New Planet D'qar

We don't have a pic yet... but we are running out of Jakku aliens that Simon Pegg could play.

Of course, Simon Pegg may not be playing anyone important at all... which then leads us to find out who is playing Unkar.

 

The yellow brick road leads to Simon Pegg playing an alien a mile away that gets blown up during the scape from Jakku sequence.

 

I seem to remember that the necklace was in Padme's hands at her funeral procession in Revenge of The Sith. Only seems right that she would then be buried with it.

If she was buried with it, maybe her grave was robbed? Clearly some evidence of a relic hunter/grave robber, etc. hmm... very interesting indeed. This is the ONLY necklace in all of Star Wars lore that would have any significance to the audience, and if it's Lor giving it to Poe to give to Leia, it's absolutely something she would want to have - a necklace made by her father and given to her mother as a gift. Very heartwarming and a nice nod to the prequels. Still, you gotta wonder how it left a coffin on Naboo!?

 

uh EXCUSE ME
this is a STAR WARS forum...

the expression is Beat a dead Tauntaun

GET IT RIGHT!!!!

 

What if Rey and BB-8 escape under the cover of night before the Resistance makes their attack on Starkiller?
Maybe the First Order pull a Vader/Tarkin trick, by fitting some tracking device on the Falcon to locate the Resistance base?


It would explain why Rey appears at the Resistance base here:


And might explain this shot with Finn, Poe, and BB-8 here:



But then it raises the question of where Finn and Rey are during the assault on Starkiller...

It's a mystery.

 

Finally a shot of San Tekka!!

 

how do you even pronounce Q'Dar? XD

 

So we have another one to add to the list:
Tatooine = Jakku
Death Star = Star Killer Base
Hogwarts = Takodana
Yavin IV = D’Qar

 

Balancing commitments to each other and to causes means balancing a relationship to a cause, i.e. any cause. Here, it means fighting within the resistance.

 

Yes... but what does that mean? What is the practical application? How do you balance the two?
More importantly, how does it apply to Poe? Leia and Ematt have no doubts about Poe Dameron's commitment... Leia fears what his commitment will cost him.
So what exactly does she feel is the inbalance?

I really don't see how any of this debunks the estranged Han and Leia scenario.
If it's not the Resistance that is coming between them... it really does not say anything about their relationship.

 

The Star Wars galaxies are very large and they travel through hyperspace. Why should they be subject or limited to only a few planets?

funny about the Hogwarts, lol

 

She is probably worried that he is too focused on duty and puts it above having any personal relationships. He may even put the mission objective above his fellow fighters, though I don't think that is the case. I'm guessing he doesn't have any real friends because he is too focused on the mission. Leia believes that caring for your comrades is what separates the Empire and First Order from the Rebellion and Resistance.

From Chapter 23: Spoilers for those who haven't read the story.

“Are you all right?” Leia asked, taking her hand.

Kidi shook her head. “I can’t believe he’s gone. We’d barely gotten to know each other and now he’s gone.”

“I know,” Leia said. “But you can’t let your grief stop you from living. I’ve learned that. We have to live for those we’ve lost so that their memories are kept alive through us. Particularly those who sacrificed their lives so we could go on.”

“Lok,” Kidi said. “And Antrot.”

“And the people we never knew,” Leia said. “The crews of the ships that came to our aid, and the villagers in Jowloon, and the pirates on Sesid. We have to honor them by carrying on their fight.”

“By doing our duty, you mean.”

“That’s part of it,” Leia said, remembering Mon Mothma’s words to her, before they’d set out for Corva sector.

“That’s part of it, but now I realize there’s something more important than that,” she said. “We fight for a cause, but what we’re really fighting for is each other. That’s why our pilots fly into fire instead of abandoning a wingman and our commandos stand their ground rather than leave a flank unguarded. It’s because they care for each other. We fight for duty, yes. But we also fight because we love each other. And that’s something even more powerful.”

“And do you think Lok loved me?”

“You don’t need to ask me that,” Leia said. “You already know the answer.”

 

I think there must be a time gap between the completion of the rescue and the attack on SKB. That shot in the trailer with BB-8 in the x-wing makes it seem like the aerial battle is just beginning. The tie fighters are all grouped together and blurry in the distance. It appears as though neither side has engaged the other at that point.

So, I guess it's possible that BB-8 gets scooped up by Poe before the aerial battle begins. But then why doesn't he just stay with Rey? The trailers make it seem like the droid has switched allegiances/changed masters, but maybe he hasn't. Or maybe BB-8 gets lost during the rescue and escapes on his own, and then contacts Poe with his location or something. I don't know. You're right though that there's a major issue here.

If BB-8 escapes with Rey, Finn, Han, and Chewie, and then meets up with Poe, it sets up a paradox as to why they all just don't get on a transport or something and get off the planet -- instead of risking their lives to take out Kylo, a warrior much more skilled than any of them. BB-8 must get separated from the group at some point. That's the only explanation I see.

 

He is Poe's droid, so it makes sense that he goes back with his master. They got separated during the village attack (Poe tells him to run off with the "message" so he doesn't get captured) and BB is waiting for Poe to return for him. He is only with Rey because she rescues him from that scavenger and he gets caught up in the adventure. He was always supposed to get back with Poe.
I think it is more likely that BB isn't captured, but is the one who warns the others that Rey was captured. The book is probably either wrong or based on a slightly different version of the film.

 

But if BB-8 can safely get onto a ship before the battle begins, why can't the others? This element of BB-8 getting captured is really throwing me off.

 

See my edit. But it could be that Han, Finn, and Rey don't want to get back to "safety" and have another mission. That fits with what we know from the synopsis.

 

How many planets we have in this movie?

Jakku
Takodana
D'Qar
Starkiller Base
Luke's Planet
Snoke's Planet

 

If you take these pages as actual events in the movie, which seems very likely given all the other confirmed rumors out there, then it is entirely likely that there is no light sabre on Jakku at all. That the movie starts with Poe receiving a message from MVS, likely involving Luke in some way. My thinking is that Maz Kanata has had the light sabre at her castle the entire time. When Solo brings Finn/Rey to Kanata, she recognizes her eyes, and then gives Finn the famous weapon knowing it will find its way to Rey, leading her to her destiny. Or something like that. But basically no sabre on Jakku at all. The sabre comes later.

This makes much more sense, sending Poe on a mission to retrieve a message that could involve the location of Luke Skywalker from MVS, or even a message from Luke himself, then Leia sending Poe on a dangerous mission to retrieve his old weapon thinking that could lead her to him. People have been trying to come up with some explanation to the sabre leading to Luke, that the droids discover secrets within it or whatnot. Every time something like this comes up I think how ridiculous that is, with people inserting anything they can to make it possible when its simply not. The sabre is a red herring. Maz has had it for quite some time, even MSWs outline shows Maz taking it from the clan or something like that, not going to look it up, everyone should know what I'm referring to.

Anyhow, that is all. Maz has had the sabre this whole time, BB8 and the message it carries are what sets off this adventure.

 

We might not see where Snoke is located. He might even be on Starkiller Base until the end, though I doubt that.

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The book could be hiding the saber for some reason. I really like the idea that the saber is the MacGuffin. You are right that it doesn't make sense right now, but I think we are just missing its importance.

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I just remembered the concept art of Maz with what looked like a saber crystal. Could the object given to Poe be the crystal? Could it be the crystal to Luke's saber?

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I think that pic could be the saber with a lanyard. You might even be able to make out the end of the saber handle (marked in red).