Today, Disney and Lucasfilm finally settled it and gave us the official title forStar Wars 8, which we now know to beStar Wars: The Last Jedi. Fans are no doubt excited to finally have a title for the next entry in theStar Warssaga, but the title has caused a lot of online chatter in regards to what it means and who it refers to. It turns out,Star Wars: The Force Awakensall but answered that question for us already.
Comingsoon.netgathered up evidence that showsStar Wars: The Force Awakenshas already revealed whoStar Wars: The Last Jediis referring to. It is, somewhat unsurprisingly, Luke Skywalker. The first and most revealing piece of evidence came during the opening crawl forStar Wars: The Force Awakens, which called Luke Skywalker “the last Jedi” directly. Here is the first paragraph from the crawl.
“Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister first order has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed.”
SomeStar Warsfans have already formed theories about whatStar Wars: The Last Jedicould mean. Many think it involvesRey, or perhaps the read font, which is reminiscent ofReturn of the Jedi, hints at Kyo Ren. Some may need more than one piece of evidence as provided by the crawl, insisting that The Last Jedi could refer to the truly last Jedi, who has yet to be revealed. But there is most certainly more evidence to support the idea thatMark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker is the last Jedi. InStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Supreme Leader Snoke also refers to Luke Skywalker by the exact name. Here is the line from the movie.
“The droid will soon be delivered to the Resistance… leading them to the last Jedi.”
So that seems to be that. Yes, in theStar Warsuniverse Jedi is both the singular and the plural version, which has led to much of the speculation about whatStar Wars: The Last Jedicould mean. But, with the evidence cited fromStar Wars: The Force Awakens, and given that it really does seem as thoughLuke Skywalkeris the last Jedi (that we know of) in a galaxy far, far away, it makes the most sense. The good part about the title and the probable meaning is that we will be getting a lot more Luke in this movie and it seems like it will be a story centered on him. That is great, considering that he got about a minute of screentime inStar Wars: The Force Awakensand he didn’t even get any lines.
Prior to Disney and Lucasfilm finally revealing theStar Wars 8title today, there had been tons of speculation about what the title would be. There were tons of guesses and false reports, claiming that the movie would be titledStar Wars: Forces of DestinyorStar Wars: Tale of the Jedi Temple. Interestingly enough, as pointed out by Uproxx writerMike Ryanon Twitter, a Redditor actually guessed the correct title ofStar Wars: The Last Jedimore than a year ago. Here is what Reddit user Trumundo said on a thread back in 2016.
“Edit: After reading all these brilliant titles I’ve come up with a few of my own: The Last Jedi (plural) and Prophecy of the Sith or The Sith Prophecy. I’m liking the sounds of Shadows of the First Order, props to user RokutenVerzwei”
In any case, we now finally know the title forStar Wars: Episode VIIIand can start to get excited for more details onStar Wars: The Last Jedi, which will probably be coming soon. Especially considering thatStar WarsCelebration is just around the corner and set for April, which is where we will probably see the first trailer for the movie.Star Wars: The Last Jediis written and directed byRian Johnsonand is set for release on December 15.
