#what was tHE POINT of TFA dramatically extending that last shot of rey offering luke the lightsaber

[greyjedireylo]

me if episode IX opens and Ben is Supreme Leader for approximately 2 minutes like I’ve been speculating for months:

#L I S T E N i always feel like i'm betting on very long odds whenever i theorize about this #especially because pretty much no one thinks this is going to happen #but this has been my gut instinct for like 6 months now and idk my gut instinct has served me incredibly well thus far in this trilogy SO #and honestly the more and more people take supreme leader ben as an obvious thing that's going to be a big part of IX #the more i buy into my theory and the less cracky it seems to me #this would truly be the 'luke chucking the lightsaber over the cliff' of episode IX #everyone would be whining and whining 'well what was the pOINT of him becoming SL in TLJ then' #which is hilarious to me because there was ALREADY supreme leader ben payoff in TLJ #what was tHE POINT of TFA dramatically extending that last shot of rey offering luke the lightsaber #only to have him throw it over the cliff in the next movie hmmm??? #ben is the biggest wild card of a character in the world and i wouldn't put anything past him tbh #up to and including getting up off his knees on crait and peaceing right out lmao #ANYWAYS i fully accept that this theory has a good chance of not happening #but if it DID i'd feel so incredibly validated lol #sw speculation