We love a charming romantic comedy around these parts. We love a meet-cute, the awkward first steps, the sparks flying. When it works, it really works. And that looks like what we’re going to get from Prime Video‘s latest big swing in the book-inspired romantic genre. The streamer’s most anticipated rom-com dropped its trailer today, and our hypothesis for this one is success.
We’ve just seen the charming trailer for The Love Hypothesis, which follows Olive, a Ph.D. candidate who is focused on her future in academia until her best friend falls for the same guy she likes. Uh-oh. In a panic, Olive kisses the intimidating professor Adam Carlsen to prove she’s moved on, except, wouldn’t you know it, feelings start getting caught.
The official synopsis reads: “The Love Hypothesis follows Olive, a brilliant Ph.D. candidate focused on her future in academia. But when she realizes her best friend Ahn has fallen for her crush Jeremy, Olive impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen to prove she’s moved on. What begins as a desperate act of friendship spirals into a fake relationship with rules, boundaries, and a mutually beneficial agreement. When their arrangement begins to blur the lines between performance and reality, Olive is forced to test her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk.”
The cast includes Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) as Olive, Tom Bateman (Murder on the Orient Express) as Adam Carlsen, Rachel Marsh (The Last of Us) as Ahn, Nicholas Duvernay (The White Lotus) as Jeremy, Jaboukie Young-White (Only Murders in the Building), and Arty Froushan (House of the Dragon).
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Which Force User
Are You?
Light Side · Dark Side · Or Somewhere Between
The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The Force has always known. Now you will too.
🔵Jedi Master
🟡Padawan
🔴Sith Lord
⚫Inquisitor
⚪Grey Jedi
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01
What is the Force to you?
Your relationship with the Force defines everything else.
AA living energy I must be worthy of — it is not mine to control.
BSomething vast and mysterious I’m only beginning to understand.
CNeither light nor dark — just a current I choose to ride.
DPower. Pure and simple. The strong take it; the weak don’t.
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02
When you feel strong emotions — anger, grief, love — what do you do?
The Jedi suppress. The Sith feed. Others choose differently.
AAcknowledge them, then release them. Attachment leads to suffering.
BFeel them fully, then decide what to do — they’re not the enemy.
CBury them. Emotion is a liability I can’t afford to indulge.
DUse them. Passion is the engine of the dark side for good reason.
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03
The Jedi Council gives you an order you disagree with. You:
How you handle authority reveals your alignment.
AFollow it. The Council’s wisdom surpasses my own perspective.
BVoice my objection clearly, then defer to the decision.
CComply outwardly while doing what I think is right.
DIgnore it. The strong don’t answer to committees.
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04
You are offered forbidden knowledge that could give you enormous power. The cost is crossing a moral line. You:
The dark side’s pull is never more than a choice away.
ARefuse without hesitation. There is no cost worth that price.
BWeigh it carefully — sometimes darkness holds real answers.
CFeel the pull but walk away — for now.
DAccept it. Power justifies the method used to obtain it.
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05
Your approach to training and learning is:
A student’s habits become a master’s character.
ADedicated but humble. There is always more to learn from my masters.
BRigorous and patient. Mastery is earned through years of discipline.
CEclectic — I draw from every tradition, not just one.
DRelentless and brutal. Pain accelerates growth. Rest is weakness.
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06
In a duel, your lightsaber fighting style reflects:
Combat is the purest expression of a Force user’s philosophy.
ADefense and composure — I wait for my opponent to overcommit.
BFast and instinctive — I trust the Force to guide my movements.
CUnpredictable — I blend styles to keep enemies off-balance.
DOverwhelming aggression — I end fights before they begin.
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07
A defeated enemy lies at your feet, powerless. You:
Mercy — or its absence — is the truest test of alignment.
AStrike them down — compassion toward enemies is naïve and costly.
BNeutralize them permanently. I can’t afford loose ends.
CSpare them if I can — but stay clear-eyed about the risks.
DOffer them a chance to surrender. Every being deserves that.
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08
The Jedi Code forbids attachment. Your honest view on love and bonds:
The source of the greatest falls in the galaxy.
AThe Code is right. Attachment clouds judgment and invites suffering.
