Was Rian Johnson taking a shit one day while reading the notes JJ Abrams left him, found himself out of toilet paper, and used the pages about the Knights of Ren to wipe instead? Will the now totally useless and inconsistent flashback scenes in The Force Awakens be retconned and removed in the future 4K HDR re-release? Does Kathleen Kennedy even care about consistency or a trilogy having a unified vision? Discuss.
The Last Jedi: What happened to the Knights of Ren?
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TFA left a hajillion threads dangling. TFA caught nearly all of them. It's okay to leave something for the end.
My guess is that Rian Johnson REALLY didn't like The Force Awakens, and is shoving as much of that under the bus as he can -- Including the Knights of Ren. He's killed off so many stray TFA plot leads that there's no way he wants to continue in that vein in ANY WAY.
They were the Jedi students Ren recruited after destroying Luke's Jedi temple.
- Rey has a force vision about them
- Snoke mentions them
The movie is long as is so I guess Johnson didn't feel like putting them in. Probably for the best.
If you think the Knights of Ren are gonna be anything other than jobbers in the next movie, you got another thing comin'
But look it turned out to be the only piece from the prequel era worth a damn.
you don't need to see these knights. these aren't characters you're looking for. the last jedi will go about its business, move along.
In the first film there is an exciting flashback of Luke Skywalker fighting a bunch of badass dudes in the rain when the temple was under attack. In the second film there is the same flashback and it was explained that by the time he woke up in the rubble everything was over. When you set up something in a trilogy of films, you're supposed to follow through.
Nah, I reckon the Knights of the Ren would be loyal to Kylo. My guess is they're elsewhere wrecking shit or training.
Yeah, i also see Hux possibly manouvering to power grab, the Knights will extend Ren reach within the First Order.
Rian Johnson is smart
He knew JJ had no answers for the mysteries he set up so he expertly dashed most of them for the movie
But he left just one unanswered question
As a practical joke
Your number is up, JJ
Your shitty mystery box shtick is coming back to haunt you
He knew JJ had no answers for the mysteries he set up so he expertly dashed most of them for the movie
But he left just one unanswered question
As a practical joke
Your number is up, JJ
Your shitty mystery box shtick is coming back to haunt you
They will come back in the next episode upon hearing about Snoke's death, only to see Kylo sitting on the throne.
Then
Then
You got things mixed up.
Luke was not part of the Knights of Ren flashback. That scene in the montage was completely seperate from the temple burning one.
The temple burning scene is when Ben turned. He wasn't Kylo Ren yet. He didn't have the red saber. He took 6 students with him.
The rain scene is when he was fully Ren with the red lightsaber.
It is very clearly a completely different time.
There was an interview with Rian Johnson today where he said that JJ had literally no plans for any of the story after TFA. Can't really blame Johnson for ignoring mystery boxes set up by JJ that even he didn't know what was inside
For all the people complaining that Rian Johnson took too many of the mysteries away, this is something that can be used in Episode 9. I would love a scene that shows Jedi Master Rey clowning these fools.
