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Post #945389

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Density
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Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD *
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Date created
24-May-2016, 10:04 PM

Return of the Jedi has a double meaning. Until you see it, you’ll just assume it’s referring to Luke. You might even speculate it’s Obi-Wan. (I know an early draft had him returning from the dead physically.) But you won’t know it’s really about Vader until you’ve seen the movie. So it’s actually kind of a brilliant title.

Empire Strikes Back just tells you the Empire will strike back after the Death Star got blown up. Not exactly a big surprise. It’s not like the title was “Darth Vader Is Luke’s Father.”

I think “Fall of the Resistance” is more of a spoilerific title than any other so far by a longshot. I mean “Attack of the Clones” doesn’t spoil anything cause we already knew there would be Clone Wars, it doesn’t go any farther than that. And “Revenge of the Sith” is no surprise either since we knew what had to happen to set up the originals. TPM, ANH, and TFA are all totally vague titles. This would indeed be unprecedented if it is accurate.

Also, I’m kind of concerned that if it’s true, that means that this may indeed be another “rhyme” to ESB this time by being the “dark” episode where the bad guys win. I was fine with the parallels to the original in TFA, but I want to see something different now. I won’t be happy if it’s just a rewrite of ESB.