Many fans are very worried thatStar Wars 8will follow in the same footsteps asThe Force Awakens, and be a complete rehash, but this time ofThe Empire Strikes Backinstead ofA New Hope.Director Rian Johnsonhas flat out denied that his movie will be similar to the second installment of the original trilogy, but there have been a number of similarities that are already starting to surface ahead of the movie’s December premiere. However, author of a new book that predicts the outcomes ofStar Warsmovies may have just revealed the biggest similarity toThe Empire Strikes Backyet by claiming that Rey will lose a limb inThe Last Jedijust like Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker before her.
The Daily Mail U.K.recently sat down with author Tomas Pueyo, who wrote TheStar WarsRings: The Hidden Structure Behind the Story. Pueyo is a bigStar Warsfan going back toA New Hopewhen his dad snuck him out of school to see the movie in the theater and he claims that allStar Warsmovies have narrative patterns that can be used to determine what will happen next inThe Last Jediahead of the release of the movie.
Pueyo’s major prediction forThe Last Jediis that Rey will get into a fight with Luke Skywalker and lose a limb, just likeThe Empire Strikes Backwhen Darth Vader severs Luke’s arm. Pueyo had this to say.
" Limb cutting happens all the time in all theStar Warsmovies, but in second movie of each trilogy, limbs are cut from ring characters. For example, at the end of episode 2, Anakin loses his hand toCount Dooku, and at the end of episode 4, Luke loses his forearm to Darth Vader. It’s a pattern now, so it’s possible Rey will lose a limb by the end ofThe Last Jedi."
This is complete speculation on Pueyo’s part, but he does bring up an interesting theory, especially when one takes into account the other similarities betweenThe Last JediandEmpire. Rian Johnson has said himself that the movie shares structural parallels.
Luke spent a good portion ofThe Empire Strikes Backdoing Force training with Yoda on Dagobah, much like what Rey is up to on Ahch-To with Skywalker with a bunch of sea bird things called Porgs. Finn and Rose will visit a new place, Canto Bight to meet up with DJ, which is pretty similar to Han Solo and Princess Leia heading out to Cloud City to meet up with Lando. DJ’s intentions are questionable just like Lando’s were in Empire as well.
If Pueyo’s theories stand to be true, we could very well be looking at a movie very similar toThe Empire Strikes Backwith Rey losing a limb. Maybe she’ll lose a leg instead of an arm, just to differentiate between the two movies. It should be noted that some of Pueyo’s theories are a bit obvious, but he also throws out that Kylo Ren and Rey could be twins and that Rey falls into a trap in the new movie. Let’s go ahead and take these theories with a giant boulder of salt and pray that Rey does not lose a limb inThe Last Jedi.
