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The Last Jedi: Trailer #1 Breakdown

The long awaited first trailer for The Last Jedi is finally here, and we here at The Star Wars Review are here to break it down: line by line, scene by scene.

Dialogue analysis:

The first voice we hear belongs to Supreme Leader Snoke. He talks of when he first found Kylo, describing his “raw, untamed power,” as well as “something truly special.” This is no doubt a result of his lineage in the Skywalker family.

We then hear Rey, as she speaks the line, “Something inside me has always been there. Then I was awake, and I need help.” She seems to be referring to the force “awakening” in her during The Force Awakens, and her need to understand and control it now.

We see Rey meditating on a rock in front of Luke, and the rock splits. Luke tells how he has “seen this raw strength only once before.” He states that “it didn’t scare me enough then. It does now.” He is no doubt referring to Kylo, and he is obviously regretful that he wasn’t able to prevent him from turning to the dark side.

The next person to speak is Kylo Ren himself. He speaks a couple of lines that give insight into his murder of Han Solo, and his possible future actions. “Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That’s the only way to become what you were meant to be” - Kylo Ren

Kylo feels that he needs to cut ties with his past, and as he has already killed Han Solo, we are lead to believe he will be attempting to kill Leia next.

Next, we here Poe speak, and his words seem to be a rallying cry to the Resistance. “We are the spark, that’ll light the fire, that’ll burn the First Order down.” Poe speaks these words with authority, and it makes you wonder whether he will end up with a more important role in the leadership of the Resistance.

The next three lines go by in fairly quick succession. First, Luke says, “This is not going to go the way you think,” followed by Snoke tell somebody to “fulfil your destiny.” Lastly, we hear Rey speak the following: “I need someone, to show me my place in all this.”

THEORY TIME: What in Tatooine’s two suns does this mean?!?

1. Will Luke bail on Rey? Rey is looking for help with her force powers. Luke sees something very powerful in her, something that he has seen before: in Ben Solo. This scares him, as he sees the possibility of this great power leading to betrayal, as it did with Ben. But Rey still needs help: “I need someone, to show me my place in all this.” Is this line spoken to Kylo, as we are lead to believe, or someone else? Will Rey go to Kylo, and the dark side, for guidance? You tell me.

2. Where does Rey’s “raw strength” come from? Rey’s most impressive force powers are something that Luke has only seen once before: in his former student, Ben Solo. Now we know Ben, or Kylo, got this force power from his lineage in the Skywalker family. So where did Rey get hers? Of course, it is possible that Rey just happens to have been endowed with supernatural force strength, but what fun would that be? But if she is a Skywalker, is she the daughter of Luke and an unknown mother, or is she the sibling of Kylo Ren? It would definitely be interesting to see the dynamic that the brother-sister, light side-dark side duo would bring.

3. Is that how Leia is gonna go out? During one of the more intense moments of the trailer, we see Kylo Ren approaching the Resistance flagship in his TIE Silencer. As the camera cuts between Kylo and Leia, we hear the former speak: “Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That’s the only way to become what you were meant to be.” It certainly seems as if Kylo intends to complete his path to the dark side, and he feels that he needs to kill his mother to do so. Leia’s death in The Last Jedi is inevitable, but will it be at the hands of Kylo Ren, or is it possible that Kylo’s story will have a bit of redemption in it? I certainly hope so.

Interesting & Epic Trailer Moments

As the trailer begins, we see Kylo Ren overlooking a hangar containing First Order walkers. Many AT-AT’s can be seen there, as well as what seems to be the First Order’s version of the Imperial AT-ST (directly to the right of Kylo’s leg). It will interesting to see whether they are identical to the Imperial AT-ST, or if it is a new walker of similar build.

Kylo leads a troop of First Order snowtroopers into a rocky cave with red underneath the black surface. Could this be where Snoke is?

Kylo has a strip of a carbon fiber-esque material on his cheek, where his scar was. This has not been shown in any previous pictures, teasers, or concept art, so it’ll be interesting to see if we’ll learn more about it either before or in the movie. Kylo is seen later without this on his face, so it could possibly be some sort of healing device.

PORGS!!

That is all.

We’re finally going to be able to see Finn and Phasma face off, and it looks to be a pretty epic encounter.

It also seems that we’ll get to see Snoke use his force abilities, as we see Snoke reaching out, and Rey bends backwards in pain (seen below).

That’s all that I’ve got for now. Drop a comment to let me know what you think of the trailer and all the possibilities, or send me a DM if you want to talk about theories and what not (because i sure do have a lot more in my head than what I was able to put down here). I hope this article was insightful! MTFBWY!!

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Surprise! There’s more!

Reylo = Way no! With how the trailer ended, it could be seen as more fuel to add to the Reylo fire. I do not see anything happening between Kylo and Rey romantically, though I definitely think there is a connection there. However the plot ends up going, whether it has Rey turn to the dark side, or Kylo go the the lightside, or even have them stay at odds on either side of the force (or even have them both abandon the extremes of the light and dark side and decide to stay “in the middle;” but thats another theory for another time), I believe that there will be an important connection there, one that will be important to the closure of the story. I don’t personally like the Reylo “ship,” but I do acknowledge the connection there.

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