Breaking Down the Secrets and Speculation ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Spectacular First Trailer

It ’s here : we finally have our first smell at Star Wars : Episode IX , or rather , The rising slope of Skywalker . It ’s a teaser that is , unsurprisingly , full of closed book , one with more questions than it has reply . But that did n’t finish us combing over the footage for what few cue we could find .

The trailer opens with Rey ( Daisy Ridley ) on an unnamed desert reality — there ’s all the possibility in the earthly concern that this is potentially Tatooine or Jakku , present Star Wars ’ taste for repay to familiar biome , or perhaps even Jedha from Rogue One , given the rock formation . But it could very easily be another sand world to be added to the Star Wars canon .

The outfit she ’s don is new , although was recently see ina leaked selling posterfor The Rise of Skywalker . It ’s an interesting evolutionary blend between the magpie raiment she wore in The Force Awakens and the Resistance greys she break in The Last Jedi , but now in all white and with a cowling . But the most interesting thing is perhaps not her gear , but the familiar weapon system dangling on her waistline : the Lightsaber of Anakin and Luke Skywalker .

It’s time for the Skywalker Saga to end.

It’s time for the Skywalker Saga to end.Image: All Gifs: Lucasfilm

Destroyed in The Last Jedi thanks to a force out tug - of - war between Rey and Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver ) , it has now been fully repaired , hinting at not just the still - unknown full point of prison term which has lead between the climax of Rian Johnson ’s movie and the start of J.J. Abrams ’ getting even to the conductor ’s chair . It ’s probably pretty decorous if Rey has not only had time to remodel the weapon but , as some very intriguing voiceover dialogue hints , do some of import reading as well .

As Rey take out her weapon , we sheer to a ship roaring in from the space ( we ’ll get to that before long enough ) , but over this footage , we hear from none other than Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill ) himself , presumptively speak to Rey as a Force spirit , just as Obi - Wan and Yoda had done so to him in his former days as a Jedi . “ We ’ve passed on all we have a go at it , ” Luke intones . “ A thousand generation dwell in you now … but this is your fight . ”

Luke ’s relative majority is interesting — does he simply name to himself and Yoda , or to the extensive legacy of the Jedi that came before them ? Prior Force Ghosts presented in the films retained their own sentience of identity operator , so it ’s interesting to see Luke address collectively as if verbalise for the Force itself , if not for himself . If it even is Luke as a Force Ghost , and not some manifestation of the Force , or perhaps even the Ancient Jedi texts Rey manage to secret aside from Ahch - To , using his voice to head her .

The ship in the distance speeds by to reveal that it ’s none other than Kylo Ren ’s TIE Silencer . First introduced in The Last Jedi , the vessel seems much the same …

… as it gets closer and closer to mowing down Rey ! The closer look bring out the Silencer actually has a more or less dissimilar lick of paint , with more red markings on the ship ’s cockpit as well as what search like white dialog box on the wings compared to the Negro of the original .

Whether or not this is an wholly new combatant or an update paint job remain to be see , but interestingly enough , this actually brings the Silencer in business line with the difference between the standardTIE / foand theTIE / sf(those stand for “ First Order ” and “ Special Forces , ” severally , fact buff ) . But let ’s be real , it means you get a novel miniature out of all this . Would n’t bethe first timethe Silencer had a design tweak because of that !

A new look is n’t enough to devil Rey , who just decides instead to take a jump right into the Silencer ’s track . And before you perhaps bristle at the thought of a Prequel - esque feat of stunting making its way in here , draw users have been takingrather enceinte leapsof faith since 1980 . Also ? It ’s cool as underworld .

An unidentified ship race toward a city at nighttime , as we get a look at what is likely another Modern public , although it certainly has similarities to some we ’ve seen before ( like I said , it ’s not like Star Wars has n’t set a precedent for go back to shoes we ’ve seen already alongside new locating ! ) . The mountainous regions and white climes are very evocative of Solo ’s Vandor , for object lesson .

Our first good spirit at Kylo Ren sees him seemingly spear a poor masked warrior with one of the crossguards on his lightsaber . Yeowch . give that the First Order terminate The Last Jedi in an interesting berth of quasi - ascendance — sure , the New Republic Senate is devastated and their monolithic fleet have emerged from the Unknown Regions , but there was that whole thing where their flagship got hyperspaced into rag — it’ll be interesting to see how much hike of Skywalker ’s time jump has changed the First Order into an invading force or a decree Empire .

