Did you see the MSW leaks? “Rey and Kylo clash and as they battle the backgrounds change into places throughout Star Wars’ vast locations from the nine part Skywalker saga.” I’m so confused! How does this work for them? Do they themselves realize what is happening or are they so focused on each other that they don’t realize what is happening around them? It sounds really cool but I honestly cannot really imagine this. And it seems this will happen very early on in the film.
This is what MSW calls “Force Flash Fights”. I warned y’all that JJ was probably going to do his own thing with the Force Bond—not just in terms of what they can do with it, but also from a visual perspective. Rian used a minimalistic approach, basically just a simple but effective juxtaposition of camera shots. Knowing JJ, I knew he was going to do something more spectacular with it:
Anyway, this is actually great news for us. It means the Force Bond is only getting stronger, so much that they can actually teleport across the galaxy (either in flesh or via astral body or something). And, as MSW speculates, they might use this new ability against Palpatine, since there is another source claiming that “Rey and Kylo team up against [an] ‘outside threat’ […]. The person is in a black robe and cloak” (or… ya know… for sexy times…)
The slightly less positive news is that the tie fighter scene might be a real fight after all:
One source that told me about what they filmed in Jordan mentioned Kylo and his TIE Fighter and Rey in a “Wild West stand off.” We pretty much saw that in the trailer. That person also said that Rey damages the TIE and we see Kylo walking away from the TIE in flames (which was also mentioned by a BTS reel viewer). This source said things get trippy when they first clash. (x)
So Rey slices the TIE fighter, Kylo barely escapes from the flames. This might be when they start having the Flash Fights? Or it could happen right before that swcc pic of Kylo looking all dirty and battered.
