Via Vanityfair.com:

*depending on what you consider spoilers, article may contain spoilers*

There was a massive coordinated effort around the marketing for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to keep the new bearer of that famous blue Skywalker lightsaber a secret. In the trailers and on the poster, it was John Boyega’s Finn, not Daisy Ridley’s Rey, wielding the Skywalker family heirloom. That bait-and-switch meant that Episode VII audiences could feel the full impact of the pivotal moment when the blue-bladed weapon flew into her hand.

What a difference two years make. By the end of The Force Awakens, Rey looked eager to unload the blue lightsaber on Luke, but, judging by an early Last Jedi poster and this stunning portrait shot by Annie Leibovitz for the Vanity Fair Summer issue, Rey’s connection to Anakin Skywalker’s weapon is far from over. Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive Pablo Hidalgo talks about the weapon’s loaded past and its future with Rey.

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