Top 10 Reasons the Final Shot in Force Awakens Is So Long
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If you haven’t already seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, drop everything and hit the local cinema ya moofmilker! Whatever you do, DO NOT click through as today we’re exploring the climactic scene in the film. For those of you who have already seen the movie, keep reading to discover the top 10 reasons that final shot is. Soooooo. Damnnnn. Looooooong. Pretty sure I grew a beard by the time it was over.
Alright. Let’s talk about that final scene in The Force Awakens. Rey (Daisy Ridley) finally meets Luke (Mark Hamill), who’s been AWOL for 15 years or so, and hands him his old lightsaber. Correction: ATTEMPTS to hand him his old laser sword. Apparently Rey thinks it’s normal to hand something over to an elderly man when you’re 45 feet away from him. This new generation of jedi are such trolls! Jedi Master Skywalker is amazed at the nerve of his long-lost daughter/student… but he gives nothing away. Skywalker simply removes his hood, tosses his salt-and-pepper mullet back, says “I’m fabulous,” and stares.
In this scene, it is very clear Luke and Rey are father and daughter because of their schlocky acting, which seems to run in the family. A helicopter circling the beautiful scenery of Skellig Michael captures this bizarre moment which seems to last an eternity. Finally, after a month or so — which accounts for Rey and Luke not attending Han’s funeral — we cut to credits. Mind you, we are left with a literal cliffhanger (groan) since we don’t know if Rey ever actually hands the lightsaber over. Does Luke accept it or does he perform a triple inward pike half twist into the ocean? It’s too early to tell, but our sources have begun speculating on why the lightsaber hand-off scene took forever and a day. Below you will find the top 10 reasons the final shot in Force Awakens is so drawn out.
10. Rey caught a glimpse of the gravestone next to Skywalker which had the weirdest inscription: HERE LIES THE PREQUEL TRILOGY OKIE DAY
09. Luke and Rey were playing freeze tag with Chewie
08. 6 bajillion endangered birds were about to unload Starkiller size bird poodoo on the jedi and his bebe gurl
07. R2-D2 had rocketed up the side of the mountain ahead of Rey and warned his master about the Dark Side girl and her evil ball droid
06. Rey thought Luke was Flynn from Disney’s Tron, so she needed a minute to wind up and throw the lightsaber like a disc
05. George Lucas was in the helicopter filming the scene and told Hamill and Ridley to act wooden and dense in order to really sell the scene
04. In that moment it dawned on Rey she could sell the lightsaber to Unkar for 8 million portions of space cabbage and 600 new Rebel pilot voodoo dolls
03. Rey had never seen anyone with a beard outside of Santa Claus and General Leia.
02. Luke held Rey in place with the Force because this was HIS MOMENT GOSH DARNIT!
01. Jedi Master Skywalker sensed Lando Calrissian and three squads of First Order troopers hiding behind a rock, so he was buying time before the traitor could make his move.
