The long wait for theStar Wars: The Last Jedi trailerfinally ended last week when it debuted atStar Wars Celebration, and was soon widely revered around the world. WhileStar Warsfans are among the most passionate of any franchise, they are also the most detail-oriented, with many scouring through every single second of footage to find the most subtle of clues. One eagle-eyed fan noticed something quite peculiar in this new trailer, involving Kylo Ren’s (Adam Driver) scar, with directorRian Johnsonaddressing and explaining why the scar looks different from The Force Awakens to The Last Jedi.
Towards the end ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren engaged in an epiclightsaber battlewith Rey (Daisy Ridley), who proved to be a much more worthy adversary than he imagined. Rey ultimately got the best of Kylo Ren, leaving the villain with a nasty scar that ran across his right cheek, and up the bridge of his nose. One fan noticed during a brief shot in theStar Wars: The Last Jeditrailer, that Kylo’s scar had magically moved.Rian Johnsonresponded onTwitter, revealing that it was his call to alter the scar. Here’s what he had to say to a fan, who suggested that the scar was only seen briefly inThe Force Awakens, but it would be seen throughout the entire movie inThe Last Jedi.
“It was my decision to slightly adjust it, and that was my justification. It honestly looked goofy running straight up the bridge of his nose.”
Instead of cutting a swath across his entire face, the scar is now seen running over his right eye, and it also looks like it has been quite some time since that scar was inflicted, since it appears much smaller. AnotherStar Wars fanpointed out that now Kylo’s scar is quite similar to his grandfather’s, Darth Vader. This photo from theStar Wars: The Last Jeditrailer featuring Kylo Ren’s scar is seen side-by-side with a photo from the prequel trilogy, showing a scar running just past Anakin Skywalker’s (Hayden Christensen) right eye. It hasn’t been confirmed if this alteration was intentional, to match Annakin’s scar, but it is quite fitting.
It was quite clear inThe Force Awakensthat Kylo Ren had an obsession with Darth Vader, which was shown in a scene where he was speaking to Darth’s burnt helmet, promising his grandfather that he would finish what Vader started. Interestingly enough, there was a rumor that surfaced last year thatHayden Christensenmay even return asDarth VaderinStar Wars 8, but like mostStar Warsrumors, that was never confirmed. Even if Darth Vader doesn’t show up, it seems that Kylo Ren now has a scar to match his infamous granddad.
It remains to be seen if this will cause any sort of uproar among the massiveStar Warsfan base, although it seems unlikely.Rian Johnsondid also confirm at Celebration thatThe Last Jedi titledoes in fact refer toMark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker, and only Luke Skywalker, after fans started speculating that Jedi could be plural, meaning there could be more than one Last Jedi. Take a look atRian Johnson’s tweets where he explains why he moved Kylo Ren’s scar inStar Wars: The Last Jedi, along with photos of Kylo’s scar fromThe Force AwakensandThe Last Jeditrailer.
