$99 for digital? Highway robbery. The saga bluray set is cheaper than that.

OK... here's my Thursday lunch time plot theory leading up to and the first part of Ep VII. Yeah it's long!!!


1st: I'm 100% convinced the opening scene of the movie is indeed on Jakku... Stormtrooper Finn is there along with Kylo, Phasma, Poe Dameron & BB8.
2nd: I am 95% certain that shot of Luke with R2 is the direct aftermath of this scene.

So here's how it all goes down:

The Battle of Jakku: Basically this was 1 year after Endor and was pretty much the breaking of the Empire and forced them to retreat to the outer rim territories (and apparently come back years later as The First Order). Was a massive space & ground battle. Luke wouldn't have missed such an important battle. Huge victory for the "New Republic" (formerly the rebellion).

Luke never left Jakku: I don't know why... maybe he freaked everybody out with his power. Maybe he knew the empire was defeated and was simply sick of war. Who knows, but he is now determined to stay in a very similar place he couldn't wait to leave as a kid. It's not a complete secret that he is there, but he just wants to be left alone.

Luke found love: Of course he did, he's a stud. Local woman conceives child... Kira Skywalker. Isn't long before trouble comes looking for the famous Luke and local woman is killed. Child will never be safe so Luke does the only thing he can, gives up child to old man (Von Sydow... shot in the dark) and renames her Rey for safety. Luke turns into Ben Kenobi and disappears, but he's still watching. The name Luke Skywalker turns into legend after a few short decades and only Leia and Han know Luke is still alive.

Ep VII: The First Order has recently revealed itself and Kylo and crew are already in orbit above Jakku, being the last known location of Skywalker (which is a BIG deal to the Jedi fanboy and the mysterious Snoke). Leia knows what's up and has dispatched Poe Dameron to warn Luke. Upon seeing Poe's X-Wing land on the planet, Kylo knows something is going on and sends a landing party to capture him. He ransacks the village thinking Skywalker must be there. They take Poe back to the ship for questioning after they find nothing. Luke, having sensed the disturbance in the force, arrives after to find the remains of a village. He knows his days of hiding are over. He discovers BB8 and sends the droid to Rey with a "present" to be kept safe until the appropriate time as well as a message.

The Force has no coincidences and soon Finn (after escaping with Poe) is led to Rey. Good thing for him because somebody else is coming for Rey... Han & Chewy. They arrive via smuggling cargo ship to go unnoticed by The First Order. Showing up in the Millenium Falcon would be a bit obvious... but that wouldn't have been possible anyway... because it too has been hidden on Jakku for years waiting for when the day would come. Rey is found and Finn tags along... Han takes them to the Falcon, "Chewy, we're home!". Han gets Luke's message & instructions from BB8 and the escape from Jakku in the Falcon proceeds to melt our brains with awesomeness!

PS: Poe Dameron left Finn with his jacket and a thanks / good luck because he now had a new mission that Finn could not be trusted to know about... get Luke Skywalker and get him the heck off Jakku! (none of this is shown on screen however).

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Does Han die?

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