Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
Originally Posted By: earlyre
That's been my theory...
Based on multiple factors.
1) he seems to have Vader's melted helmet, and AFAIK only Luke knew where the pyre was.
2) appears to talk to said helmet about completing "our destiny" or something to that effect.
3) in an interview Mark Hamil said Luke goes dark
4) JJ Abrahms pulled a similar stunt on the second Trek movie. Insisting in all the media beforehand that cumberbatch's character was an all new character, and definitely NOT Kahn. Guess who he turned out to be...
1) The way that the trailers are edited could make that shot mean anything. Vader's melted mask could be a decoration in the Millennium Falcon's bathroom for all anyone knows.
2) Again, editing. The voice-over could be clipped from another scene entirely and that voice is so modulated it could be anyone saying it.
3) Which could mean pretty much anything.
4) Considering how much flak he got for that, I doubt he'd try it again with the even more rabid Star Wars fans.
Can't argue against any of those points, which is why I was careful to use words like "seems", " appears ", and " AFAIK ".
We can agree to disagree ony any point up until the release date, at which point it all is of course moot. I'm sticking to my theory though.