SPECULATION Possible hint of the TFA Plot in Rebels - Empire Day

That's the end of that theory and also seems to quash a lot of the rumours we're hearing regarding the plot. Of course, it could all be a double bluff. In other words, I've no idea what the hell is going on.

 

Ree Yees in the house, dropping his two cents.

Sounds like another deadend trail leading us to this comic book. It's the second time. That, to me, screams MISLEADING!!!

As in, they have deliberately set up this thrice-cursed mystery box to contain stuff from these comic books to keep us off the scent.

Problem: I kind of LIKE what we've got so far - the concept art, many of the rumors..

...so it's kind of risky to launch false plot and character rumors because, you know, what if the actual movie isn't as good?

Which is confusing. The middle ground then would be that some of the leaks are true and others are based on the comics for misdirection.

But I find it to be a bit of a strange choice regardless to tie stuff so closely to the comic book whether the plot of the film will resemble it or whether it is all construed to confuse the poodoo out of us.

Oh hey now my two balls dropped too. Glorious day.

 

Back in August I acquired some of the Legacy Vol. 2 comics for research purposes. There are similarities between them and some of the rumors. That Legacy Vol. 2 story was baked a long time ago for Dark Horse.

@2:33 describes the series so far (as of July 20, 2013)

December 2012:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42736

 

Wow so some of these recent "leaks" could just be concept art from the comics and we might know NOTHING AT ALL! Haahah hehe HAH! "lightsaber of Imperial Knight Yalta Val" I was sooo hoping that this was Gwendoline Christie's character. I wonder how much JJ is paying these reliable "contacts" to give out misleading info? Clouded the force has become....

 

So... pretty much business as usual?

 

You know, I got thinking about it, and Easter-Egg type messages in Aurebesh have been added to tactical viewscreens before.

My Hasbro "Big" AT-AT, the new one first released in 2010, has an Aurebesh message on the main viewscreen decal that lights up in the cockpit. Translated, it says- "Hope you enjoy the AT-AT. B. Parrish". Presumably a message from Brian Parrish, Hasbro's Star Wars Design Manager.

So, messages of the sort the O.P. appears to have discovered are not without precedent.

Here's the screen-

 

Interesting to see how differently this topic is being treated here in contrast to the Jedi council forums

 

OK so let me get this straight... the story of Ania Solo as seen in the Legacy comics takes place well after the events of TFA and sounds waaay to similar to the recent leaked images for it to be a coincidence correct? So we can assume the leaked images of the young lady junker are NOT our hero from TFA movie because that would mean they actually borrowed ideas from a comic and that would imply lack of a creative voice from JJ's team correct? So they were probably concept art developed for the comics? Likewise the lost saber and Imperial Knight hunting it down are bunk as well because there is no way this movie is taking this many ques from that comic correct? Just saying this out loud to get my thoughts straight. So basically we know jack.... I need a giant hug from Gwendoline Christie... There were a lot of things I liked about those rumors but if that comic is real then there is noway this stuff is in the movie. A SW comic that pre-dates TFA in terms of development, takes place well after the events of TFA and isn't cannon but ends up being strangely similar to the movie? No way that happens.

Do tell.

 

Nothing earth shattering and everybody feel free to correct me (especially Mike) but when I read it yesterday I had the feeling people were initially not fully taking this seriously and treated Mike kinda like an "idiot" (nobody called him that of course) stating that the comic stuff has already been posted and was old stuff etc. while it was pretty clear where Mike came from and that at least he had a point and made a very interesting find. In contrast to that people here seemed to react more welcoming and enthusiastic. Just MY impression though and I did not read the whole thread over at TFN. There are nice people over there as well of course but I thought the reactions were wrong.

 

Great find and post Mike - thank you. This is a really fun topic.

I wandered over to that other forum to check it out - seemed very "young" to me over there. So sorry for how they were treating you. Need time outs or something. ;-)

Anywho, this is the first I'm hearing about this comic book but the similarities are absolutely striking. I'm not sure how anyone can learn about the comic's details and not immediately think that a lot of this artwork is total Mystery Box. The teaser trailer is going to be HUGELY interesting to see.

 

Ok, cool that you see it this way. Maybe I read too much into it. I'm just not a big fan of "arrogance" and stuff like that on the internet . That being said I really like the atmosphere and the enthusiasm on these boards here.

 

In regards to the comparison between TFA rumors and the comic book's plot, I'm pretty sure Jason Ward posted an article about it when the same issue came up about a month or so ago

 

right. so did SW7N

 

I know this came up before but the Rebels reference is new.

 

I totally missed any previous discussion of the similarities between the comic and the rumors/art. If I had heard about that a while back I would have certainly looked at the concept art under a different light. I don't see how anyone could not consider the info about the comic when discussing those images. Might just be an act of desperation on behalf of folks running the forums because of the total lack of info. One thing is for sure, I feel like I am further from knowing what is going on now... thanks a bunch Mike