Ok, someone said that the 3 knights already have concept names. Did Nomura just state this or has he released any names? I believe Nomura that the the 3 aren't Sora, Riku, and Kairi, especially since it seems that he wishes for the next game to detter from the otherwise pretty linear storyline. Despite popular opinon, i think the game is going to be set in the future. The first part of the movie, with the "The keyblade is said to hold phenomenal power" crap is from Ansem Report Zero (i think, the text was really small under "A key opens doors"). So thats from the past, yes. But the rest seems to indicate the future. So, the rest of my musings im going to divide into complete BS and plausible:
Complete BS- Sora, Riku, and Kairi are dead or somehow incapacitated. When i first saw the movie and i saw the keyblades i immediately thought "Grave markings" I dont see this happening tho, unless this ends up being in the past or WAY future (or there is a keyblade war and the 3 r taken out- again, not happening)
Plausible- The line Memory of Xehanort seems to imply that this is taking place AFTER KH and KH2. It doesn't say Memory of XehanortS, its saying that someone after the fact has him in memory. However, it could be someone connected to Xehanort who we havent met. Remember, all we know about him is he just kinda showed up and Ansem took him in. Heck, he could of been connected to these new 'Chasers', or possibly the first.
"master of keyblade"- couldn;t get any vaguer, could it? Its either Sora or Riku, unless maybe its a master of the past, or future. Its not mickey, its not kairi, thats definite. One of the past makes more sense to me; a future one would in some way denote my completely BS theory. See above.
The Lost 2- similar to my completely BS story, Sora and Riku (keyblade masters) are somehow out of the picture. Other possible combos for the lost 2 are Ansem and Xemnas (the heartless/ nobody components of Xehanort, which would tie in with the Memory line), Roxas and Namine (but they've become one with Sora and Kairi, and i dont see them coming back) or maybe even a reference to some org members. Zexion immediately comes to mind (this thing w/ his weapon, the "Fallen into Ruin" crap, and the fact that we didn't see him fade away when he died, unlike the others, has me convinced that were hearing from him again) A sidebar to the Zexion thing, i immiedatly thought keyblade too, but it wouldnt make sense.
Keyblade War- ive heard this referenced, but was it supppsed to be something that happened in the past? so this is a "prequel" of sorts? Or is it something that hasnt happened yet or with there be a KWII? Just thing of the gameplay possibiliues with that tho... HELLUVA FUN!!!
Chasers- does Quidditch exist in KH? No? Well there went my theory about the broomblade ;-) kidding. Are the knights chasers? Possibly. Is the guy in the distance a chaser? Im leaning more that way. Why? Gut feeling. However, i think that their presence has to do with the last line- "It all begins with birth by sleep." Its possible that their presence is due to the year that Sora spent in hibernation to restore his memories. In fact, much of the next games content could be a consequence of that.
So there ya go. Its sad tho; im getting restless already for new KH, and there not even working on it yet. I could be (and probably will be) of legal drinking age b4 we see the next game. At least some Baileys can comfort me while I wait ;-)