And here come the rumors. Over the last few weeks, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has been a hot topic of debate. The teaser debuted around the world, generating a plethora of new conversations. Is the new lightsaber brilliant or silly? Why is John Boyega's storm trooper lost in the dessert? Is that dessert planet Tatooine? What planet is Oscar Isaac on in his X-wing? Where are the storm troopers headed? Is the CGI shot of the Millennium Falcon really a step in the right direction? Or is this film slated to be reliant on CGI like the prequels?

The big story however has been in the rumor threads and relates to the plot.

Up to this point everyone has heard the accumulating word-of-mouth. Consensus is that Luke has been away for some time. He seems to have become almighty but also unable to control his powers. Both the good and bad are looking for him to harness his power for their needs and wants.

But now there has been a new twist in the speculation threads. According to some sources, Luke certainly has an "awakening." He senses that there is evil in the air and that the dark side is strong with someone. And now, he is bent on destroying that character to avoid the return of the Sith.

It turns out that the someone is Adam Driver's character, who has long been rumored to play a villain in the new trilogy. But here is the real twist. It turns out that Adam Driver is Han and Leia's son. Meaning that Luke must kill his own nephew.

But the plot thickens.

In the climax, Luke attempts the murder and thwarted by none other than his old pal Han. And during their encounter, Luke winds up killing his buddy, who has no choice but to protect his son.

This seems to awaken Luke from his anger and thirst for murder. And out of respect for Han he accepts the fallen hero's final request to spare his son.

With Luke out of the way, Driver apparently embraces the dark side and now has a dual purpose: to not only to follow along with the evil but to avenge his father's death.

This storyline actually makes a ton of sense from a number of perspectives.

Star Wars at its core is the story of a dysfunctional family. Luke's father Anakin never had a father of his own and was taken from his mother (who was subsequently raped and murdered) at a young age. He spent his adolescence trying to find an appropriate father figure but was constantly met with men who were supposed to suppress their emotions. He was unwilling to do that, set out on a forbidden love affair and then found himself facing the death of his wife and his unborn child. He finally found a father figure, but of the worst kind, thus forcing him to attack his other father figures and nullify his entire existence up to that point (both literally and metaphorically). Now a robot, he thought his wife and kids dead for 30 years.

Luke grows up without parents and lives on a farm. Then his life goes for a turn when he is called into action (after witnessing the murder of his uncle and aunt) and then eventually finds out that his own father is the evil that he is trying to destroy. Moreover, he has a crush on a young princess, who unbeknownst to him is his sister. He eventually destroys his own father and learns of his sister but eventually resists the urge to give in to the dark side.

With that kind of history for the Skywalkers, it is completely understandable that family trauma would continue at the core and that instead of sons trying to kill fathers, it becomes fathers trying to kill or protect offspring. And likewise an eventual tale of sons redeeming their fathers.

And the potential is obviously more interesting. Now how does Luke deal with his own nephew being a Sith? And how about Leia if this is in fact her son? Is she the one who has to make the decision to kill her own son? Or are rumors true about Kira also being a Solo and thus having to be the one to kill her own brother? It should make for an interesting narrative if this is in fact true.

But that is not even the best argument for this narrative.

Back in the '80s, Harrison Ford, who plays Han Solo, asked that his character be killed off. Series creator George Lucas decided against it. When it was announced that "Episode VII" would be on the way, Ford was one of the least enthusiastic about the project. So it is possible that he asked to be killed off in his contract. And that would make this story work logically. With new cast members, there is simply not enough space for everyone to get ample screentime. And what better way to make Han go from the softie he was at the end of "Episode VI" to a father sacrificing himself for his son, much like Vader does for Luke in "Return of the Jedi?" Ford gets his wish, the character dies a noble death, and the franchise gets to propagate one of its long-running themes.

Do you believe this rumor?