Star Wars Episode VIII "The Last Jedi" Coming December 15, 2017 (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

Carrie Fisher Reportedly Suffers Serious Heart Attack on Plane

It happened on an international flight from London to LA shortly before arrival. EMTs met the plane when it landed. There are reports that she was unresponsive at the time she was taken off the plane.

 

[Tino]

Omg. Just watched her awesome appearance on Graham Norton this morning. Hope she recovers 100%

 

[WillG]

Pretty bad, hope she pulls through, but not necessarily unsurprising for someone who did a lot of cocaine and was a heavy smoker.

I'm already hearing internet rumblings that Disney/LFL forcing her to rapidly lose weight (possibly with use of ephedra) caused this.

 

[TravisR]

The title is Star Wars: Episode VIII- The Last Jedi.

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-official-title-for-star-wars-episode-viii-revealed

 

[Greg.K]

Somewhat interesting choice of red for the logo color instead of the usual yellow?

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

TLJ

“When gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be..."

 

[Sam Favate]

I like it!

 

[WillG]

Somewhat interesting choice of red for the logo color instead of the usual yellow?

I'm wondering if that will be one of those things that "breaks" the Internet

 

[TravisR]

Since 'Jedi' is singular and plural, the title could be referring to Luke, Rey or both.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

"No, there is another..."

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

It breaks tradition of having a four word title for sequels but I like it! I also like the red colouring used for Star Was.

The Crawl for TFA states that Luke is the last Jedi.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I like it a lot more than "The Force Awakens" as a title. The only nit I have to pick with it is that having a title with "Jedi" only two episodes after "Return of the Jedi" feels a little repetitive.

Somewhat interesting choice of red for the logo color instead of the usual yellow?

I think it's an homage to the Return of the Jedi half sheet poster:

I dig it. I kind of hope they use a third, different color for Episode IX.

The Crawl for TFA states that Luke is the last Jedi.

My initial thought was that the movie would start with Luke as the titular last Jedi and end with Rey as the titular last Jedi. But as Travis rightly points out, Jedi can be singular or plural. Just as well: I really don't need the sequel trilogy to be a war of attrition on our heroes from the original trilogy. Especially given that Carrie Fisher's passing will have to be dealt with in Episode IX.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

A little repetitive, but then we haven't caught wind of Star Wars Episode IX: Jedi on Jedi Wars yet.

 

[Brandon Conway]

I like the title.

It does make me wonder if perhaps Johnson's original idea was The Last Knight or The Last Jedi Knight, only to have the Transformers movie steal his thunder.

 

[TravisR]

It does make me wonder if perhaps Johnson's original idea was The Last Knight or The Last Jedi Knight, only to have the Transformers movie steal his thunder.

Amusingly, I can think of at least three times when The Last Jedi was already used by the expanded universe- it was an issue of a Marvel comic book back in the early 80's [EDIT: I looked and it was issue #49], it was a kids' book series featuring Obi-Wan between Episodes III and IV and it was a novel about a Jedi who escaped Order 66.

 

[Carabimero]

What if the last Jedi turns out NOT to be Luke? Or Rey?

 

[Carabimero]

it was a Marvel comic book back in the early 80's

If it's the same comic I am thinking of, It has Obi Wan on the cover and says OBI WAN STANDS ALONE.

 

[TravisR]

If it's the same comic I am thinking of, It has Obi Wan on the cover and says OBI WAN STANDS ALONE.

Here's The Last Jedi issue:

The Obi-Wan one is this:

 

[Carabimero]

Thanks for posting those covers. I have all the originals and reprints. And my pillow case has a bunch of the covers from the Marvel comics on it. But it's been a long time since I looked at the issues.

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

My initial thought was that the movie would start with Luke as the titular last Jedi and end with Rey as the titular last Jedi. But as Travis rightly points out, Jedi can be singular or plural. Just as well: I really don't need the sequel trilogy to be a war of attrition on our heroes from the original trilogy. Especially given that Carrie Fisher's passing will have to be dealt with in Episode IX.

I was expecting Luke to take on the Ben Kenobi role in the new trilogy and meet the same fate. I think it will refer to Luke, the only surviving Jedi. returning to help the Resistance, he doesn't have to die, just train Rey as he helps out. If Luke were to die, it could have been filmed before Carrie Fisher's passing but I don't expect to see him die, it's too soon after Solo and I've always wanted to see Luke in action as a full Jedi.