Thread by @TypicalJAnt

One Piece Theory

The Future Role of Garp: A New Hope

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This theory will be a relatively short one because the concept is quite simple & the alternative theories are already well known among the community.

Many already suspect that Garp is the leader or a senior member of Sword & that he will lead a mutiny against the Celestials.

Garp has shown that he is totally opposed to the rule of the Celestial Dragons.

He openly insults them & he refused the rank of Admiral in order to not have to deal with them directly.

Chances are that Garp is an original member of Sword & this group will mutiny during the war

However, that is not the theory that I want to present here. I feel like this theory is already widely known & agreed upon.

Garp may have a more immediate future role to play before all that.

I believe Garp will be the one to save Vivi.

Garp was the one to first mention this incident involving Vivi & Cobra. I believe that he will a major role in resolving it.

Garp will potentially be the one to save Princess Vivi from capture.

I have spoken about this with @StrawhatUFO & I have to give him some credit here because he came up with part of this concept.

We believe that Oda is going to reference Star Wars in a number of ways in the next arc.

To explain the base premise of this theory. Myself & UFO believe that Oda will use similar scenario to that of Princess Leia in A New Hope.

At the beginning of A New Hope, we see a holographic message projected by R2D2 of Leia asking Obi-Wan Kenobi for help.

At first I figured that this message would go to Dragon, as the most obvious stand in for R2D2 in this case would be Kuma, as he is a Cyborg.

But then I realised that Garp is a much more fitting stand in for Obi Wan & there are clones of Kuma, the Pacifistas.

So, if we follow this train of thought then essentially Vivi will have sent a message to Garp asking for his help through one of the Pacifista.

Just as Princess Leia asked Obi-Wan in A New Hope, Vivi will likely request Garp's help to reach safety.

In this case, it would mean that Vivi has sent a message to Garp & Sabo has sent a message to Dragon.

If this is the case then it may be what leads to Dragon & Garp working together.

In the case of Sabo's message I have already done a theory about it that you can read here -

This basic premise is that through that we will also get more references to Star Wars.

This time, Revenge of the Sith.

'Execute Order 66'

https://twitter.com/TypicalJAnt/status/1564646008725946376?s=20&t=8ZG5eYDOPc2Rwk5ruoCXUw

An interesting detail that perhaps lends some credence to this concept is that Vivi's name can be read as VIVI, the Roman numeral for 6 6.

So in this case 'Execute Order: 66' could be framed as 'Complete Mission: Vivi'

I believe that it is through the combination of these events that Garp & Dragon will begin to work together

It may also be that this leads to the situation of Garp leading a Sword mutiny against the Celestial Dragons.

This may be the event that kicks off the Revolution

As a final note. The references to Star Wars may not end there. @StrawhatUFO also highlighted the possibility that the Pluton plot line may be inspired somewhat by the Death Star

https://twitter.com/StrawhatUFO/status/1565717907543166978?s=20&t=8ZG5eYDOPc2Rwk5ruoCXUw

If we continue with the idea that Oda is primarily referencing A New Hope. Then it could also be said that a fitting stand in for Darth Vader, as the one pursuing the Princess, would be Akainu.

Their characters are fittingly similar in that they are driven by hatred & anger.

If Akainu were to be the one to pursue Vivi & Garp is to be the one trying to save her, then it may lead to a situation where Garp has to fight Akainu.

This would be reminiscent of the final battle between Darth Vader & Obi Wan.

To conclude. I believe that Garp's future role will be to save Vivi & that this may lead him to fighting Akainu.

If it goes down the same way as Vader vs Obi-Wan did in A New Hope, then it might mean the death of Garp.

Will Garp die saving Vivi?