Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Until a few weeks ago , we knew very little aboutStar Wars Episode IX . But then a trailer was released , the titleThe Rise of Skywalkerwas revealed , the return of Emperor Palpatine was confirmed , and we started get a clear mind of what this film would be about .
It seems as though J.J. Abrams ’ nidus is onbringing the Skywalker saga to a finis in a satisfying way , splice up all the easy end and paying off all the big equivocal moments from previous flick . Here are 10Star WarsMoments That Could Pay Off InThe Rise Of Skywalker .
The rise of Broom Boy
The end ofThe Last Jediset up a hopeful future for theStar Warssaga – but we do n’t know exactly what we ’re place our Leslie Townes Hope in . Who is this nestling with the broom and how is it that he can use the Force ?
We do n’t even have a name for him yet , ashe ’s just been referred to as “ Broom Boy . ”Is he the first of a newfangled propagation of Jedi that Rey will direct into the future to restore ataraxis to the galaxy?The Rise of Skywalkerhas a lot to resolve for with gaze to Broom Boy .
Luke’s dark flashback
The flashback to when Luke almost stamp out Kylo Ren inThe Last Jedifelt uncanny and out - of - place . Wedon’t usually see flashbacks inStar Warsmovies , and we do n’t usually see Luke Skywalker endeavor to kill people – much less his nephew . So , it ’s wholly potential that Luke ’s flashback did n’t give us the whole story .
Kylo must ’ve done something pretty horrible – prettyWe Need to Talk About Kevin - esque – to break Luke Skywalker ’s intrepid schoolboy spirit from the original trilogy . peradventure he killed all of Luke ’s other students , or he bolt down Luke ’s mother , or he brought Snoke to Luke ’s Jedi education refugee camp and almost got him killed .
Palpatine explains Darth Plagueis
Darth Plagueis is the fearsome , powerful , Thanos - styleStar Warsvillain whose shadow hasloomed bombastic over the saga . There have been plenty of taradiddle about him in the Expanded Universe , butsince Disney rebranded them “ Star WarsLegends , ” they ’re no recollective canyon .
Still , George Lucas managed to slip in a reference to Plagueis inEpisode III . Palpatine explains the Sith legend of Darth Plagueis to Anakin – he was a Sith Lord who was so overbold and so powerful that he could apply the Force to create life . If he ’s out there somewhere , then we call for to see this paid off .
Rey’s Force vision
InThe Force Awakens , when Luke ’s old lightsaber calls to her in Maz Kanata ’s cellar , Rey experiences a Force vision in which she get wind a bunch of conversant voices , including Obi - Wan and Palpatine .
We see a flashback to her puerility in which a ship , presumably containing her parents , disappears into the sky and give her behind on Jakku . We seeKylo Ren alongside the other Knights of Ren . We see Luke ’s robotic helping hand breathe on the bonce that is R2 - D2 ’s head . If all of this J.J. Abrams mystique is n’t pay off inThe raise Of Skywalker , fans will be moderately miffed .
Kylo Ren kills Han Solo
It was a huge deal inThe Force Awakenswhen Kylo Ren killed Han Solo , because Han has been integral to theStar Warssaga since the beginning and Kylo Ren is his Word . But the radioactive dust from Han ’s decease and the brokenheartedness that people went through and how Leia responded to the calamity of her son killing his own dadweren’t really search inThe Last Jedi .
In fact , the person who mourned the most was Rey , and she ’d just met the guy . Han need a more proper send - off inThe upgrade of Skywalkerthat is n’t just a nostalgic nod tothe dice he keeps in the Millennium Falcon ’s cockpit .
“We are the spark that will light the fire…”
The Resistance basically pass the whole ofThe Last Jedigetting their fuck kicked before Luke Skywalker projected himself onto Crait to freak out out Kylo Ren and buy them some time .
Poe Dameron famously saidat one point in that movie that , while they might not be the one to bring down the First Order , “ We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down . ” So , get ’s see that light in the end light an genuine attack so that we can start seeing the effective guys in reality defeat the bad guys or else of just fleeing them .
Luke recognizes Rey on Ahch-To
Some fans were disappointed by the fact thatLuke only shows up for two second at the oddment ofThe Force Awakens . They ’d been hop to see a mickle more of him . However , in those net second , there are still a lot of unrequited question .
Primarily , why does Luke seem to recognize Rey ? She shows up on his isolated small island and he does n’t say , “ Hey , who are you ? How did you recover me ? ” As thoughhe either visualize out her deal through a Force connectionor recognized her from a previous confluence ( like being her daddy ) , he had a knowing look in his eye when she go far .
Darth Vader throws the Emperor down a reactor core shaft
We thought we were done with Emperor Palpatine . He was shocking Luke with Force lightning and that snapped Darth Vader out of the Dark Side , so he cast away the Emperor down a reactor core shaft , ostensibly to pop him and terminate his reign . But thenwe heard him laughing in the trailer forThe Rise of Skywalker .
perhaps he ’s not so dead after all . Or if he is , maybe his soul traveled into a host body by the name of Snoke . Whatever it is , the last prison term we see the Emperor , he emphatically seemed to be dead . So , his return inThe upgrade of Skywalkerneeds to be worth it .
Anakin Skywalker becomes a Force ghost
InThe Last Jedi , Yoda polemically returned as a Force ghost . The return of a dead Jedi in Force ghost form is not new in theStar Warssaga . Anakin , Obi - Wan , and Yoda ( who somehow is n’t really delirious at Anakin , because ira leads to … well , you know how it goes ) conjoin the Rebels incelebrating on Endor at the goal ofReturn of the Jedi .
In an initial draft ofRevenge of the Sith , Qui - Gon ’s touch seem to Anakin as he slew into the Dark Side of the Force . As farseeing asThe raise of Skywalkeris land back Palpatine , it might as well bring back the Force ghost of Anakin Skywalker , too .
Kylo Ren tells Rey her parents are dead paupers
In the throe of their climactic lightsaber battle inThe Last Jedi , Kylo Ren tell Rey that her parents were cypher who are now dead and inter in “ a pauper ’s grave ” in the Jakku desert .
Either this was a lie or it ’s leading to some marvellous disclosure that give us the full story , like Kylo Ren drink down Rey ’s parents or Rey kill them herself . Either way , we need some sort of Book of Revelation about Rey ’s blood line and it ca n’t be that Kylo Ren was severalise the the true and they are just a pair of wasters who are eat up in the desert .
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