The Start of Episode VIII Revealed (Maybe)

Anonymous sources a new rumor claiming to reveal just how the movie will start for one character, at least.

Despite ending the previous movie in a coma, Finn will apparently start Episode VIII being cut from a “bacta suit” that will have not only healed his injuries, but left him in better shape than he was in before, prepping him for something described as “a journey that is sure to make him a big deal in the Resistance.”

What Kylo Ren Was Thinking In That Pivotal Han Solo Scene

Potential spoilers and plot leaks thinly veiled may follow below...

JJ Abrams Finally Explains What Kylo Ren Was Thinking In That Pivotal Han Solo Scene

from J.J. Abrams' The Force Awakens commentary, the director stated that when the father and son met on that bridge, Kylo was actually being convinced by Han to walk away from the dark side. However, he eventually realized that there was no turning back from the path he had chosen.

In Abrams' words:
     
People have asked me if I think that Kylo Ren was just playing with him the whole time, if
he meant to kill him from the beginning. And the truth is, I think Kylo Ren, in this moment, is
actually being convinced to walk away from this. Snoke is, as Han says, using him, and I think
that somewhere Ben knows this. But I think that he can't accept it. Deep down, he has gone too far.

J.J. Abrams continued by saying that he received help from Jon Kasdan, son of longtime Star Wars writer Lawrence Kasdan, to make sure there was a lot of "raw emotion and uncertainty" in the scene. The video ends with the director wisely pointing out that any time two Star Wars characters meet on a thin bridge without any safety railings that's "10 miles above the ground," it won't end well.

Rey's Forceback Scene From The Force Awakens

What's Really Happening In Rey's Forceback Scene From The Force Awakens

One scene that perfectly encapsulates that idea is Rey's Force vision at Maz Kanata's cantina. It was a fantastic scene, but what exactly happened? Now it seems that J.J. Abrams has some answers.
In the new Blu-ray release commentary, he said:
     
In this scene she is drawn to this place, almost like Cinderella. And she goes to this box, which, when she opens, she discovers something that of course has no meaning to her -- she's never seen this before, doesn't know what it is -- but has meaning to the audience. ... We wanted [this scene] to be a more personal story. Something that she couldn't comprehend that was overwhelming to her, frightening to her. That was taking her through all of these elemental experiences. Of fire. Of rain, snow [and] wind. But also that she was being confronted with truths about The Force, about the past, the Knights of Ren here, the past for herself. She realizes the cries that she heard were actually her own cries as a young girl being taken away from her family. And then she hears a voice. 'Rey.' 
And that's Obi-wan Kenobi.

J.J. Abrams addressed Rey's bizarre visions during her brief time at Maz' cantina towards the end of the second act of the film. He explained that the vision acts as a sort of indoctrination process to compel the young girl to face the realities of the galaxy and The Force.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A REBELLION BUILT ON HOPE Trailer

The final trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" premiered giving viewers their third glimpse of the Disney film before it hits theaters in December.

The trailer included firefights between the rebellion's X-Wings and the Empire's battle stations in space and on different planets.
It also included more looks at Darth Vader and delved deeper into Felicity Jones' character, Jyn Erso.
"Rebellions are built on hope," Erso tells her troops, giving a subtle nod to the title from the 1977 original, "Star Wars: A New Hope."