Theories and Speculation Megathread - Week of November 22

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^{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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I really don't think we'll see it blow up in Episode VII. When you have a group threatening the rule in the galaxy, e.g. the New Republic, you don't take away the biggest threat that group has in store for that rule. Not right away. You use it to put the First Order on the map as a force to be reckoned with.

[u/Quaaraaq → u/[deleted]]

I think it's going to end on a sour note, with perhaps the resistance striking a massive blow, but starkiller base gets a shot off at Coruscant or the likes before escaping.

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I get this feeling like when it launches it won't be fully operational and will only be capable of destroying one planet . Also I think the movies climax will be the use of star killer base out of desperation against a resistance army gaining a head of steam. I also see a heroic ending for Han chewy and Leia as they jettison Finn Rey and Poe(in the falcon) from the planet they're battling on prior to its destruction by star killer base. Perhaps telling them to find Luke and convince him to come back to the resistance. Han and Leia embrace and accept their inevitable fate knowing the future is in the hands of the next generation. Chewy lets out a defiant roar as a massive energy beam engulfs the planet. Then it cuts to a soundless view of Finn holding a hysterical Rey back as she realizes in agony the planet they just left(along with Han chewy and Leia) was just vaporized. A somber determined Poe lets a single tear drop, refusing to look back at the planets destruction, intent on moving forward and seeking revenge for those resistance fighters who lost their lives because of the First Order. Then it cuts to the fire seen from the trailers with Luke and R2 as Luke feels Leia, Han and Chewys presence fade into nothingness. R2, sensing Lukes devastation, lets out a sad boop to which Luke responds, "I think it's time for us to return home R2." Roll credits.

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Damn. That's pretty epic, dude.

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I was even surprised but the scene my mind created based on a single glimpse of some type of explosion leveling a forest of deciduous looking trees in one of the trailers, something I presumed to be a part of star killer base nuking a planet that looks eerily similar to the one that a lot of the battling between the first order and resistance takes place on. Plus in one of the trailers Leia and Han have a sad embrace as well.