Star Wars Episode VIII

Character posters.

Kylo & Luke.
Dunno why they weren't with that first batch...

When did Dora the explorer join the cast?

Tuesday.

I mean, "Martes".

New images released

Skrain beat me to Snoke, but here's a bunch of others, including some of Luke.

http://www.cbr.com/star-wars-snoke-first-look/

I think they could have gotten a bit more creative with this new trilogy.

The villain is just Palpatine 2.0. An elderly, deformed humanoid with his own red robed guards who leads his own version of the Empire, complete with storm troopers, TIE fighters, and Star destroyers.

I feel like they are really playing it safe with these movies whereas some of the old expanded universe took some risks and had some unique characters and creatures. Grand Admiral Thrawn, Black Sun, the Yuuzang Vong, etc.

I really hope their are some twists and turns in 8 and 9. TFA was so predictable.

I was really hoping Snoke was Plageous, but I don't think they're going with that. It does make sense they whoever emerges as leader after Palpatine would inherit all things Empire.

Wow. Creative posters for a second film in a trilogy.

Agreed... but in fairness, TFA was exactly what was needed after the gawdawful prequel trilogy.

Based on rumors, episode eight will be a whole different animal. I don't think they will stray too far from the basic story though. It is a great opportunity though to bring in EU material like they do in Rebels.

Episode IX is getting a rewrite http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-episode-ix-gets-a-new-writer-1026003

I figured that was coming.

Why?

Carrie Fisher's death.

Yeah, someone let out a possible spoiler the other day that she has a "sendoff" but that she remains alive within the universe.

Aint It Cool strongly implied, based on this photo, that Snoke is actually a clone/reincarnation of Anakin. Apparently Disney really, really wants to bring Vader back from the dead.

How could it be Anakin?

Cloning is well established in the SW universe. Kylo was able to find Vader's charred helmet, it's probably not too big a stretch to think there might have been some DNA left inside that could have been used to grow a duplicate.

Don't disagree, in fact I thought of that, but, if you clone someone, they're not going to be the same exact person spriratually. You would have to clone Anakin and raise them to be a dark sider.

In other words, let's say you clone me, it doesn't mean that clone will be exactly like me.

Normally I'd agree, but the Kamino cloners were able to create an entire army of Jango Fett clones that all shared the same basic personality. So, within the SW universe, it seems that genetics can be manipulated during the cloning process to standardize personality.

Here's another possibility - Snoke is Anakin himself. Let's say that despite how it appeared in ROTJ, Anakin didn't actually die on the Death Star, he was just unconscious, perhaps in a coma. And somehow, through some kind of connection with the Force, Anakin survived the funeral pyre and he remained in some form of suspended animation until, unbeknownst to Luke, Vader's body was recovered by agents of the crippled Empire.

If Snoke were Anakin, Kylo would be like "grandfather! Graaaandfaaatherrr! ".
I don't get that vibe from their relationship at all.

Vader can't be alive, we saw his force ghost and the clones have very distinctive personalities, the only thing similar is their look and ability as fighters which has more to do with conditioning than the cloning process.

Isn't that what Palpatine did in the EU? Cloned himself and somehow use the force to transfer his consciousness...

And he can't be Snoke if he is alive. Unless you're going to argue that he went back to the Dark Side as a consequence of him being cloned. Which would effectively shit all over Jedi more completely than the prequels did.

If Snoke is Anakin, there's just way too much we have to accept to be believable.

TFA even shitted on RotJ as well.

Snoke being Anakin is a phenomenally stupid idea, even worse than Jar-Jar or Greedo shooting first.

which means they'll probably do it