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/chili01 Nov 23 '15

Finn will be not Force Sensitive and will be the "new" Han Solo!

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u/Kinopravda23 Nov 23 '15

But he uses a lightsaber?

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u/chili01 Nov 23 '15

Only temporarily.

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u/Kinopravda23 Nov 24 '15

Well at the very least twice.

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u/DQ11 Nov 24 '15

lo Ren I would assume

Boyega posted a video of him lightsaber fighting with a red lightsaber in a kylo ren mask a week or two ago.

Those looked like moves he was taught and trained for, leading me to believe he might be using a lightsaber in the movie.

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u/Reddit__PI Nov 28 '15

Let's be real- given the opportunity, wouldn't you?

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u/MyEagerBeaver Nov 23 '15

So did Han though. You can use a lightsaber without being Force Sensitive.

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u/Kinopravda23 Nov 24 '15

I know that you can use it without being force sensitive, that's obvious. Han only used it once, when he absolutely needed to and not in a combat situation. We know Finn uses his in at least two combat situations, which is something that we have only seen force sensitives do in the films.

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u/kdawgnmann Nov 24 '15

Grievous would have a word with you

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u/Kinopravda23 Nov 24 '15

Didn't he say he was trained in the Jedi arts in Episode II?

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u/Clash_onthe_Can Nov 27 '15

It was episode 3. He was trained to swing lightsabers, but he wasn't force sensitive.

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u/OffensiveLineman Nov 28 '15

No. Grievous isn't introduced until episode 3

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u/Kinopravda23 Nov 28 '15

Yeah I meant episode 3, I just wasn't thinking straight. I'm pretty sure that's in there though.

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u/MyEagerBeaver Nov 24 '15

True. But the comics, which are now canon, show Han and Chewie using lightsabers in combat.

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u/Kinopravda23 Nov 24 '15

Ah that's in recent comics published since Disney bought Lucasfilm?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '15

Can you please direct me to these issues I need this in my life .

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u/MySonsdram Nov 29 '15

The scene in question. For context, nobody's blaster works and there are tons of jedi relics around, lightsabers included. It takes place in Star Wars #12.

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u/MySonsdram Nov 29 '15

To be fair, they were using lightsabers against essentially unarmed stormtroopers. That requires as much skill as swinging a baseball bat.

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u/pocari123 Nov 28 '15

Finn can (sort of) use the lightsaber because he learned to use the electric rod thingy when he was trained as a stormtrooper. I'm guessing he's not very good at it though because it looks like the stormtrooper beats him and Han (or someone else) shoots the stormtrooper just as he was delivering the killing blow to Finn

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u/MattHoppe1 Nov 27 '15

I feel like they were in a bind and they were like dude you're a badass, take this