SPECULATION Time Between Ep VII And Ep VIII

I have a feeling it WILL be "previously in force awakens"

 

I think that's extremely unlikely

 

I feel one year would be just right. VIII is coming out in about a year & a half, so it'll work with the actors ages. It'll also give Rey time to train and Finn time to heal from that nasty spinal injury.

 

TV shows do that, not Star Wars movies.

 

Yeah, I know that, trust me...lol. I said that because it's been made clear that The ST is a whole new generation/"reboot" of sorts with a fresh take, and, Rian is going to do something "weird." Now, i am personally against this, but, by having this whole thing be "fan service," it will make the most sense because, then wtf could have happened right as the credits rolled for TFA and then suddenly we see a quick scrawl and Luke and Rey training? I don't think that that would make too much sense unless there's books that fill in details of months/years, which i don't think would be the best idea, in my opinion.

 

Well I think the aftermath of TFA will be full scale war. The elements of the Republic what favored and allowed support for the Resistance will want retribution/justice for the 1st Order attack. The elements of the Republic that were dragging their feet will have to pick sides and there will also likely be those who see the 1st Order as the winning team.

 

wHAT WOULD BE "DIFFERENT" is that the opening scrawl catches us up with the very tail end of TFA/why (if) Luke was waiting for Rey, lead right into the same scene of Luke turning around and revealing himself to Rey, EXCEPT, THIS TIME, VIII can have a wider time lapse of 6 months to a year so that Finn still heals, is a major player, and the character have time to grieve and legitimately have time to deal with the direct aftermath of Han Solo dying and Kylo Ren having to deal with his failures for going after Ren even though he was told not to .

 

I think about a year between 7 and 8, and even 8 and 9, would be perfect. Gives Rey and Kylo a good amount of time to train, as well as Finn enough time to recover and develop an even deeper bromance with Poe Also, I think the biggest question or factor is whether or not Rey stays on the island/planet for the whole gap......Will she be able to see Finn and Leia a few times in between? Or will she just be training with Luke for a year straight?

 

I just got out of my first screening (I broke my arm two weeks ago, and it's held me back from seeing TFA. Where are the damn Bacta tanks?)
I'm still processing the show...

I think the first time we see Luke and Rey in Episode VIII, Rey will be appealing to a reticent Luke to train her (I doubt very much he's too keen on training after the 'Ben' disaster).
A back and forth between Rey and Luke can easily be written to bring us up to speed -- without needing reviews or recaps or flashbacks (btw, I thought the "forceback" in TFA was really well done!).

I think Rian Johnson will be innovative in other ways...

 

According to the latest "leak," Rey is

Spoiler: Jar Jar Binkses .

Ben Solo's cousin, so why not train his own daughter who has been able to turn away the darkness from her own cousin?!

 

That leak is false. Someone misheard the word "curses"

 

Spoiler: Re: Jar Jar Binkses .

I've been a fan of the 'Rey is Ben's cousin' idea for months. But I think Luke would resist teaching precisely because he failed with his nephew. His daughter would just be more of a risk.
I love spoiler tags.

 

Yeah, I know, I read it after i posted it .

 

So does that mean ...

Spoiler

Rey and Ben are "curses"?

 

I think it will be a few years the more I think about it. The Starkiller Strike against Hosnian Prime was Pearl Harbor. Ep8 will be The Battle of Midway or D-day.

They will after the next season of Rebels start a second animated series telling the adventures of Han, Leia and Luke between ROTJ and TFA. Rebels will end and a third animated series will pick up just in time for ep8 that is set between ep7 and ep8.

 

Much shorter time gap than the one between Hope and Empire I'm sure of it. I think the film scheduling that forced them to use Skellig at the time it did coincides with keeping the timing their tight and the transfer away from it quick. You just can't film elaborate stuff there. They have to get off there fast, feasibly, so I wager the time is fast and quick.

Episode 8 will and won't answer much at the start, there's a quick need to get off the island and get somewhere safe (remember the Falcon is dirty will be the excuse). The real reasons is you can't shoot much there, so don't expect a training montage on Skellig.

But don't listen to me I am starting to believe the Rey Kenobi camp so I am treacherous and often wrong at the same time.

 

There will undoubtedly be at least a year gap. If there were a crawl that just updated 5 minutes, then you'd have a movie that focuses only on Rey and Luke immediately after and will leave the FO no time to rebuild, no time for a plot to build, and you'll watch scenes of an unconscious Finn. No other film has ever continued in less than a year. IIRC, ANH and ESB have 1 year. It leaves enough time for the Rebels and the Empire to "build a new plot."