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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Star Wars Episode VIII is going to be completely unlike The Force Awakens according to its stars
After the bulletproof success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, you might think Disney would do everything to keep things just as they are. But the sequel, "Episode VIII," is already shaping up to be a much different beast. At least that's what the stars are saying. The next film in the main Star Wars timeline, now in production, is being written and directed by Rian Johnson, best known for Looper.
John Boyega (who plays Finn) already revealed Johnson's Star Wars is "much darker." Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) says he's a "different" temperature from The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams. Now Oscar Isaac has opened up a bit more about what's different in The Force Awakens follow-up.
"Rian is definitely going to places and investigating things that haven’t really been done in the 'Star Wars' universe," Isaac told the Los Angeles Times. "For me, it’s so fun getting to explore different things that I wouldn’t have expected in this universe. In some ways it feels like we’re making an independent film," he added. Isaac is known for his work in the indie world like Ex Machina and Inside Llewyn Davis. "Certain things we get to play with — this kind of intimacy that we get to find — it's special. It’s been really fun," Isaac said.
The best hint about what to expect in The Force Awakens sequel from Rian Johnson, however, comes from writer Lawrence Kasdan, who worked on The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
"Rian Johnson is a friend of mine — he's going to make some weird thing," Kasdan told the LA Times. "If you've seen Rian's work, you know it's not going be like anything that's ever been in Star Wars."
Hopefully Disney is ready for another kind of Force in the universe.
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Did you see the "leaked script" story on Reddit? Highlights including Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin. She is the product of a virgin birth and is the chosen one - there have been many before her. Luke doesn't want to train her because she is, potentially, much more destructive than Kylo. She was a young padawan who was placed on Jakkut by Luke to hide her while he figures out what to do with her. Rey gets pissed and bitter, accusing Luke of being her father who abandoned her. He responds "No, you are my father" or something (imo) goofy like that. He then decides to train her but other threads in the movie cause her to leave and rescue friends (sound familiar?) and Luke gives her the same warning that Yoda gave him, but says that he's not Yoda and does things his own way. He joins her and they take off together to mount a rescue.