"Snoke is Darth Plagueis."
"Rey is a Kenobi."
"Luke turns to the Dark Side."
Fan theories surrounding Star Wars have kicked into overdrive, especially surrounding the release of The Last Jedi, which promises to answer some of the burning questions we've had for the last two years. True to the nature of the internet, there is some wild stuff out there, but some float inside of realm of plausibility. According to director Rian Johnson, no one has quite landed on the truth.
“I mean, [I've read] nothing that’s really nailed big stuff," Johnson said at The Last Jedi press junket. "No, which… I love reading the fan theories, you know, having been a Star Wars fan myself and been on the other side of the curtain most of my life it’s pretty cool to be back behind, like peeking through saying seeing like I would have people guessing.”
Star Daisy Ridley also admitted to reading one of the more popular fan theories about her character, Rey. "I mean, I’ve read a fan theory about Immaculate Conception," Ridley told Screen Rant. "In fact, that was the only one that I read because someone directed me toward it and I was like you should get to work. Immaculate Conception. Then someone told me that I was actually Snoke or something or other, and it was time travel and I do think it’s hilarious that there’s this like great character and everyone was trying to attribute it to another character."
Seeing as Ridley includes it with a list of other ridiculous theories, it's probably safe to say that this one is off the table as well. Where do you think The Last Jedi will take us as it releases next week? Let us know your wildest theories below.
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