Incredibly cool (or maybe not) Force Awakens Easter egg
April 13, 2016 6:10PM
edited April 2016
Edit: My apologies. I thought this very cool. Obviously, no one else does. Indeed, some people have been quite offended by it.
Some of the things in The Force Awakens seemed odd to me. Among those things were the doll in Rey's quarters and the red light Rey sees in her vision. After watching the movie a few times, I thought I saw something in the combination of those two scenes and the map fragment. I captured the images and overlaid the map fragment onto the doll (which I first rotated horizontally). The result was an image in which the doll (as I see it) fits perfectly into the boundary of the map fragment, as if the map fragment was a box tailored around the doll. The doll, in turn, seems (as I see it) to be pointing toward a red light on the map.
I haven't heard any good explanation for the red light Rey sees in her vision. To me, what I found suggests that the red light is where Luke is and that someone (probably Luke) has communicated this to Rey. This suggests also that Luke communicated other things to Rey, which would explain why Rey has knowledge of the Force, e.g., the Jedi mind trick. And finally, in the last scene, where Rey is holding the lightsaber out to Luke, (again as I see it) suggests that Rey is pointing the lightsaber at Luke the way she was pointed to Luke's location as a statement to Luke and to us that she knows she has received these communications from Luke.
Below is a link to my video of how I put the images together. I think the composite image is very cool. In the video, I don't state my opinions, because I wanted to hear what other people thought. Unfortunately for me, other people don't seem to think much of my video or of my ideas. Sorry about that.
https://youtu.be/WpoqneCYhbY
Some of the things in The Force Awakens seemed odd to me. Among those things were the doll in Rey's quarters and the red light Rey sees in her vision. After watching the movie a few times, I thought I saw something in the combination of those two scenes and the map fragment. I captured the images and overlaid the map fragment onto the doll (which I first rotated horizontally). The result was an image in which the doll (as I see it) fits perfectly into the boundary of the map fragment, as if the map fragment was a box tailored around the doll. The doll, in turn, seems (as I see it) to be pointing toward a red light on the map.
I haven't heard any good explanation for the red light Rey sees in her vision. To me, what I found suggests that the red light is where Luke is and that someone (probably Luke) has communicated this to Rey. This suggests also that Luke communicated other things to Rey, which would explain why Rey has knowledge of the Force, e.g., the Jedi mind trick. And finally, in the last scene, where Rey is holding the lightsaber out to Luke, (again as I see it) suggests that Rey is pointing the lightsaber at Luke the way she was pointed to Luke's location as a statement to Luke and to us that she knows she has received these communications from Luke.
Below is a link to my video of how I put the images together. I think the composite image is very cool. In the video, I don't state my opinions, because I wanted to hear what other people thought. Unfortunately for me, other people don't seem to think much of my video or of my ideas. Sorry about that.
https://youtu.be/WpoqneCYhbY Post edited by QuantumRubicon on
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Now off to waste several hours on SWGOH!!
The brown object on the dolls face is obviously biggs's mustache! She must be Rey Darklighter!
Nailed it
I swear this really works!!
You have to say "Jar Jar" 4x, but otherwise yeah.
I don't see how this is any worse than the YouTube videos such as one saying, inter alia, that the red light seems similar to the visor on Kylo Ren's mask, except they don't actually overlay the images to show you how it seems similar. That video has over 200,000 views, over 1500 likes (126 dislikes), and over 500 comments. And those comments, at least the one's I've read, aren't insulting anyone. "The Force Awakens: Secrets of Rey's vision" by GamesRadar @ 5:10
If you want to say you don't see what I say I'm seeing, that's okay. I can't argue with that. In fact, that's really all I'm asking. Do you see what I see? If you do see what I see, then offer an explanation for it. Do you think it's just a coincidence? Do you think that random scenes could be overlaid and produce something similar?
Explain why the white outline of the map fits so well around the doll, from above the head, around the back, under the legs, and up and around the foot. Specifically, this is so when certain other elements of the images are aligned. All I did was rotate the doll image. (That does bother me.) But I didn't resize or materially alter either of the images. And I didn't just say that this was so and tell you to find it, I showed how I did it.
I did this because I saw several things in the movie that didn't make any sense on their own. The doll and the red light were two of those things. For me, this gave them purpose and meaning.
I didn't do this with the intent to insult anyone. I have some evidence for me to believe that I'm not a particularly stupid person. Finding patterns in data is what I do professionally. I thought I'd share something I found. Insulting me or my methods really doesn't accomplish anything useful.
But again, I'm sorry for offending you to the point where you feel the need to insult me.
I don't see, what you see, so no explanation is needed apparently. However, let me point out this: Human thought is susceptible to variety of mind tricks, via the force (we all know that one), via autosuggestion, via cognitive bias, via collective hysteria, via groupthink and others. All these are links to Wikipedia articles. It might be worth your time to read them.
If I go down this road of overlays and maps and what not, I might as well kill a few hours watching Ancient Aliens.
Some people find Jesus in a tortilla. I am not one of them.
Yup. I found the characters all pretty unconvincing. And the plot. The humour and fight scenes were undeniably fantastic though. Unfortunately that's what sells, so be prepared for the same when VIII comes out
Wait, what? Have I been watching the wrong Return of the Jedi?
Unfortunately? At least the focus is on those things so we don't get an "I hate sand" love story ever again.
Better? No. Just different. I-III lacked the humour and charm of the originals+TFA, but had way more character and plot depth than TFA for sure IMO. But it's all down to individual tastes I suppose
The prequels had way more character ?! What??
Watch RedLetterMedia reviews again. The very first one deals with the 'character' issue.
In return of the Jedi he took it off ONLY AFTER he reverted back to the light side AND ALSO as he was dying. He didn't take it off AS Darth Vader. My point still stands
Okay. I don't think it is quite as bad as Jesus in a tortilla. Although maybe not as far from that as I would like.
I'd like to know what people think that red light was in Rey's vision. Comparing it to Kylo Ren's helmet visor doesn't work for me. So, how do we have an intelligent dialogue about it? Or can we? If there isn't enough information, then what value can any theory have?
I think I agree with you here. I wasn't impressed with the character development in the prequels.
Could the red light have represented the blast from the death planet?
I saw movie twice but not since theaters so memory is fuzzy.
I don't think it's as bad as the tortilla either. This movie was made by people, so it could have intentional hints. I think the doll fitting in that overlay is interesting, but I have no idea what it means.
There is no point. This is the Off Topic section.