-a-balance-between-cgi-and-old-school-fx