Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A little dose of lightsaber discussion

It’s time to round up some recent discussions about a certain lightsaber in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and who may or may not use it.

Warning: Although we’re only looking at international promotions (interviews and more) for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, if you consider that a spoiler, you may also consider yourself warned.

As io9 did with a new Japanese one-sheet for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it’s impossible not to try and draw some connections to last weekend’s bevy of speculation based on a glass that showed Luke Skywalker holding the blue lightsaber, as he does on this one sheet. One item is curious. Two starts to turn it into more than a coincidence.

At the time, yours truly provided what she thinks is a particularly good reason not to worry, and even this image doesn’t change that. With Rey now at the top of the poster (as opposed to the American poster, which has Luke), there’s no way to neatly parallel Kylo Ren’s lightsaber as Rey does in the American version unless Luke takes hold of it.

Additionally, Redditor captainhaddock found something also from Japan that seems to ease fears:

And there’s Rey with the lightsaber yet again. This Reddit user in question also has earned some shout-outs from Uproxx and ultimately Star Wars News Net thanks to translations of a, you guessed it, Japanese interview, where Daisy Ridley also talks about using the weapon:

"In the new film, there are a good number of scenes that involve swinging lightsabers. […] At the point where I would normally have given up, I was like, I can do this two more times. I feel like I was able to get stronger through my own willpower.She does say pretty explicitly that she’ll be doing at least some of that wielding, but the first sentence seems more than a little ambiguous. Granted, this is a translation, and it’s possible the original Japanese transcript is more specific about it, but on the surface, it seems like a way to open fans up to seeing multiple lightsaber users once again after The Force Awakens saw both Finn and Rey take a stab at using the same one.Incidentally, she commits to the ambiguity of the film in other translated comments, which is also a bit interesting considering the good-vs-evil theme of the train images — even going down to the ships (the Millennium Falcon opposing a First Order walker, for instance).Next: Will the porgs have any real purpose in The Last Jedi?Do all of these new developments have you wondering about the fate of the lightsaber in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, or are you just ready to see the movie already?Published on 11/01/2017 at 1:37 PM ESTLast updated on 11/01/2017 at 1:37 PM EST In the new film, there are a good number of scenes that involve swinging lightsabers. […] At the point where I would normally have given up, I was like, I can do this two more times. I feel like I was able to get stronger through my own willpower."