SPOILERS: We Finally Know Whether STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Will Feature A New Death Star

SPOILERS: We Finally Know Whether STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Will Feature A New Death Star

There have been rumblings for a while now that Star Wars: The Last Jedi will feature a new Death Star but some Force Friday II packaging finally provides an answer about what's to come in the movie...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 02, 2017 01:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Star Wars: The Force Awakens didn't feature a Death Star but The First Order did utilise the Starkiller base, a planet capable of even more destruction than those moon sized weapons ever were. Well, with that now destroyed, it's been confirmed that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is going to feature a third Death Star and it definitely bears a striking resemblance to previous versions. So, what role will it play?

We don't know but it's possible The First Order will have several of these, especially as the technology used here arguably pales in comparison to what the Starkiller base used in the last Star Wars movie.

On the other hand, given Kylo Ren's obsession with his grandfather, it's plausible that he's built this as his home (that is the villain's new TIE Fighter speeding away from it in the image below). We'll just have to wait and see but this reveal adds a very interesting new wrinkle to the highly anticipated release. What do you guys think? As always, be sure to let us know your thoughts and theories down below.

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Himura
Himura - 9/2/2017, 1:04 AM
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 9/2/2017, 10:29 AM
@Himura -
This better not turn out like the old Star Wars Legends novels, where it at one point devolved into a bunch of repetitive "Superweapon-of-the-week" plots.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 9/2/2017, 1:05 AM
That's just generic box art.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/2/2017, 1:08 AM
There's no way they'd go down that road again. I think this is just random box art
Fogs
Fogs - 9/2/2017, 3:15 PM
@ALegendaryPanda - yes. I'm also in denial.
Chameleon
Chameleon - 9/2/2017, 1:11 AM
Mmm there is also a original trilogy tie fighter ln the box, sooo i don't think this means anything.....
Himura
Himura - 9/2/2017, 1:13 AM
@Chameleon - Original trilogy tie fighters confirmed.
Kyos
Kyos - 9/2/2017, 1:12 AM


There's just no way they'd go there. Gotta be just generic "Look, a Death Star - it's Star Wars" box art.
Kyos
Kyos - 9/2/2017, 1:14 AM
Or art to show the connection of that ship to the old Empire stuff.
FrankieDedo
FrankieDedo - 9/2/2017, 1:31 AM
Sorry, but that is a depiction of the first Death Star. (I don't know from where, because the |-|-|-|-| under the laser emitter wasn't in the movie)

Anyway, from wookiepedia:
OptimusPrimeTime
OptimusPrimeTime - 9/2/2017, 6:15 AM
@FrankieDedo - Congratulations! You did more research for your one comment than Wilding did for his entire "article" (read: clickbait).
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 9/2/2017, 11:53 AM
@FrankieDedo - What the hell's the matter with you? Get outta here with that research nonsense.
FrankieDedo
FrankieDedo - 9/3/2017, 10:32 AM
@OptimusPrimeTime @GreedoSarducci

I know, i know. :( My bad, i promise that it won't happen again. It's just that i ran out of rants and nostalgic old-man-yells and i tried that thing those pesky kids say you should do.

You know, thinking before writing something on the internet. :P
FrankieDedo
FrankieDedo - 9/2/2017, 1:36 AM
Anyway, they could have brought again the original Lucas idea for EpVI, that had TWO death stars the same size of the first instead of only one, just bigger.

In the Legends comics the third death star popped out somewhere, if i remember correctly.
Forthas
Forthas - 9/2/2017, 1:54 AM
The death star will be getting a lot of residuals for all of the times it has appeared in Star Wars films.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/2/2017, 1:55 AM
Hope not. But, I don't have a lot of faith in Kennedy to understand what else to do with this franchise that hasn't already been done. Hope to be proven wrong, though.
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 9/2/2017, 2:11 AM
@Spock0Clock - They need to be bring back krennic, he is smiling from the grave as the empire cant come up with new ideas.
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 9/2/2017, 2:03 AM
Oh come dont, Jesus christ thinking of something new. In the comics they had missiles to take out planets, That is what i call technogical advancement, do that

another deathstar though?
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 9/2/2017, 2:13 AM
Original tie fight and deathstar at back, new trilogy ship...thing infront

Time travel confirmed?
nikgrid
nikgrid - 9/2/2017, 2:24 AM
Star Wars Episode 7-9: Officially out of ideas.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 9/2/2017, 3:31 AM
@nikgrid - That was obvious from the Force Awakens.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 9/2/2017, 4:29 AM
@nikgrid - the "Star Wars stories" aren't very damn original either
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 9/2/2017, 4:54 AM
@ALostCause - Yes they are.
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