ST Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) in the ST

Luke needs to have a big role in VIII and please a successful fight of Jedi master Luke against some villains.

Luke must be the star in VIII, like Han was in TFA.

 

They certainly need a payoff after the force awakens when it comes to Luke.
If he was so important to the cause and plot of TFA we need to see why, or it cheapens ep 7

 

I'm hoping Luke's power has grow so much that he transcends the Jedi, to an almost biblical state ie walking on water and healing the blind.

 

Turning water into blue milk.

 

Luke's role is connected to the further development of Daisy Ridley's character Rey; Luke Skywalker doesn't and will not be "the star" Han Solo wasn't the star!! Rey, Finn, Kylo and Poe were the stars and will only continue to be moving forward.

 

I have a feeling Luke will not be like Yoda and Obi-Wan in the OT. He has learnt from their and his own mistakes, and I think he will chart a new course for Rey and the force teachings.

 

Not really true, Han quite took over when he appeared. Yes he can still be considered as a high caliber A+++ support act. But he was in reality the co-star of TFA. I excpect the same for Luke in the upcoming 1 or 2 movies.

 

Still luke need to have a big moment when he makes his big return to the galaxy. Maybe Rey gets surrounded by Knights of Ren on a mission and is cornered when a green saber ignites behind them and he show us some power and out of this world lightsaber moves.

 

He wont fight Kylo. That's Rey's destiny. In the next film Rey will have been trained by Luke and Kylo's training will have been finished. Luke will duel Snoke at some point I think. We also might get more Knights of Ren and see some duels against them.

 

I think it's possible that in episode 8, Rey and Kylo duel again but this time Rey is defeated and Luke has to step in and face Kylo but he can't bring himself to kill Kylo and so in 9 Rey must fight and kill him. Anything's possible of course but i think they'll want to give Luke at least 1 big, epic lightsaber fight .

 

Any thoughts as to how exactly Luke got on that island? Didn't look like there was another ship there.

 

Luke will accompany Rey through her journey for, at least, Ep. VIII. I can't see Luke in a Yoda role and not leaving his meditation planet. His best friend was killed by his former apprentice, and now Rey has found him. He HAS to be back in the fight.

 

from the Variety's article: "Hamill and Fisher’s salaries are expected to rise in upcoming installments as their parts grow with each film."

i don't know if this is pure speculation or informed assertion from the newspaper...but i think we'll see way more of master Luke quite soon until then...everybody relax

 

Yeah.. Lukes gonna be awesome.. I bet hes all in...

 

Snoke said to Kylo, "If they find Luke Skywalker the Jedi will rise".

 

I dont think he will be all on at first. He failed his sister and Han by failing to keep Ben from the Dark side. He lost all his padawans and he walked away with guilt and shame. He will need a motivator to get the spark back, which is where rey comes in. She will probably get news from the republic that something is about to happen that really need luke but when he refuses she goes to face it like Luke left Yoda all those years ago. Luke remembers this and realise that he cannot let this girl, his daugter or not, die if he can do something about it and follow her and save her in the last moment. Yoda never came to Lukes defense but Luke is more impulsive and it wouldnt surprise me if he comes to Reys defence.

 

Opening scene between Luke and Rey, right where TFA left off, they are standing there looking at each other with Rey's hand extended out with the saber....no words have been spoken yet and Luke pulls that saber right out of her hand to his with the Force! That would reinforce to Rey, yep this is his saber and it is Luke since she was able to pull it to her and not Kylo.

 

I would expect there to be some arm-twisting. If Luke blamed himself for Ben's fall to the point that he exiled himself, he's not going to just jump in to train Rey immediately without some coaxing. That would be too weird to be believed. Just as Yoda needed a little prodding, Luke will too. Perhaps the voice of Obi-Wan is heard, just as in ESB? Or perhaps this is the rumored Hayden scene?

 

In the novel, stormtroopers boarded and searched the falcon while it was at Starkiller Base but left it undamaged. Kylo even sat in the captain's chair for a while. Since Kylo knew that the Resistance probably had the map already, it seems like the smart thing to do would have been to put a tracking device on the Falcon. Perhaps the Falcon could be tracked to Luke's hideout planet, and even if he's reluctant to leave on his own accord, he's forced to leave when the First Order arrives. The first order may also send a sleeper agent to the Resistance base or send bounty hunters to find out the details of the map, and find their way to Luke's planet not too long after Rey gets there. I just have a feeling that after all that's gone on, Luke will still be reluctant to go. He may need the First Order to make it impossible to stay.

 

Variety is about as legit as it gets for entertainment information. They credited their sources with the info about the salaries, so I'd take it as strong confirmation that the Skywalker twins will have expanded roles in the upcoming installments.

But not sure we needed Variety to tell us that, as the story by the close of VII makes it clear that Leia and Luke's stories are just really beginning.

 

Since the First Order's err...first order of business seems to be hunting down Luke and killing him I wouldn't be surprised if he remains hidden/separate from the bulk of the action. It's also one way to keep Luke from overshadowing the rest of the characters in the film. Not to mention Luke might have an overpowered problem. If they had him along side Rey and Finn fighting generic stormtroopers aren't people going to wonder why Luke doesn't take out all the bad guys in quick Jedi move? And if he DOESN'T do that isn't that going to diminish his stature?

Keeping Luke separate makes him more larger than life, which is how a Jedi Master should feel.

All that said, I hope Luke ISN'T separated from the rest of the characters and action.

 

If Luke is Rey's father I'd almost like it if he tells her nonchalantly sorta like how Snoke confirmed that Kylo is Hans son. The Force Awakens spends over two hours drawing parallels between Rey and Luke that if they tease it out for another two hours and reveal it in the very end I think it'll be very anticlimactic.

What I'm really trying to say is that I don't want a repeat of the Khan reveal in Into Darkness where when it happens everybody's thinking, "yeah no crap you're Khan, we've pretty much known that for months now."

 

That's exactly what I expected to happen in The Force Awakens. Since it didn't I think you're right that that's how it'll play out in Ep. 8.

 

One issue there: Kylo Ren already knew Han was his father. Snoke said that for our benefit, not his. If anything is revealed about Rey's parentage, it's going to come as news to her AND us.

It's going to be anything but non-nonchalant, IMO.

By the way, there was no reaction to it the first time I saw TFA, but when I saw it the second time last night. when Snoke said Han was Ren's father, several people gasped, and I heard at least one
'WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT??????????'

 

Seems very possible. Rey defeated, helpless on the ground without her light saber, looking up in terror as Kylo towers over her and moves in for the kill and then BOOM Luke blazes up his saber and things get real.