Writer-director Rian Johnson says that Luke Skywalker and Rey are the “beating heart” of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but he won’t go into the title’s meaning.
Ridley said at Star Wars celebration that The Last Jedi will “go deeper into Rey’s story,” so perhaps fans will get the answer they are looking for.
Ever since The Force Awakens came out in 2015 and Luke made his small but pivotal entrance at the end of the film, fans have been speculating as to who it might be, and obviously the first trailer for The Last Jedi did little to answer that.
If anything, the trailer told us that the film would largely surround Luke and Rey, and Johnson’s GMA interview essentially confirms that.