Eight Things We Want From Rian Johnson’sStar Wars Episode VIII

Thestarsarehypingit . The directorhas been teasingit . It ’s really not that far off . Written and manoeuvre by Rian Johnson , Star Wars : Episode VIII will be going into yield very soon , and as that day of the month border on , we ’ve already start think about what we ’d really love to see in the movie come December 2017 .

1. A New Structure

One of the biggest complaints about The Force Awakens is how munificently it adopt from A New Hope . report beats , character arcs , even the ending are pretty much straight from the original movie . Hey , if it ai n’t break , do n’t limit it , right ? That suggests Star Wars : Episode VIII could mirror The Empire Strikes Back , specially since our independent hero , Rey , has already go to her own variation of Dagobah .

Well , we do n’t require that . We do n’t require to have any idea what major strokes the story could explore . If a big surprise ending is inevitable , it would take off from its excited impact . Obviously the film ca n’t completely stave off similar image , but we ’d be intimate to be put off - sentry duty by it . falsify us out with “ Empire ” and give us something fresh . One great idea came from the gang at / Film — to make it like The Godfather Part II , half flashback , half novel . Whether that pass or not , Rian Johnson ’s film are anything but conventional . He ’ll nail this one .

2. New Environments

The Force Awakens took place on a desert major planet , a jungle planet , a snowplanet and a weaponize planet . Pretty intimate stuff in the realm of Star Wars . In Episode VIII , we ’d love to see environments unlikes we ’ve seen before . What does that have in mind ? Well , anything really . It ’s grueling to totally avoid everything Star Wars has ever done before , but there are for certain twists to be made . We just want Episode VIII to look dissimilar .

3. Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight

In the original Star Wars trilogy , Luke Skywalker is a full - fledged Jedi Knight for all of … 10 minutes ? mayhap ? The whole point of those movie was for him to reach that position , which he did at the very end . Then when The Force Awakens started , he vanish . Now that he ’s back , we really hope we get to see Skywalker not just as the wise man figure of speech , but as the full - flight Jedi badass he know he is . We do n’t know for sure , but betting odds are he ’s now the most powerful being in the integral galaxy . What does that power have in mind ? How does it affect him ? We want to see all of that and more .

We want to see Luke showdown against an entire armada of Stormtroopers and wipe them out with no cause whatsoever . fuddle his nephew , Kylo Ren , aside like he ’s nothing . Solve every job in this population in the first act , and then thing really get started . The one risk in this is that if Luke becomes too powerful , it could take away from Rey , and no one want that . On that note , we ’d also love to see …

4. The Dark Side Within Rey

When Rey kill Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens , it appeared she give into anger and tapped into the Dark Side . get that germ grow could be a fascinating plot line in Episode VIII . Patience is a Jedi virtue , and yet Rey was picking up the ways of the Force very quick in the last flick . Was it too quickly ? Will she trust Luke ’s methods ? Any of these thing could embark on a itinerary to the Dark Side . From there , she could either go all the fashion bad set her up for an Episode IX showdown with Finn , or maybe she falls in VIII and gets pay off in IX . Rey is simply too good a character for her to go the easy route to save the coltsfoot . Something we securely believe she ’ll do . Eventually .

5. Finn and Poe, BFFs

Rey is off training to be a Jedi , Kylo Ren and Snoke are clobber their wound , where does that leave our other two favourite newfangled characters , Finn and Poe ? Hopefully becoming the bestest of friends . Tumblr memes aside , these two wise - cracking resistivity soldier need to spend more metre together in Episode VIII . Each is heroic , uproarious and purposefully thin when it comes to an on - CRT screen backstory . No matter how Johnson decides to split up the photographic film ’s fictional character , Finn and Poe not being together would be a calamity .

6) More BB-8

BB-8 is a vital part of the tale in The Force Awakens but , after the first human action , we do n’t really see him do much . Hopefully in Episode VIII we can see more of what makes BB so peculiar . What other gadgets does he have under all those control panel ? Can he fell ? How deep do his emotions and sympathy of this conflict go ? And how can all of that be used to wait on Poe , Finn and whomever else to further their journeying ?

7. The Redemption of Captain Phasma

Before The Force Awakens , few characters were as anticipated as Captain Phasma . Then she give up everything she stood for in a heartbeat . It was a weakly showing for the First Order leader , so Episode VIII has to redeem her . Whether that imply she gets a full storyline to herself , or if she just plays a more essential , powerful side role , we have to see Phasma as a horrific force . On the other hand , we heard a possibility we really love from a supporter onTwitter , who suggested Phasma gets ousted by the First Order and becomes a bounty hunter with a vendetta for Finn . Now THAT ’s a movie we ’d be interested in .

8. A Deeper Understanding of the Dark Side

It goes without say we want to know Leader Snokein Episode VIII . So to add onto that , we hope to learn more about the nature of his , and Kylo Ren ’s , interaction with the Force . As they ’re neither Sith nor Jedi , their bare existence levy questions about who can utilise the Force and how they bug into that . Learning more about those issue could illuminate why Luke Skywalker went into hiding as opposed to confronting them , how Kylo Ren can stop a blaster dash with the Force , what the Knights of Ren are and so much more .

Star Wars Episode VIII will open up on December 15 , 2017 .

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