ST Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) in Episode VII

He tweeted a pic on Christmas Day - beard still there.

That hair is a wig.

 

Not necessarily a wig. More likely extensions...the same that Hayden Christensen wore for ROTS.

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I hope not. Luke Skywalker is a legendary character. I hope they give him something better to do than just die. I want him to survive this trilogy. It is his destiny.

 

Yeah he grew his beard back over Nov/Dec for January's start of principal photography. He shaved it between for a part (and cos he hates it. )

 

I just realised that since we never see Luke without a beard in TFA, I can assume that my theory of clean-shaven Hamill using filming in the morning as an excuse to get out of that pub is legit.

 

Ok i'll be more reasonable then...

Hamill is contractually obliged to have a beard. Right?

It's possible Rian Johnson wanted to shoot those Skellig scenes early, some of those scenes could be start of Ep8 sequences, some could be end of Ep8 sequences, to get that work in while they had the chance.

Then Johnson could've told Hamill, I don't need you for further shooting until later in the year, so go and R&R, shave your beard, cut your hair, but I need you back in August (say), so make sure you start growing that beard and hair soon.

Still, hair takes a long time to grow. So maybe in the movie he trims his hair, but keeps his beard....for scenes in the middle of the film. But...that would refute the notion that Hamill is seen middle of the film with beard and short hair, but then some of those Skellig scenes with him beard and long hair again.

Again...that points to me that those Skellig scenes already shot were for the start of Ep8. The story picks up there, days/weeks later. And THEN Luke gets either killed off (by Kylo at Skellig), or Luke leaves Skellig in the middle of the movie, gets his hair cut, keeps beard, and resumes his role as a Jedi warrior killing the bad guys in the middle of the movie.

I dunno, just sleuthing.

 

If they are going to just kill off Luke after a bit of training with Rey...count me out for any other SW film in the future. Doubt they will go that way, but Ive still got the feeling this trilogy is about the removal of the "Skywalker" lineage from the SW universe. Kylo will most likely die and Ive got a feeling that Luke will eventually too (or he just won't have any kids and die of old age). Right now Im assuming Rey is not his daughter.

 

Probably so and if they do that, I am finished with SW.

 

I'm with you, totally out if this happens, I'll go back to ROTJ being the end..lol

I would have to believe Disney is smart enough to know Luke is the Mickey Mouse of the Star Wars Galaxy, oh man that's a bad analogy.. But you get the idea, people want to see Luke and want him to go down in a heroic way, big time.

 

Luke will almost certainly die in VIII. What other way can they match the complete despair &emptiness, of TESB? When that movie was over it felt like everything done in ANH was lost.

I'm also not convinced Ben Solo is the only child of Leia and Han.

 

Well, lets just hope Luke has more dialogue than , "..."

 

Luke is probably going to be killed off. The new trilogy is about Vader's grand children. Luke fulfilled his destiny as a young Jedi, he saved and redeemed his father. I believe the force will further call for him to rebuild or restart a new Jedi order but after that, the story moves to a new generation.

Fellas if Disney is willing to kill Han, and let his body fall in a reactor nobody is off limits. I believe Kylo will kill Luke or Luke will sacrifice himself ala Obi Wan in episode 8 with another huge plot twist.

 

Well lets also be realistic. Ford wanted Han dead, not Disney. If Ford wanted in, they would carry him so long as there is breath in him.

 

Luke and the Skywalkers represent George Lucas. I wouldn't be surprised if by the end of the trilogy, there would be no further representation of Lucas. Thats why I don't think Rey is related. IF she is, I will gladly eat crow.

 

I dont think Luke will be killed. When he leaves he will become one with the force by his own doing. Making Obi Wans "more powerful than you can imagine" quote really interesting. Luke as a force ghost could change how we view force ghosts

 

Yes, he will create new mystery maps to find his Force Ghost.

 

Ha. This time he'll put them in more droids

 

it's interesting how so many people view Luke as a childhood hero, and if he's in any way tarnished, they'll dump SW forever. We already saw Disney unceremoniously get rid of Han. Leia and Luke next imo.

Whereas for me...a kid who saw Star Wars in the cinema when it first released, Vader and then Sidious were always my heroes, until Lucas ruined the glory of Vader, and so now I dumped Vader, still like Sidious, but Kylo is my new idol, and have no qualms moving forward with Disney.

 

Godamnit. I really hope they don't kill him off in VIII you guys. I'm like 50/50.

Just...please, no. For ****s sake, no.

 

Yea, I don't really expect Luke to survive the next movie. They'll likely use his death to push the new lead(s) along like they did with Han who was glorified luggage:

http://bgr.com/2015/12/22/star-wars-force-awakens-kylo-ren/

 

I don't think Luke will die in EVIII, but possibly in IX. Two major character deaths in a row might be overkill (no pun intended )

 

Oh there is no way Luke makes it out of 8 alive. I'd like him to, but it's clear they want to go in a new direction.

He's toast. Start preparing for it now so it's not so hard to take. Hopefully Rian will make him have a decent send off.

We already know Rey doesn't really need training. Most of it will have happened off screen, and you can bet the first Jedi temple is a device to remove the need for a teacher, or head master of an acedemy.

Whatever secret is there, Luke will unlock it and in that will seal his fate.

 

I think it'll be something like Rey and Kylo and at the same time Luke and Snoke.

Combining the light and the dark for each and in the end it'll be a new force baby. Pure and balanced.

 

Luke is going to be there all alone just as Snoke.

 

I'm surprised so many think that things are gearing up for an end to the Skywalker line. We are barely into a third (fourth if you count Shmi) generation with Ben (and Rey if you think she's a Skywalker), with almost all of the attention so far on two-three individuals from that line with Anakin/Vader, Luke and Leia, so what's the rush to move on? Fear of "keeping the galaxy too small?"