It’s an interesting time to be a Star Wars fan. Setting aside all of the obvious reasons, this is the first generation of Star Wars fans that get to experience what it’s like to interact virally with a Star Wars cast. The core three players of the new trilogy, Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), and Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) have been all the rage on social media for the last few months, posting everything from awesome behind-the-scenes pics to workout videos to videos displaying their rap skills. It’s creating a unique feeling of intimacy between the cast and the fans, one that wasn’t present during the shooting of The Force Awakens due to how locked down and secretive the shoot was.
Daisy Ridley, she of the constant badass workout footage, upped the ante today in a cool Instagram video. She posted a snippet of what is technically her practicing a wushu martial arts routine, though it doesn’t seem like too much of a stretch to assume that it’s part of her lightsaber training.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEocGxBFE2m/?taken-by=daisyridley
The video is shot by stuntman Liang Yang, also known as the the internet’s favorite Storm Trooper, TR-8R. We’re not experts but we’re pretty sure this means TR-8R is still alive and has been a Jedi this whole time. So look forward to that being the major plot twist of Episode VIII.
Source: (Daisy Ridley)