ST The Kaiburr crystal in Ep. VII

Who's to say that TFA won't retcon that or find a way around it?

Say they as they might that they want only one level of canon, but it's more or less a given that the saga takes priority, and I think that honestly the writers/directors won't bother to skim over every single detail from Rebels and TCW to see if it matches up

 

Rebels has already hinted that Kaiburr Crystals are responsible for the power of the Death Star super laser. The shock wave alone of a small batch of them being destroyed was rather deadly.

 

I mean,seriously,did you see that thing? It was the size of a large boulder!

 

Seriously? They're not at the point where they need to retcon anything. The guys making the show are being monitored by the same guys monitoring the film and some of the people involved actually worked on the script. Given how minor a factor this was in Rebels (they didn't need to name the crystal after all) they could easily have left it out were it to contradict the movies. It's not as if the series is made by people completely in the dark as to where the new films are going. If kaiburr crystals were going to be the big MacGuffin in TFA then they would be the number one thing they'd watch out for in Rebels.

That's true, but it's sort of my point. The crystals are used for physical weapons, not enhancing Force powers. There's nothing technically stopping them doing both but aside from being a little lame to have the same crystals used for everything in the Star Wars universe (why should we care about some mysterious artifact when they're already powering all our lightsabers and blasters? Oh, because it's a bigger one? Whoop de doo) it'd confuse people to see them used differently in two separate contexts. It'd be like finding out lightsabers were also communication devices. A needlessly confusing fact that could be avoided easily with a little script doctoring. I really do think we can rule out kaiburr crystals as the big MacGuffin of TFA.

 

Kaiburr crystals seem to be good for everything, yet they are also dangerous. Sort of marijuana of mineral world.

 

I wouldn't call that a fair comparison.

 

Every crystal has a good or bad purpose for it.

 

I can't wait for the spinoff, The Kaiburr Guy where Jim Carrey plays a Sith lord with a lisp who unnecessarily stalks Mathew Broderick.

 

I would not mind seeing how a "sith" develops or obtains one--what kind of trials they go through to get their crystal--we have seen a variation of "K crystals" for purposes of jedi sabers, and potential for super weapons. Hmm..maybe the sith storyline its a better topic for a spin off or legends type film.

 

At this point I think it would be foolish to rule out anything about K--crystals yet because there is still so much that is not known about them.

 

If a crystal played a role in a moment like saving someone's life or used as a weapon beam to destroy a planet then we would expect them to appear in every movie. A crystal should remain as a purpose such as a lightsaber.

 

Couldnt agree more. I think over use would just confuse the average fan and actually diminish what we already perceive them to be.

 

That's in-universe reasoning though. From a creative standpoint it'd be a mistake to invent anything that has such potential to confuse people.

 

What's so confusing? Small Kyber crystals power lightsabres. Much larger crystals like the one shown in the last story arc of TCW power much larger weapons.

 

Some may remember a Disney movie from a generation ago called The Dark Crystal. A connection?

 

lol the Dark Crystal. Maybe those Skexies (don't know how to spell it) were Sith

 

Skeksis=Sith. Mystics=Jedi.

 

These parallels are very intriguing. And as I'm sure most everyone knows, Splinter was a story idea for a low budget film sequel to ANH.


No denying this looks similar to some concept art we've seen.

 

The Jim Henson Company not Disney.

 

Man, I hope we get some legitimate info soon. I swear we are just a couple weeks away from people posting screenplays...

 

That's right. It wasn't Disney. But it was co-produced by Gary Kurtz of ANH & ESB!

 

That's correct. SOTME was GL's "Plan B" in case ANH was a flop.

 

I can remember as a kid seeing this on display as a new book in a public library in '78 and figuring that was the basis for the next SW movie. But two years later we got something MUCH different!

 

Its a good pic none the less.