7) The Force Is Strong In The Skywalker Family
Much of the trailer contains a voice-over from Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker and is an echo of a speech that the young Jedi gave to his sister Leia in Return of the Jedi about how strong the Force is in his family. It was in that speech that he reveals to her that they’re twins, and here, he seems to be repeating it (with a few little tweaks) to another Skywalker. Whether it’s his own child or that of Leia and Han remains to be seen.
The voice-over serves as a way to show new, brief glimpses of Luke and Leia, as well as the haunting shot of the deformed mask of Darth Vader. It seems that someone has pulled it out of the fiery grave that Luke made for his late father on Endor. Why they’ve done so is unclear, but it definitely can’t be good. Judging by the stark grey surroundings, it’s either in the hands of the Imperials or Kylo Ren, the new Sith Lord who wields the now-iconic red tri-saber.
Luke himself appears in a shroud and is seen placing his robotic right hand on R2-D2. Leia, on the other hand (or, who we’re meant to think is Leia) is being handed a lightsaber. Has she become a Jedi Knight (or at least honed her Force powers) in the years since ROTJ?
Published: Apr 16, 2015 05:29 pm