Does This Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer Image Call Back To This Big Prequel Moment?

Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer has fans buzzing right now, looking over the footage from Episode […]

September 5, 2017, 6:18pm

Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer has fans buzzing right now, looking over the footage from Episode VIII for clues about the story that director Rian Johnson and his cast are telling.

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We’ve already spotted some a lot of clues that most viewers missed in the trailer, and even a connection between this Last Jedi teaser in The Force Awakens trailer – but one savvy fan spotted a shot that pays thematic ode to the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and possibly hints at some big revelations.

As you can see below, the shot in question is of Rey (Daisy Ridley) standing on the planet Ahch-To, where she is training with Luke Skywalker; the shot is a strong visual call back to Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, contemplating things after having crossed a serious romantic line with Natalie Portman’s Padmé.

What exactly Rey is contemplating in this shot from The Last Jedi is a mystery; however, it being the callback that it is, there’s suggestion that Rey could be struggling with similar possibilities of light and dark that Anakin did in the second prequel film, and Luke did in the second Original Trilogy film (Empire Strikes Back). In other words: The Last Jedi is simply honoring tradition.

…And maybe (just maybe) it’s also a hint of what Rey’s true origins might be…

I hate the idea of Rey being a Skywalker, but this visual callback is still pretty cool. #TheLastJedi pic.twitter.com/b824wWhua9
— Max Nicholson (@Max_Nicholson) April 14, 2017

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi, from writer/director Rian Johnson, is in post-production now for a December 15, 2017 release. The film follows-up and continues the story of the next generation of the saga as Rey, Poe, Finn, and Kylo Ren find their place in the galaxy and follow the legacy of Luke Skywalker, Leia, and Han Solo. Daisy Ridley returns to star as Rey, with other returning stars John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Mayhew, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Lupita Nyong’o Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa. Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern join the cast in as-yet-unrevealed roles.