Star Wars: The Last Jedi: What’s so big that needs to not be spoiled?
You’ve probably seen at least one teaser already bidding you not to reveal any secrets of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but what exactly is the secret?
Now that Star Wars: The Last Jedi has officially premiered, the teasers airing as ads on TV and even on YouTube have taken a slightly different tack. Even as they show some of the most provocative and exciting shots — Rey lifting her lightsaber in the rain, Kylo Ren holding his hand out to Rey, Rey grabbing Kylo’s lightsaber or juxtaposed shots of Kylo and Leia during what appears to be a major battle — they implore you not to reveal what happens in the film.
On one level, it’s hard not to remember that this is, at least in part, a marketing ploy, because Lucasfilm almost certainly wants fans to be maximally excited for this movie, and the promise that there will be huge secrets is a pretty easy way to build that up, even if we here at Culturess have already made our guesses that at least some of these shots are just a bit of movie misdirection.
However, as we mentioned briefly yesterday in discussing Disney and Lucasfilm’s apparent awards hopes for The Last Jedi, there are people who have already seen the film, and quite a few of them have also picked up the tack that it’s best to go in not knowing what happens:
Guys. @rianjohnson has made the most epic, emotionally powerful @starwars film ever. Hands down. My strong advice is to be very wary of spoilers. The less you know about #TheLastJedi, the better. Bravo, bravo, bravo.
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) December 10, 2017
Don’t let anyone spoil this… In 5 Days, be the first to see #TheLastJedi. Get Tickets: https://t.co/VDCqLK2Lzc pic.twitter.com/SZdKNdOWCs
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 11, 2017
But that doesn’t mean we can’t speculate a little on what exactly those spoilers are. Obviously, based on the choices of clips by the Star Wars marketing team, Leia’s fate, Luke’s fate, Rey and Kylo’s connection and whether or not Rey falls to the Dark Side are likely to be among the big plot points of this movie.
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And as someone who was actually spoiled on Han Solo’s death in The Force Awakens (don’t worry, it still hit me with an emotional punch, because I didn’t want to believe it) … although I may have written quite a bit about reports and rumors for The Last Jedi, I realize now that I don’t know everything about the movie … and frankly, I like it that way.