Thread:Rodangizzardcrusher3/@comment-26687285-20160822213306/@comment-25692211-20171104223606

It's actually been, quite tragically in fact, confirmed that Leia will survive the film, since she would have been the main mentor character in Episode 9 if not for Carrie Fisher's death.

And, TBH, this seems to be promising some big changes that won't be repeating the first trilogy. For example, they seem to be going pretty hard with this "time for the Jedi to end" thing. And Luke's line about this "not ending the way you think" seems to have been put in solely to dispel fears that this is just a shot for shot remake of Empire.

I've put together this theory that Ben and Rey will both become disillusioned with their masters, Rey because of her broken idolisation of Luke (this may be what Mark Hamill didn't like) and Ben because he cannot go through with killing Leia for Snoke. And by joining forces, they will be the Last Jedi that the title is referring to.