Luke Skywalker may be a gamblin’ man, if the latest Star Wars: Episode 8 rumors are to be believed. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the normally-reliable Making Star Wars has reported the Jedi Master’s presence in a casino during the upcoming installment of the space saga.
According to the site, “Luke walks around the casino looking for someone,” though MSW’s sources cannot pin down exactly who that “someone” is. It may be a shady figure, as the report also claims that the casino will basically be a super-version of the cantinas we’ve seen throughout Star Wars. Needless to say, there will be lots of aliens - much more than we’ve ever seen before. Not to mention that people (or ‘beings’ in this case) who engage in criminal behavior tend to hang out in places like casinos. Is Luke in search of a bad guy or a helpful Maz Kanata type? We can’t wait to find out.
In addition to Master Skywalker’s whereabouts, Making Star Wars reports that pick-up shots from the evacuation sequence featuring Poe Dameron and Laura Dern’s character were completed this week. iDigitalTimes’ Andrew Whalen wrote about that scene in greater detail, but basically Dern plays some sort of captain/officer on the side of the Resistance. Her strategy, however, clashes with Poe’s, who is then forced to take matters into his own hands.
Here’s a brief description, courtesy of the Latino Review: In one of the scenes shot in this stage, a rag-tag group of Resistance fighters have seen some battle. Cut and bruised, they and Poe Dameron are on this ship when Laura Dern, playing some sort of captain or officer. She tells the fighters that they are the last of the rebellion/resistance (I’m unclear on the exact phrasing of the line, so no capitalizing the Resistance) and that Princess Leia has been gravely injured and is receiving medical attention.
What do you think - rumors or spoilers? Give us your take in the comment section below. Star Wars: Episode VIII arrives in theaters Dec. 15, 2017.
