THE LAST JEDI - DECEMBER 13, 2017 - 3
“Something inside me
has always been there,
but now it’s awake and
I need help.”
– Rey
As impressive as “The Force
Awakens” was, director J.J. Abrams
chose to follow the plot of 1977’s “Star
Wars” in broad strokes. (Both films fea-
tured a desert planet, orphaned nobody
of a hero, a powerful villain dressed all
in black, a war hero turned mentor and
a planet-destroying superweapon.)
Based on the trailers and teaser so
far, it appears that “The Last Jedi”
seems to follow in the footsteps of
1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back.”
We have training sequences with a
reluctant and reclusive Jedi master,
armored walkers menacing the
heroes on a snow-covered planet and
an overall darker and more dire tone.
Many Star Wars fans consider
“Empire” to be the best in the series
– so far, at least – so consciously
aping a famous predecessor seems
to be the right way to go.
“This is not going to go the way you think.”
– Luke Skywalker
So far, the production hasn’t let
many details leak out about the plot
of the film, aside from what can be
gleaned from trailers and a single
behind-the-scenes video.
This is in keeping with the policy of
secrecy deployed by Lucasfilm presi-
dent Kathleen Kennedy, who tightly
managed the release of information
beginning with “The Force Awakens” to
quash spoilers and maintain a feeling
of surprise for Force-loving moviegoers.
What we can tell is that “The Last
Jedi” will feature a haggard, world-wea-
ry version of Jedi master Luke
Skywalker (Mark Hamill). While Rey
(Daisy Ridley) ended “The Force
Awakens” face-to-face with the reclu-
sive hero on the remote world of Ahch-
To, it seemed that Luke wasn’t too keen
to pass on what he had learned. “It’s
time for the Jedi to end,” he intones in
the film’s first trailer, and based on the
footage released so far, it might take
some convincing before he begins to
show Rey the ways of the Force.
“We are the spark that’ll light the fire that’ll
burn the First Order down.”
– Poe Dameron
Hotshot Resistance pilot Poe
Dameron (Oscar Isaac) ended the
last film a hero after his small strike
team successfully destroyed the
First Order’s Starkiller Base.
It seems that he’ll start the next film
back in the thick of space-battle
action. Numerous shots in the trailers
show him running through corridors of
Resistance battle cruisers with loyal
Droid BB-8 hot on his heels.
Less clear is what happens to Finn
(John Boyega), the former
stormtrooper turned Resistance war-
rior. At the end of “The Force
Awakens,” Finn was badly hurt by
dark-sider Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).
He clearly makes a full recovery, as
footage in the film’s second trailer
shows him locked in a fiery confron-
tation with Captain Phasma
(Gwendolyn Christie), his command-
ing officer from the days when he
still served the evil First Order.
With any luck, Finn will reprise his
role as the emotional heart of the
film. While Rey, Poe and Finn all had
moments of heart and humor in the
movie, Finn was the only of the three
heroes who didn’t have a special tal-
ent to fall back on. Rey was preter-
naturally gifted in the Force; Poe
was an expert pilot. Finn’s true gift
was his conscience, which first
prompted him to leave the First
Order’s evil ways behind, and then
to join the side of good to fight with
the Resistance.
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