The Google Doc was right after all.

Thanks, dp.

Thanks for posting! Can you let us know where this came from? Can we be sure we can trust it?

What's the 'Tunnel of Love'??? A spaceship? Why would they use the catapult to destroy it? I thought the catapult was a super weapon for destroying planets or making stars go supernova.

So Luke really does only appear in the last few minutes of the film, and Kylo commits patricide. I was hoping both of those rumours were not true.

Sounds as though Rei uses a Jedi Mind Trick when she's captured, which lends credence to the idea that she's Luke's daughter after all.

Mixed feelings tbh.

The most interesting thing to me as of right now is just seeing how they cut together the flashback shots.

I don't get how any of this points to Rey being Luke's daughter. Her using force abilities in no way means that. You can be force sensitive and not be related to the Skywalkers.

Kathleen Kennedy explicitly stated that this movie continued the Skywalker story - it's almost a guarantee that Rei is the next generation of Skywalker.

Nice job as always! Going to try and avoid reading this but I'll donate because I love you guys.

Kylo Ren would be a Skywalker.

But he wouldn't have the name "Skywalker", he'd be a Solo, and there's no way that merchandising-hungry Disney not capitalize on the second most well-known name in the series.

Why would Luke leave his Daughter? Why does Han have to convince Leia her niece is worth saving? I kinda hope Rey is A Skywalker but doesn't sound right

DP does it again, it's like 2005 all over again

I'm guessing the shooting schedule does not necessarily mean it's the final cut of the film, just footage in the can?

whats the big luke reveal?

BOOM!

of course! dont know how i didnt see that coming!

Thanks for that clarification.

I still think that the lightsaber tumbling through space thing is probably an abstract impression or vision someone has, not a weapon literally flying through space, entering the atmosphere and landing in someone's lap.

I just don't see Disney tossing out 35 years of 'Skywalker' marketing, which they would be doing if the lead character wasn't a Skywalker. Plus, who said Luke had to be aware he had a daughter. She could have been hidden from him much like he was from his father. This isn't to say this IS what happens, just that it is possible. If she is his daughter, I don't think they would reveal it in VII though. They would make everyone believe she wasn't, then reveal that she was in VIII or IX.

But what's the difference if she is a Skywalker-Solo?

It still works.

I see older brother vs. younger sister a far more interesting storyline than cousins. It just works much better.

I think Kylo is kidnapped as a child by the Knights of Ren because they want the grandchild of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader - their obsession.

If Rey was a Skywalker-Solo, you could have it that she had no interest in being a Jedi (like her mother), or she was there during the attack on Luke's Temple and someone saved her.

Maz maybe? That would work.

Han and Leia's estrangement could be from losing their son (possibly thought dead) and having to give up their daughter for her own protection/safety.

I love that scenario.

But Luke as a father idea brings up a bunch of problems:

Who is the mother?
Where is she?
Why is Luke having children?

I know we can go the route and say that, as the last Jedi, Luke is choosing to do some things differently. However, it just causes a bunch of unnecessary contradictions to what we know.

It starts the kind of disagreements, arguments and knockdown drag outs that aren't really necessary with a better approach.

I see Luke as a lone, slightly tragic figure with the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders. Making him a Daddy hurts all of that in my opinion.

I agree that I think it makes it a much stronger and more dynamic story if it's about a brother vs. a sister, especially if the brother starts off in the dark and moves to the light while the sister falls. There's a TON of dramatic potential in that scenario.

Sadly, I don't think this will be the case. Disney spent $4 billion on this franchise, and if all of the Star Wars wet-wipes, shortbread cookies and makeup(!) i've been seeing in department stores are any indication, they will squeeze every last penny out of it, so there is absolutely no way that we will not be seeing a new Skywalker this generation. For obvious reasons, the only candidate to fit the bill is Rey.

I remember last year Doctor Who's Karen Gillan mentioning to reporters that after she had shaved her head for the Nebula role in Guardians of the Galaxy, she had donated her red hair to the "guys at Lucasfilm". 30 years is a long time, I can't believe Luke would still be a virgin by this point.

Jedi aren't supposed to be interested in that sort of thing. A Jedi is supposed to be like a monk.

They live to study the Force, learn from the Force... and eventually become one with the Force.

Also, I don't see how the Skywalker's story can't go on through Leia.

Somehow it's less because they have a different last name? That's silly.

What if Rey married? If Luke is getting some, maybe she wants some.

What if see marries Poe Dameron for instance? Now she is Rey Dameron.

There is the possibility that Han and Leia never married.

Couldn't Rey say that she chooses to carry the mother's last name instead?

Unless the plan of Episode VIII and Episode IX is too keep going backwards to explain Luke's last thirty years and answer questions such as:

Who was this girl?
How did Luke meet her?
Why did he decide to father a child?
Why is he changing the rules that were set in place?

Personally, I see it causing a whole bunch of convoluted, questionable, and unnecessary nonsense.

I'm no fan of Abrams to be sure, but I like to think Kasdan is smarter than that.

Those are all excellent scenarios, which ignore, however, the very real-world issue of the fact that the name "Skywalker" is one of the most well-known brands out there to the buying public.

It would be like Disney deciding to change Mickey Mouse's name to Craig.