So, at the end of the trailer, we hear an evil laugh. Which I knew had to be either Snoke or Palpatine. But as a fan of the Lord of the Rings, I know Snoke's voice, (he was played by the same actor who played as Gollum.) And that wasn't his voice. Here are some memes that describe my reaction to the Palpatine laugh at the end of the trailer:
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And then:
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After watching the trailer, I was trying to figure out why Palpatine's laugh would be at the end of the it. I came up with several possibilities. It could be Snoke, and he just happened to sound like Palpatine for some reason. Maybe it's a new villain Maybe they just put the laugh at the end of the trailer to trick us and he's not even in the movie. But then who do I see on the cast list:
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There can be no mistake. Palpatine will be in Episode IX. Either that or someone is going really far to trick us. And I seriously doubt that they would, because then they would have to face an army of Star Wars fans.
Part of me likes this, but part of doesn't. I can see both good and bad aspects of it, it all depends on how it is done.
Things I like about it: 1. It would tie in both the prequels and the originals, if it is done right. 2. Ben Solo/Kylo Ren can't be the major villain of the story, he has too big of fan base, he's not a hatable character, and the fans have already seen that he has good in him. I think after The Last Jedi most fans are rooting for his redemption, in stead of rooting for him to be destroyed. He has already shown more signs that there is still good in him then Darth Vader had in the second movie of the original trilogy, in fact he came very close to being like Darth Vader in the third movie, the fans are just going to spend Episode IX waiting for him to be redeemed and that would ruin the whole point of a major villain. The fans might start rooting for him instead of the heroes (except for Rey). Personally in the Force Awakens, when he fought Finn, it took everything in my power not to root for Kylo Ren, at least not outwardly. But after the Last Jedi, I won't be able to keep myself from rooting for him, except if he was fighting Rey, then I would be torn apart. 3. Ben Solo/ Kylo Ren is too likable of a character to be the main villain. He really has the potential to bring balance to the Force, because he has both the light side and the dark side in him. But he also has the potential to bring balance to the Star Wars fandom, as he has elements of both the prequels and the originals in his character. He is also the only new character that is directly connected to the old characters. He is apart of both Anakin and Padme, and Han Solo and Leia. But he is also a part of Luke Skywalker, and he even carries the memory Obi Wan Kenobi/ Old Ben Kenobi since he is named after him. Of the new characters, he is really the only tie to the past. And even though he said to let the past die, no one wants to do that, and he is the past, we don't want him to die. 4. If Ben was the main villain it would either make his redemption too easy or too hard. It would be too hard because he would have to wait to the last moment to be redeemed, otherwise there would be no major villain. But it would also be too easy for him, as he would have no one to face, maybe the first order. I have seen some say that Hux will be the major villain, but I just didn't really feel that he was a worthy opponent for both Rey and Ben.
