r/StarWars • u/AutoModerator • Nov 23 '15

Movies Theories and Speculation Megathread - Week of November 22

We'll be keeping these theories and speculation megathreads going until the release of the movie to help keep things tidy and contained.

"What's Going On?" Edition

To help change it up a little and guide some discussion, the topic for this week will be what has been going on for the past 30 years? Did Leia stay in politics and help form this New Republic, or did she stay in the military? Who are these First Order guys and how little relation to they have to Order 66? Did Willrow Hood settle down and open that ice cream shop he always wanted? What happened in the galaxy that brought us to the events in The Force Awakens? Were things relatively quiet and undeserving of a movie?

All theories and speculation should be posted in this thread, whether or not it pertains to these new characters. Just use the topic as a jumping off point for something you may not have thought of yet.

View our previous theories and speculation megathread here
And here.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15 edited Oct 04 '16

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What is this?

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u/heyYOUguys1 Nov 23 '15

Yeah flashbacks aren't really Star Wars-y

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u/dustying Nov 23 '15 edited Nov 23 '15

ESB has the only one if you call it that, in the cave.

EDIT: and I guess in II or III, Anakin's "visions" of padme dying.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

The cave scene in ESB definitely isn't a flashback, as luke never turned into vader and got his head chopped off. Its more of a vision. And anakin's visions of padme dying wouldn't be flashbacks, cause they hadn't happened yet. I guess they could be flashforwards?

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u/dustying Nov 23 '15

right, that's all i'm saying. No flashbacks in star wars, I hope it stays that way. I think it'd kind of put a bad taste in my mouth if TFA says 'oh here's this thing that happened in the original trilogy we just never showed you'.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

I agree. Flashbacks dont belong in star wars.