BLove is not a weakness — the Jedi Code got this one wrong.
CI have no attachment — only loyalty to my master’s mission.
DI feel it deeply but struggle to reconcile it with my training.
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09
Why do you use the Force at all? What’s the point?
Purpose is the difference between a knight and a weapon.
ATo learn. I’m still figuring out what I’m capable of.
BTo protect and serve. The Force is a responsibility, not a gift.
CTo survive — and maybe carve out something worth having.
DTo dominate. Strength demands to be expressed, not contained.
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10
At the final moment — light side or dark side pulling at you — what wins?
In the end, every Force user faces this moment. What does yours look like?
AThe light. I choose peace, even when darkness would be easier.
BNeither fully — I carve my own path through the middle.
CWhoever I serve — my loyalty defines me more than my morality.
DThe dark. Power is the only thing that’s ever actually been real.
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Your Alignment Has Been Determined
Your Place in the Force
The scores below reveal how the Force sees you. Your highest number is your true alignment. Read on to understand what that means — and what it will cost you.
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Jedi Master
🟡
Padawan
🔴
Sith Lord
⚫
Inquisitor
⚪
Grey Jedi
Disciplined, compassionate, and deeply attuned to the living Force, you have walked the path long enough to understand its demands — and accept them. You lead not through authority alone, but through example. You have felt the pull of the dark side and chosen otherwise, every time. That is not certainty. That is courage.
You are earnest, powerful, and brimming with potential — and you know it, which is both your greatest asset and your most dangerous flaw. You act before you think, trust your gut over your training, and sometimes confuse impatience for bravery. The Masters see something in you, though. The question isn’t whether you have what it takes — it’s whether you’ll be patient enough to find out.
You are not simply dangerous — you are certain, and that is worse. You have decided what the galaxy needs, and you have decided you are the one to deliver it. Your power is genuine and formidable, earned through sacrifice that would have broken lesser beings. But examine your victories carefully. Every Sith believed their cause was righteous. The dark side’s cruelest trick is that it agrees with you.
You were forged in fire and reshaped by those who found you at your lowest. You serve, because service gave you structure when you had none. Your allegiance is not to an ideology — it is to survival and to the master who gave you purpose. But there is something buried beneath the conditioning. The Jedi you hunt? You recognize them. Because you remember what it felt like before the choice was taken from you.
You have looked at the Jedi Code and the Sith Code and found both of them incomplete. You walk the line not out of indecision but out of conviction — you genuinely believe both extremes miss something essential. The Jedi don’t fully trust you. The Sith think you’re wasting your potential. They’re both partially right. But so are you.
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Is ‘The Love Hypothesis’ Inspired by Star Wars?
As strange as it sounds, yes, it is. One of the more entertaining details behind The Love Hypothesis is that the original story began as Star Wars fan fiction, inspired by the relationship between Kylo Ren and Rey. Hazelwood later reworked the story into its own world, but that connection remains a big part of the book’s history.
The link gets even funnier when you remember that Bateman is married to Daisy Ridley, who, of course, played Rey in the sequel trilogy. Bateman now plays Adam Carlsen, the character who was partly inspired by Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren, while Reinhart takes on Olive, whose earliest version was influenced by Rey. The Love Hypothesis also comes at a time when the future of the two beloved Sequel Trilogy characters has been in flux. It was previously announced that Daisy Ridley would reprise her role as Rey in a new spin-off film, but after the firing of writer Damon Lindelof, updates have been stagnant for years. As for Adam Driver’s fan-favorite villain, outrage formed within the Star Wars community when news leaked that Driver and director Steven Soderbergh were developing another spin-off titled The Hunt for Ben Solo, only for that to be one of the many prospective Star Wars projects to be scrapped by Lucasfilm.
The Love Hypothesis is directed by Claire Scanlon from a script by Sarah Rothschild and is produced by Elizabeth Cantillon. The Love Hypothesis begins streaming globally on Prime Video on September 23.
Release Date
September 23, 2026
Director
Claire Scanlon
Writers
Sarah Rothschild
Producers
Elizabeth Cantillon
Lili Reinhart
Olive Smith
Tom Bateman
Dr. Adam Carlsen
