SPECULATION Rey's return

I reckon the Republic isn't being resuscitated for a third go-around. I can see the Galactic Alliance being reintroduced into Star Wars canon at this point, minus the ex-Imperial chief of state. The First Order, if it still exists in any capacity, probably suffered a similar fate to the Empire: Split into various squabbling factions of warlords holding on to what semblance of power they can.

Overall, I'd bet on the galaxy being in a more stable position than it was at the start of The Force Awakens.

I feel like much of the film will be Rey struggling with trying to decide what a New Jedi Order will look like in the wake of two back-to-back near-extinctions. In the end it'll probably look a lot like Luke's from the old Expanded Universe, but I can't imagine the journey getting there will be easy.

I feel like BB-8 and Luke Skywalker are easy bets. I'm really hoping that John Boyega will come back on as Finn, but I can totally understand if he opts not to.

I don't really think we'll see much of the First Order, or any Imperial successor state for that matter. The Empire is pretty well done and dusted at this point, and I feel like there are more interesting antagonists that Lucasfilm could come up with that would hold more thematic weight in Rey's journey to rebuild the Jedi Order. Had the Knights of Ren not been absolutely destroyed by Ben Solo in The Rise of Skywalker, I would've hoped to see them in this role.

 

I just can only watch Rey, Chewie and BB8 flying with the Falcon for the first 30 minutes.

Cause the Falcon is Rey's ship people. And we love that ship

 

But she didn't shun her true lineage. She chose her lineage and who she wants to be. A Skywalker. That's the major lesson of her arc. And again it makes absolutely no sense for her to take on the name Palpatine when her parents gave up the name to save her life.

Also if Rey wanted to take the name Palpatine. She would have taken him up on his original offer to take the throne. What's the point in defeating (deflecting his power back at him) to decide that she wants to take the name all along.

 

I really hope no more time is devoted to Rey's parents. Being the orphan of a weird clone isn't something she should ever obsess over. Rey knows who she is, and that's wrapped up in the last film. There are bigger fish to fry.

 

I think it's super cute that anyone would think her name would not be Rey Skywalker as she clearly and confidently stated last time we saw her.

 

This man understands the Rain.

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Isn't 15 years supposed to have passed since "The Rise of Skywalker" in this new movie? Why would Finn still be a Jedi apprentice?

 

Yeah, I don't think they'll go that route.

I don't see why he hasn't to be "in training" to develop his character. Plus, the idea he's been training for 15 years and still isn't a Jedi when there's really no Jedi Order is kind of silly. It would kind of boring to have another main character being trained when that's a huge part of the first 9 films. Time to come up with something else.

 

It might be interesting if Finn & Rey have developed rivalling (although not necessarily enimity) schools of thought regarding the Force. We could have the Skywalker school (semi-pasifistic warrior?), represented by Rey contra a more proactive, hero-fixing-(and-possibly-causing)-problems, represented by Finn flitting about the Galaxy righting wrongs, or whatever. <-- only better. This could give us some interesting back-and-fourth philosophical debate to run parallel with whatever central conflict our heroes need to take care on in the movie.

 

Maybe they will practice stabbing each other, since we know that move only kills Jedi Masters.

 

Failure I see.

 

If Darth Finn doesn't show up missing at least a forearm or a nose or something, this movie is doomed to fail.