Star Wars VIII : The Last Jedi

So this is a BIG STAR WARS NEWS DAY!

Unfortunately you need to be a language Nerd to have realised it. It seems to be a long story covered in things like the Torygraph, but a Disney Shareholders Meeting Tweetd something in French and suddenly everyone realised that Jedi is a word that is the same in the singular form as it is in the plural form.

So, this is NOT about the las Jedi - a person.

It is a film about LOTS of Last Jedi(s)

Clear?

Maybe the stuff below will help -

But first another classic rumour.

The opening line of the new movie is Serious faced Luke saying - “Who the Hell are You?”

It wasn’t until the foreign translations were released on Friday that a key fact was revealed: the Jedi in the title is plural.

#StarWars: #LesDerniersJedi, décembre 2017 au cinéma,” Star WarsFrance tweeted.

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#StarWars : #LesDerniersJedi, décembre 2017 au cinéma.

12:11 PM - 17 Feb 2017

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It wasn’t Le Dernier Jedi or La Derniere Jedi - which would not only have revealed there was just one Jedi but also what their gender was.

Instead, even Star Wars fans with a rudimentary grasp of the French language could discern that “Les Derniers” meant Luke Skywalker is not the last Jedi.

Spanish, Italian and German translations followed and, like French, all languages revealed the same.

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#StarWars: #LosÚltimosJedi, 15 de Diciembre en cines.

1:08 PM - 17 Feb 2017

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FollowStar Wars Italia

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Gli Ultimi Jedi, dicembre 2017 al cinema.

2:17 PM - 17 Feb 2017

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#StarWars: #DieLetztenJedi kommt im Dezember 2017 in unsere Kinos.

3:14 PM - 17 Feb 2017

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Predictably, social media lit up with the revelation - with many thanking celebrating the languages.

FollowMatt Hinkleman @matt_hinkleman

Jedi is plural!! Yay for Germans!!! https://twitter.com/ign/status/832566687778144256 …

7:02 AM - 18 Feb 2017

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FollowFr. Joseph Sund @FatherSund

Thank you Spanish… we now know that #jedi is plural.#LosUltimosJedi https://twitter.com/StarWarsSpain/status/832517146345369600 …

6:59 AM - 18 Feb 2017 · Omaha, NE

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“NOT A DRILL I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL! “THE LAST JEDI” IS PLURAL,” screamed one excited Twitter user.

Another said: “I’m so relieved that Jedi is plural in the episode VIII title. Makes me slightly less worried for Luke.”

FollowRyan Etheridge @RVEtheridge

Star Wars:The Last Jedi is confirmed the be plural Jedi, not singular. So like the hype is reallll

7:27 PM - 17 Feb 2017

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Daisy Ridley’s Rey has already revealed she has some skills when it comes to The Force, so had Jedi been singular, things weren’t looking good for Mark Hamill’s Luke - especially after Kylo Ren had put his friend Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to the light saber in The Force Awakens.

But the question remains, how many more are there?

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Need a teaser trailer so bad…

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Doesn’t seem fair on the “Letzten Jedi”. What did he do to deserve that?

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Is this one about the time the Death Star broke down? I do love a good Death Star movie…

So the first trailer came out yesterday and I haven’t watched it yet. This is an acheivement in itself. Making it to December without seeing it is a different matter.

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Mark Hamill not happy with whatever arc Luke is taking.

I reckon my theory could be a go-er.

Likewise, after reading Rian Johnson’s script for The Last Jedi, Hamill said, “I at one point had to say to Rian, ‘I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you’ve made for this character. Now, having said that, I have gotten it off my chest, and my job now is to take what you’ve created and do my best to realize your vision.’”

6 weeks since the trailer came out and I still haven’t seen it. I wish I had the same willpower when it came to beer, chips, gambling, porn and chips. Sadly though I think the only way I can truly avoid any trailers is to not go to the cinema for the next 6 months, and I can’t see that happening.

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Countdown begins

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Looks… :lou_lol:

I have been fapping all morning after watching that…

Glad to have been of service

Big news out of the Disney Earnings Broadcast last night part 1

Big news part 2

New Trilogy planned in a different Galaxy

Dodged a bullet last night.

The UAE Premiere was the last event at the Dubai Internation Film Festival.

It kicked off at 7:30 last night, tickets were only 20 quid and I could have bought some.

But of course because they made public the whole red carpet thing, the ENTIRE area around Burj al Arab and Mall of the Emirates was totally gridlocked for 3 hours either side.

One non spolier thing I have seen is that the film is 2 hours 32 minutes.

Need to plan the need for bathroom trips rather well then.

Going to see the new one this weekend with ms pap.

In the meantime, this is fascinating. I expect @saintbristol in particular to love it.

Spoiler warning; George Lucas would have fucked up Star Wars too if he’d had his way.

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I hope you’re going to walk out at half time if it’s crap @pap

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One of the few things I’ve heard about the film is that it flags a bit in the middle. However, it seems the filmmakers knew how to finish the last five minutes, by all non-spoilery accounts.

I saw it yesterday. It is very slightly slow in the middle, but not seriously. Overall, two and a half hours flew by, entertainingly.

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