SPOILER Speculation Storyboard

Hey Friends,

The Spoilerboard PDF has been updated with all the new goodness from the San Diego Comic Con junkets.

You can find my update notes here: http://spoilerboard.blogspot.com

Note that I haven't had time to update the Emaze presentation yet, but the PDF is better in my opinion anyway.

As always, feel free to shoot me a message if you have info or ideas or find something that seems worth discussing.

Cheers!

 

Re: Phasma flying the TIE - that info comes from the following:

The Vanity Fair article that released the first full image of Phasma claims it was her chasing the Falcon in the trailer. It seems safe to assume that since they were given the info to run the exclusive article in the first place, they would fact check that part, but they might have gotten it wrong. Until proven otherwise, I'm going to go with their "official confirmation".

EDIT: But ya never know - the article may have misunderstood the information being provided and assumed too much - and as other have stated - there's more than one TIE following the Falcon in the trailer.

 

Hello again fellow speculation fans...

With all the awesome new product package shots and information slowly being released via the press, it was time to do a major update to the Spoilerboard!

SPOILERBOARD.BLOGSPOT.COM

Notes for version 1.03

• Adding many new images from leaked product packaging.
• Improved Confidence on Act I and II scenes.
• Reduced Confidence in some Act III scenes, but added several new scenes.
• Removed the Alternate Act III until more evidence is confirmed of Luke appearing outside of the Flashback and Cave scene.
• Fixed several typos

Enjoy!

 

Notes for version 1.04

• Added audio links to actual dialog from the film pulled from electronic products.
• Adding plenty of new images from released products and packaging.
• Addition of new Finn/Phasma scene in Act I
• Added screen grabs from the Facebook 360 Jakku speeder run
• Several updates to Act III plot details, with some minor tweaks to the Han/Kylo showdown.
• Fixed several typos and improved story structure.

Enjoy!

 

FYI - Spoilerboard version 2.0 is live. (http://spoilerboard.blogspot.com)

WOW! What a trailer! It seems the more we see visually, the more confidence is building that the rumored plot is pretty accurate, at least through the first two Acts. While the structure of the plot remains pretty much in tact, the trailer struck a few suspicions in my mind.

For example, despite Rey's amazing piloting skills with the Falcon, is it possible she's never flown it before? Previously it seemed she must have, but now I'm not so sure. Rey is clearly sad but is she really stuck on Jakku? Is she trying to leave or is she waiting? hmm..

The trailer also tried really hard to make you believe that Luke and R2 are in the village scene when Kylo's shuttle descends. The embers, lighting and fire all seem identical! We know this scene was even filmed in the same physical location, but is it connected or a flashback? I'm still listing Luke and R2 as a flashback because it looks like Luke is in a rocky cave, not a sandy dune - but still - what if the trailer is implying that Luke is nearby when Kylo attacks the village?! Interesting.

Then there is the shot of Kylo appearing to speak to the mask. We knew this was in the film, but it now seems even more likely that Snoke is just a voice in Kylo's head and I still wonder if Kylo doesn't believe that he's actually speaking to Vader's ghost. Is Kylo being manipulated? Does he know what really happened to Vader or is he delusional? Several people who are spoiler free have asked me if Kylo is Luke based on the trailer and poster. They sure want you to think that, but I'm still in agreement that Luke is at the very end.

Hearing Han talk to Rey as if they don't believe his story was great! Although it makes me start to wonder if Han really knows who Rey is or not. It's possible that he doesn't figure it out until Maz's castle.

And what is up with the seven Knights standing in the rain over the dead (padawans?)? Is that Kylo Ren or the previous Ren wearing a similar getup? If this is a flashback, how far back does it go? It seems unlikely that at Kylo's current age, he would appears to be the same size 10-20 years ago unless that trailer image is Kylo as a teenager. Hmm...

The Resistance base - is it on Takodana? Some say it is... but we also hear it is on the moon of Yavin IV. The mountains and sky look the same, and there was a rumor that the hidden base is on the other side of the planet, unbeknownst to the First Order - which is how they're able to attack and save the day, thus tipping their hand. But there's some oddities about how Poe appears to be prepping the Black X-Wing while Poe walks towards the falcon. Is the transition from Castle rescue to assault on First Order base done quickly? Is the Starkiller in orbit of Takodana and preparing to fire? Maybe. It would explain the urgency and the emotion on Leia's face.

And the lightsaber duel! Does Kylo kill Finn? It sure looks bad... jury is out, but rumor says that he's bested but alive at the end. Maybe he's just in bad shape. Yet, those tears on Rey's face sure tell a sad story. They sure want you to think that Finn is a gonner.

 

Totally agree that Luke and R2 are NOT at the Jakku village. If you mess with the contrast in the Luke scene, you can see what appears to be a cave entrance behind him. It was just sneaky that the way they edited the trailer - it gives the impression that Luke is right there in the village with R2. If that were true - how on earth would R2 end up at the Resistance base and they still have no idea where Luke is. Nope - this is a flashback - and they just happened to use the same fire embers machine since it was filmed side-by-side with the village attack.

The seven black figures in the rain is a bit different than I'd expected. I had started to believe that the seven were the students of Skywalker and that the clan was the Knights of ren, but this makes it look like the seven is a gang following Ren - are these six others the "knights" of Ren? The one behind him with the staff also has a mask similar to what some have leaked as "snoke's" mask - are we seeing Snoke for the first time - albiet with a mask on? I'm not buying it. But this scene does make me wonder if Kylo was a student of Luke's and went to the dark side, started a gang and wiped out the rest of the padawans, except Rey. Did he and Rey have a thing? My mind is all over the place on this now. Kylo clearly seems to know Rey based on his dialog with her, but was he bad to begin with? I had started to believe that Kylo was pretending to be bad at first in order to protect Rey. Now that seems to be at odds with Kylo leading the charge against the academy.

And yes - why does Kylo seem to be the only one with a lightsaber if they are attacking a so called jedi academy? Something seems off. It really brings in to question that entire flashback sequence.

 

When thinking about what might prompt Rey to say "There were stories about what happened..." it seemed plausible that Han might be asking her how she came across the Falcon and that she might be referring to the aftermath and the battle of Jakku.

It may also be that Han is introducing himself and they've heard stories about the Rebellion and possibly even Han, but never really knew if any of it was true.

The saber macguffin is really weird and flashbacks are definitely weird, yet there is Maz handing Luke's old saber to Leia. Even if the search for the saber doesn't drive the movie, they'll need to at least explain why someone is handing over Luke/Anakin's old saber to the general of the resistance.