Does Luke Skywalker Awaken the Force?
The internet is still getting used to the new titled for Episode VII. Eventually, most people will start calling the film The Force Awakens, but most sources are still calling it Episode VII. Regardless of what it's called, new information is coming in about casting. Wait, casting news? Now? After filming already stopped? That makes no sense! But, this rumor goes back earlier, and seems to be a confirmation of an already acted out part. A while back there was a rumor going around that stated that Billie Lourd, the daughter of Carrie Fisher, was playing a role in Episode VII-- I mean The Force Awakens. The rumors have received little attention, but Carrie Fisher's mother may have confirmed it. Onstage in Las Vegas, According to Comic Book Movie, Debbie Reynolds divulged that Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd were both working with “Harrison Ford… and the other boychik." "The other boychik" is presumably Mark Hamill. It might be possible that Lourd has a cameo role, since she didn't have a role big enough to be announced along with the other cast members in April. It could mean something, but it might just be a response to a request on Fisher's part to have her daughter act. Either way, she'll be noticed.
We don't know much about the main villain, besides his Darth Vader ambitions, his possible outfit, and the fact that he is Luke Skywalker. Oops, spoiler alert. However, according to MSW (You know these guys by now), the villain has more Darth Vader parallels than we realized. A leaked scene has emerged (or so they say). The setting is Tatooine, and a bunch of Stormtroopers are in the process of burning a small village, with flamethrowers (I wonder what space flamethrowers look like. The description doesn't say.), fighting fierce resistance. Then a shuttle lands and Darth Vader ascends. According to MSW, he's a placeholder for the real villain, but the shot closely resembles a shot from Return of the Jedi, in which Vader is descending the shuttle on the second Death Star. This means that the main villain is supposed to be a new Darth Vader, going around with troops and destroying things. However, the fact that both Vader and this new villain go around personally with Stormtroopers suggests that this new villain is only a secondary villain, with a new villain to be revealed in a hologram (The Empire Strikes Back style) or something. Because, if you think about it, a real villain doesn't go around personally attacking things. He's usually a general, a behind-the-scenes guy. So here's some possible news for Episode VIII and beyond...
Finally, to the conflicted subject of Luke Skywalker's role in the new movies. Some sources are suggesting, that he is in fact, not the main villain of the whole new trilogy. In fact, just the opposite. According to Latino Review (as well as MSW), Luke Skywalker, at some point in the 32 years between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, has discovered a "Force breakthrough", making him the most powerful Jedi of all time. However, he doesn't have full control over his abilities, and after one too many disasters, he stops trusting himself, abandons civilization, and becomes a recluse. He is terrified of falling to the Dark Side, so he stays away from others. Both the villain and the hero try to convince him to join them on separate occasions. However, they realize that he is not completely sane. He also gets random visions about the future and past. His sanity will become a wild card for the course of the trilogy, as he could still go either way. The awful plot twist could yet be avoided! Who knows, Luke Skywalker could just save the universe (again)...
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