Lightspeeding Back into a Galaxy Far Far Away
By Taran, Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer
The sequel has arrived to 2015’s opening into a new Star Wars trilogy – The Force Awakens, that being the The Last Jedi directed by Rian Johnson. Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) will start her training with exiled Jedi Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Whilst the sinister First Order led by General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) and Snoke (Andy Serkins sets to strike down the Resistance which included Finn (John Boyega), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and General Leia ( the late but great Carrie Fisher).
Set to release on December 15th this year, I’m going to give a run-down on what we know and what you can expect. Episode VIII will include new characters as well as the familiar faces from the previous instalments. Kelly Marie Tran plays Rose Tico who is a Resistance engineer who is swept up the rush of fight and ends up with John Boyega’s Finn on a secret undercover mission to infiltrate Finn’s former employers the First Order. Benicio Del Toro joins the cast, playing the shady DJ. There is not too much solid information of him however according to comicbook.com, he stands neither with the Resistance nor First Order but helps Finn and Rose in their mission. Laura Dern famous for her role in Jurassic Park plays Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo who seems to second in command to Leia.
We do not have a fixed plot for the story but what we do have, is a pretty good guess. Spoiler Alert as well. It is hard to tell if Luke knows Rey from what we’ve seen from the end of the Force Awakens and trailers. We do know he is afraid of her power and has ‘only seen this power once before… it didn’t scare me then, it does now.’ Which is taken straight from one of the trailers, whilst this goes on Finn wakes up. The First Order seems to try counter the Resistance with shots of Kylo Ren deciding to fire on Leia’s ship in the trailers, whatever happens here we know Finn, Rose and Poe definitely make it out. Finn and Rose go undercover. In the background we’ll also find out more out Supreme Leader Snoke. Thanks to Lego sets, we know Rey does leave Ach To (Luke’s island) and fights on the planet with the Gorilla Walkers (the new AT-AT). This will most likely be the climax of the film where everyone teams up. Does Kylo turn to the Light? Does Rey lose a limb? Who is Snoke? Does Luke or Leia survive? And who are Rey’s parents!? This questions are set for the future, whether the Last Jedi will be the Empire Strikes Back we can only hope.