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[[WMG: Kyber crystals will be an important plot point in ''Film/StarWars8'']]

In the old EU, the Matukai were an unusual order of monastic warriors whose focus was on SupernaturalMartialArts, as opposed to the PsychicPowers employed by groups like the Jedi and the Sith. They were notable in that many of their members were not actually Force-sensitive -- at first. But they could hone a certain specialized connection to the Force through their meditative martial arts practices that made them warriors equal to the Jedi. Notably, their preferred weapon was a BladeOnAStick, and Chirrut uses a slightly less obtrusive staff. This would also not violate the "no Jedi" assertion about the film, as the Matukai were not Jedi, and did not even have the same power set.

* Maybe Jyn will note that Cassian [[YouRemindMeOfX reminds her of her father.]] If this gets brought up earlier in the film, then she could add on that [[ItsXIHateX she hates her father]] for the same reason she hates Cassian.

Judging by the newest teaser trailer's ending, we see Jyn Erso in an Imperial Soldier attire while the voiceover narrates "What will you become?". In the main page, the ShadesOfConflict trope says that the film is 'gray', and that the Jyn Erso herself appears to be an AntiHero who's only convinced to work for the Rebellion only because of her skills. Presumably, circumstances will drive Jyn to betray the Rebellion at one point, either to [[FakeDefector go into deep cover]] or because she sees the Rebellion as NotSoDifferent from the Empire after all and lose faith in their cause. Either way, it will end up with her defeating the film's main villain who's a high-ranking Imperial Agent (whoever the man in the white cape is in the trailer) then replaces his position, changing her name, rising through the ranks and eventually becoming An Emperor's Hand.

According to AllThereInTheManual, Jedha was slightly larger than Scarif. And yet at first glance the Death Star, despite using the same power setting, triggered a much more powerful explosion on Jedha (including a massive debris plume) than on Scarif (which seems to have been mostly a giant fireball). We also know that the ruins of Jedha still contain Kyber crystals, as it becomes a plot point in [[ComicBook/MarvelStarWars2015 the Marvel comic book series]]. We can assume that the size of the explosion was because the Death Star's superlaser ignited some of the Kyber located under ground zero.

** Plus [[spoiler: Jynn dies long before she could've given birth to Rey. So yeah, this 1000% Jossed.]]

[[WMG: Jedha will be a prominent location in ''Film/StarWars8''.]]

Jedha clearly has a long history with the Jedi and the Force -- it may even be the world from which the Jedi Order and the belief in the Force originated. If Luke is still interested in searching for Jedi history, Jedha could be a goldmine, [[spoiler:even if the Holy City has been destroyed]]. During ''Film/StarWars8'', Luke and Rey will leave the world where they ended ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and eventually come to Jedha, where they'll learn new/old things about the Jedi Order, the Force and a way forward for the galaxy.

** Scarif's laser was largely impeded by the ocean. The most prominent element in the water, hydrogen, underwent fusion first, resulting in a thermonuclear explosion that was still in the gigaton range, but not as great as the one on Jedha that did punch into and through the crust, resulting from the fusion of heavier elements (and kyber crystals).

** Scarif's laser was largely impeded by the ocean. The most prominent element in the water, hydrogen, underwent fusion first, resulting in a thermonuclear explosion that was still in the gigaton range, but not as great as the one on Jedha that resulted from the fusion of heavier elements (and yeah, possibly kyber crystals) in the mantle and crust.

The laser's photon density is so immensely great that it behaves like a solid rod, pushing matter along its path until the compacted matter reaches critical mass, causing a thermonuclear explosion that makes Tsar Bomba look like a firecracker. Basically, the portion of the tower (and Krennic with it) were ''slammed into the earth at light speed''.

** Jossed: The Rebellion is filled with criminals and other unsavory people willing to do very dark things. However, the morality is more BlackAndGrey (black, of course, being the Empire as is tradition and grey being the Rebels), there's no sympathetic AntiVillain in the Empire, and while lightsabers & the Force are less emphasized, they still play some role [[spoiler: especially when Darth Vader shows up at the end]].