(Spoiler
Warning: Look, its not like there's any actual information here. The
one and only fact contained in this post, and every other one on this
subject on the whole dang internet, is that Episode VIII now has a
title but if you really, really want to hold off on learning even
that just skip this one.)
We've
got a title and that means it is speculation times now! That in and
of itself is sort of interesting. We are something more than ten
months away from this thing opening and a three word title is all we
have and yet the speculation begins.
So
its called The Last Jedi,
which seems to be a callback to how Luke is described in the Episode
VII text crawl. Ultimately, that doesn't tell us much more than we
already know: Luke will be in this thing.
Then
there's the fact the logo itself is red. Because Luke will die?
Please no. Because Luke will turn to the dark side? Because he'll
have a final confrontation with everyone's favourite whining edgelord
manbaby Kylo Ren and his self harm sabre?
Then
there's the plural issue because “Jedi” can be a plural so maybe
Luke and Rey together are the last Jedi. I hope that's it because
going for a Game Of Thrones wipeout of the original trio (however
unintentional given the sad passing of Carrie Fisher last year) seems
a bit too far. Just like its shocking death for shocking death's sake
which, again thanks for Game Of Thrones, just doesn't work anymore,
it just comes off as cynical.
But
what really fascinates me is that this is part of the cycle now. This
is absolutely the intended consequence of announcing a title for a
big movie now. Fans have always speculated but now the way
entertainment news travels so fast and how the internet has made
things so much more accessible, well, the entry bar to being a “fan”
has lowered considerably. On the one hand its cynical as hell but on
the others its kind of heartening that more people are able to engage
with their media this way. Just rather nice that there are so many
more nerds now, I guess.
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