Stephen Colbert’s Fan Theory for The Force Awakens Comes Right Out of Left Field

Jessica Lachenal

Published: Oct 29, 2015 02:47 pm

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Stephen Colbert might be all super mainstream now with his network television late show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, but he hasn’t let that get in the way of his true nerdy roots. In fact, he went ahead and flaunted it a bit when he talked about his fan theory for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

According to him, there’s going to essentially be a giant “polarity shift” wherein the light side and the dark side swap with the Rebel Alliance becoming the evil folks and the Empire switching to be good… it’s kind of weird, convoluted, and completely out of left field–very Colbert-esque, now that we think about it.

We’re not too sure about how true it might end up being, but… I mean, it’s Colbert we’re talking about. If anyone’s got stake in saying “I told you so,” it’s him.

What do you think of his fan theory, folks?

(via io9)

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Jessica Lachenal

Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.