--- title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Rey Has a Kylo Ren Lightsaber Clue description: A new Last Jedi teaser seems to hint at a dark turn for Rey in the long-awaited eighth installment in the Star Wars franchise. canonical: https://time.com/5054413/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rey-kylo-ren-lightsaber/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-07T19:01:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:29:39.684Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Star Wars Fans Just Got a Game-Changing Clue og:description: Will Rey take a dark turn in The Last Jedi? og:url: https://time.com/5054413/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rey-kylo-ren-lightsaber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8e469b5d28cf384/6988c2d6a988cae7ea6bbbc7/screen-shot-2017-04-14-at-12-05-10-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Star Wars Fans Just Got a Game-Changing Clue twitter:description: Will Rey take a dark turn in The Last Jedi? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8e469b5d28cf384/6988c2d6a988cae7ea6bbbc7/screen-shot-2017-04-14-at-12-05-10-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The One Game-Changing Scene in the New _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ Teaser  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 7, 2017 7:01 PM CUT  Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, appears in the 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' trailer Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, appears in the 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' trailer  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 7, 2017 7:01 PM CUT **Warning:** This post contains potential spoilers for [_Star Wars: The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/5018368/star-wars-the-last-jedi/ "undefined"). A new [_Last Jedi_ teaser](http://time.com/5007289/star-wars-the-last-jedi-luke-skywalker-teaser/ "undefined") seems to hint at a dark turn for [Rey](http://time.com/4734868/star-wars-the-last-jedi-trailer/ "undefined") in the long-awaited eighth installment in the _Star Wars_ franchise. In the final scene of a preview that debuted on Thursday, Rey (Daisy Ridley) can be seen holding the lightsaber of none other than Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) — despite earlier shots that show her training with Luke Skywalker’s (Mark Hamill) signature blue-bladed weapon. The circumstances in which this moment takes place are still unclear, meaning Rey could be wielding the [red crossguard lightsaber](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Crossguard%5Flightsaber/Legends "undefined") for a variety of reasons. However, the idea that Rey will struggle to resist the Dark Side of the Force squares with both previous trailers and the movie’s poster, an image that seems to tease her becoming a [Gray Jedi](http://time.com/4740419/star-wars-last-jedi-poster-rey-grey-jedi/ "undefined"). The poster depicts Rey holding a lightsaber that embodies aspects of both Luke and Kylo Ren’s weapons. Its beam splits the poster in half to create a dichotomy of her two potential mentors’ faces. _The Last Jedi_ hits theaters December 15. 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