The release ofThe Last Jedion Digital HD has allowed fans to pore over this blockbuster as much as they want, but it also allows inventive video editors to have a little bit of fun. One such editor is a Twitter user named Jacob Martin, who put together an alternate ending ofThe Force Awakensusing one pivotal scene fromLast Jedi. If you’re well-versed in both movies, you may even be able to guess what this ending may be without even watching it, but, even if you do correctly guess this ending, it’s still quite funny.
Jacob Martin put together this brief video and even sent it toMark Hamill on Twitter, telling the actor that he thinks director J.J. Abrams “missed an opportunity” with his ending. After the missing piece of the map that showed Luke Skywalker’s location was finally uncovered, Rey (Daisy Ridley),Chewbacca and R2-D2took off on the Millennium Falcon for the hidden planet of Ahch-to. The final scene ofThe Force Awakensfeatures Rey holding out Luke’s old lightsaber, although he doesn’t take it, with one final aerial shot from above showing Luke and Rey just standing there as the movie ended.
While there istraditionally large gapsof time between mostStar Warsmovies,The Last Jedistarted exactly whereThe Force Awakensleft off, and it’s this combination of the final scenes inThe Force Awakensand the opening scenes ofThe Last Jedithat is shown in this video, with the final shot showing Luke throwing the lightsaber over the cliffs behind him, before the credits start to roll. There had been much speculation as to how Skywalker would react, but the reaction that ended up on screen was certainly unexpected, to say the least.
Many fans were quite surprised that, after 32 years of waiting to see Luke Skywalker on the big screen again, director J.J. Abrams only showed this iconic character in thefinal scene of the movie, with the character not even uttering a word before the movie came to a close. While fans knew thatThe Last Jediwould take place directly after the final scene, most didn’t expect Luke Skywalker to simply abandon his old lightsaber, tossing it into the cliffs below where Rey would have to retrieve it. While it was certainly an unexpected moment, it would have been quite the shock to fans to haveThe Force Awakensend with Luke’s lightsaber toss, as seen in this fan-made ending.
Star Wars: The Force Awakenswas the firstStar Warsmovie in 10 years, and the first to be set after the events ofReturn of the Jedi, the last movie in theiconic original trilogythat hit theaters in 1983. The movie set several box office records, including highest opening weekend ($247.9 million) and highest domestic total ($936.6 million) but it still couldn’t top the all time worldwide record of $2.7 billion set byAvatar. WhileThe Last Jedicertainly fared well ($220 million opening, $619.6 million domestic, $1.3 billion worldwide), it fell well short ofThe Force Awakens, leaving fans to wonder ifStar Wars 9could breakThe Force Awakensbox office records. Take a look at this hilarious alternate ending below, courtesy of Jacob Martin Twitter.
