By: David Gremillion
1. Max Von Sydow is Boba Fett. Let's get past the very idea of this
fantastic bounty hunter being killed by a blind guy with a paddle.
Assuming he crawls his way out of the Sarlaac Pit, he still has to get
out of the desert, survive the elements, and get off Tatooine. Given
that the actor who plays Jango Fett is of Maori descent, seeing Max Von Sydow (born in Sweden) playing him would certainly shock a lot of people.
2. Princess Leia dies. Hopefully, the "big three" won't have that much
of an impact on the movie itself, leaving more room for the new crop of
actors to shine. That being said, I think a lot of us are expecting one
of them to become one with the Force in December. Qui-Gon died in the
first episode of the prequel trilogy, Obi-Wan died in the first episode
of the original trilogy, so it makes sense that Luke would turn into a
Force ghost in this one. A lot of people believe Han Solo will be the
one to go, given how Harrison Ford wanted his character to die in
"Return of the Jedi". So if Leia is gone, that will certainly turn a few
heads.
3. Aliens...any aliens. Notice what has been missing in the first two trailers? You've seen both trailers 1138 times, right? Surely you noticed how there are zero aliens (other than Chewbacca) in them. So where are they? JJ Abrams showed one of them off in a fundraising video he made for Omaze, but we haven't seen any since. Given the history Star Wars has for giving us incredible, out-of-this-world, aliens, they have been completely missing thus far. If JJ is saving them for the movie, they should be something special to see.
4. Force ghosts are everywhere. There's no shortage of "former" Jedi that could possibly make an appearance. Yoda, Mace Windu, Kenobi, even Anakin are all possibilities to pop back on to the big screen. If Hayden can appear at the end of Return of the Jedi then surely seeing Ewan as a younger Kenobi can be explained away. But having them on screen to spew exposition at us would almost be cliché at this point. Seeing any one of them would be a "been there, done that" moment.
5. The cloaked figure is from the distant past. In the second trailer, we've seen an army of new stormtroopers standing before a red banner with a black symbol. Someone was up on a platform overlooking the scene. Is it Captain Phasma? Is it Kylo Ren? Is it Luke Skywalker? The biggest shock might be if Lucasfilm summons a villain from the depths of the expanded universe. Darth Revan? Darth Bane? This could be greatest curve ball that JJ and KK might throw us.
This article is an opinion piece and represents the views of the writer, and not the entire Star Wars Underworld organization.
3. Aliens...any aliens. Notice what has been missing in the first two trailers? You've seen both trailers 1138 times, right? Surely you noticed how there are zero aliens (other than Chewbacca) in them. So where are they? JJ Abrams showed one of them off in a fundraising video he made for Omaze, but we haven't seen any since. Given the history Star Wars has for giving us incredible, out-of-this-world, aliens, they have been completely missing thus far. If JJ is saving them for the movie, they should be something special to see.
4. Force ghosts are everywhere. There's no shortage of "former" Jedi that could possibly make an appearance. Yoda, Mace Windu, Kenobi, even Anakin are all possibilities to pop back on to the big screen. If Hayden can appear at the end of Return of the Jedi then surely seeing Ewan as a younger Kenobi can be explained away. But having them on screen to spew exposition at us would almost be cliché at this point. Seeing any one of them would be a "been there, done that" moment.
5. The cloaked figure is from the distant past. In the second trailer, we've seen an army of new stormtroopers standing before a red banner with a black symbol. Someone was up on a platform overlooking the scene. Is it Captain Phasma? Is it Kylo Ren? Is it Luke Skywalker? The biggest shock might be if Lucasfilm summons a villain from the depths of the expanded universe. Darth Revan? Darth Bane? This could be greatest curve ball that JJ and KK might throw us.
This article is an opinion piece and represents the views of the writer, and not the entire Star Wars Underworld organization.
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