Spoiler Alert
Today is going to be a bit different. There was a lot of news this week, from "leaked" footage to new locations to Oscar Isaac mocking the Special Editions. All of this is important, but right now we know that this week was something different. Something big happened this week. Something dropped. Now, you should understand that I hate spoilers. They are the most wretched thing ever created. I know that as a fan, being super excited for a movie or episode of something is even better when you don't know what's going on. The second "that guy" comes in and shatters the tension, the whole sense of discovery is lost. You can't ever forget spoilers if you tried. You can't keep them out of your mind while you're watching the movie, and you will never be able to experience the movie for the first time ever. Spoilers ruin everything in my opinion. While researching for this post, I knew what I was getting into, and I did it because skipping over it would overlook a huge aspect of this movie. Since this blog is dedicated to all things Star Wars: Episode VII, you can't pretend it isn't there, that the rest of the Internet won't splash this everywhere, and that it doesn't matter. I regret looking at this leak, but what can you do now? I could be wrong. It could be just a big hoax. But this is so huge that it has been combed over again and again for inconsistencies, and it looks to be truer every second. This is the plot twist to end all plot twists. It is far greater than the Star Wars twist, you know the one about Luke's parentage? Now, if you want to know as little as possible about the plot of Episode VII as possible, and want to continue life as normal. Look away. Leave this page. No one will blame you. If you are like me, and like to go into a movie without knowing the ending, then do not look under the picture. However, if you are such a huge fan that knowing this won't ruin Star Wars for you, then go on ahead.Venture forth. Oh, and spoiler alert.
Whew. Building tension makes me tired. But anyways, there are spoilers to attend to! Okay, so two things happened simultaneously this week that play a role in this business. First Making Star Wars made a statement that detailed where the character of Daisy Ridley lives. Well, according to them, it seems like an old fallen ATAT walker that is slowly being reclaimed by nature. This setting is on a rocky, desert planet. This seems to be confirmed by the photo taken in May:
The date is sometime after an intergalactic war in which the ATAT was taken down by forces unknown (rebels?). Ridley's character is is the same position as Luke Skywalker at the beginning of Star Wars: yearning for something greater than a normal life. She is described as the hero. TIE fighters have also been shot down, as well as other Imperial vehicles. Well, this is hardly spoiler worthy, but that's not what's interesting. The very next day after Making Star Wars posted that article, they posted this one. The title is: HUGE RUMOR: STAR WARS: EPISODE VII’S “I AM YOUR FATHER” SIZED MOMENT. You know you're really getting into it now. I continued reading. Okay, so the first clue comes from the picture leaked a month ago on Indie Revolver. Here it is:
Now, this picture shows us a creepy cyborg thing (known at the time as an "Inquisitor")with a red eye and a cloak holding the mask of Darth Vader, contemplating it. He (it?) is also wearing a very familiar hooded cloak that we haven't seen since Return of the Jedi. One worn by Luke Skywalker. See where I'm going with this?
Making Star Wars isn't the greatest source. It mentions several images that aren't available anywhere on the Internet that I couldn't find. But, doesn't Luke have his right hand cut off in Empire? SO, bear with me. I don't know how this guy got his sources. I'm not inside his head. But it would make sense, wouldn't it? Anyway, so the basic plot goes like this: A lightsaber is found by a blue alien character. This comes from BadAssDigest, the other principle source for these rumors. So this alien goes to a salvage yard where Daisy Ridley's character, called "Kira", is hanging out with Max Von Sydow, who was cast along with the other main actors. Sydow plays a crazy cyborg who has dementia, but when he sees the lightsaber, he immediately focuses. He remembers the lightsaber. After Kira leaves, he makes a call to a mysterious figure, and says "It's here". Kira then goes out to fight a monster that is terrorizing the galaxy for reasons unknown. She needs the help of Luke Skywalker, so she seeks him out. She travels with a companion, possibly John Boyega to a snow planet like Hoth to find him, and goes to a kind of castle. She thinks she's meeting him, but instead meets a cyborg monster instead. She realizes who he he is, then turns to the dark side, and the movie ends. That's about it. Congratulations, I've ruined your childhood. Luke is evil, I feel betrayed, and now J.J. Abrams is disappointed that his movie's surprise leaked. I can't really explain how all of this information fits, so check out the sources firsthand if you really want to know more. I'm just in shock. I gotta go.
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