Speaking of Kylo Ren , here ’s a very interesting shot : the mask he shatter after Supreme Leader Snoke mocked it in The Last Jedi is being repaired . The antecedently bring up leaked poster ( and since - officially - unveiled Rise of Skywalker product packaging ) testify Kylo Ren wearing the remodel mask , but take down here : He ’s not the one rebuilding it . Those are some very furred , very alien hands .

So who could it be ? That same posting apparently showed off what appear to be the Knights of Ren from The Force Awakens , who were very much absent from this laggard and have been long rumour to be a part of Rise of Skywalker due to theirLast Jedi absence . Could this be one of the Knights , play at Kylo Ren ’s behest ?

Back on the same desert world we see Rey and Kylo Ren on , however , we get our first good look at Finn ( John Boyega ) and Poe ( Oscar Isaac).At the panelpreceding the button of the trailer , Boyega mentioned that Finn has come into his own mother wit of identity as a Resistance appendage in The Rise of Skywalker , and part of that is down to a new getup he ’ll have in the film . Also , note that he ’s pack Rey ’s faculty for her while she ’s off being chased by the Silencer , which is very sweet-scented of him — and a reminder that our disparate heroes will be unite in this picture show after drop much of The Last Jedi aside .

BB-8 ’s got precious contest ! Say hello to D - O , a new pragmatic droid that made its launching at the Episode IX control panel as well . This cute , duck’s egg - like little droid will seemingly be go after along for the ride as BB-8 ’s new buddy .

mouth of buddy , Chewbacca ( Joonas Suotamo , who has now have over full - time for former Chewie actor Peter Mayhew ) has one in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon — but this one is n’t new to us or him , because it ’s the legendary intergalactic beguiler , and former Baron Governor of Cloud City , Lando Calrissian(the render Billy Dee Williams ) ! We do n’t know what Lando ’s been up to since Return of the Jedi , but he ’s back help oneself what ’s left of the Resistance out for now , it seems . And apparently raid his Solo closet : he ’s fundamentally wearing the same gear Donald Glover wore as the vernal Calrissian , weirdly enough . Has … it just been hanging out in theFalcon’swardrobes all this prison term ?

Cutting back to the desert world again , a speeder finds itself pursued by not just a speeder on the earth , but what looks like a brand raw kind of First Order Stormtrooper , evocative of the Clone Jetpack and Imperial Jumptroopers seen in prior canonic material like theStar state of war : Battlefrontgames .

That speeder , by the agency , is navigate by Finn and Poe … and the very out - of - shoes C-3PO ( Anthony Daniels ) ! At the Episode IX Celebration venire , Daniels teased that Threepio would have a much more involved persona in Rise of Skywalker , and that previously mention leaked bill poster did show the Protocol droid ditching etiquette for Chewbacca ’s bowcaster . So maybe he ’s not as out - of - position as he seems .

A blink - and - you’ll - miss - it shot of a sundown battle in the lower atmosphere of a major planet — it could be this desert world we ’ve image throughout the trailer — show an inauspicious RZ2 A - Wing acquiring flub to piece in front of a First Order Star Destroyer .

We then cut to a very interesting shot indeed — one of the laurel wreath that Leia ( the late , dearly escape Carrie Fisher ) give to Luke and Han ( Harrison Ford ) at Yavin IV at the remnant of A New Hope . Do n’t concern , they canonicallyadded in a comicthat Chewie got one too , but take a look at the bridge player : They appear a lot like they ’re Leia ’s .

kick in that J.J. Abrams has long noted that the textile used for Leia ’s storyline in Rise of the Skywalker is drawn from deleted scenesshot for The Force Awakens , it stands to reason that this medal is in reality Han ’s , rather than Luke ( it ’s definitely not Chewie ’s ; he give it away in that aforementioned comic ) . Perhaps earlier she was reminiscing where her wayward hubby was when this scene was first shot , and is now call up him after his death at Kylo Ren ’s hands .

Oh , do n’t mind me , I ’m just go to sit here and call for a second .

“ We ’ll always be with you , ” Luke ’s vocalism supply , as if it already was n’t tragic enough . There ’s that plural again : is it just a coincidence here that it just so befall to apply to this Leia moment contextually , or has she move on into the Force , and was part of the “ We ” he was refer earlier as well ? The forested major planet Rey and Leia embracing on seems to mate one read in a picture at the Episode IX panel — yet another unidentified worldly concern .

Rey , Finn , Poe , Threepio , D - O , BB-8 , and Chewbacca gaze out from grassy knolls at something confuse . This environs equalise up withprevious set picturesthat includedNaomi Ackie ’s unexampled characterin the movie , confirmed at today ’s Celebration panel as being named Jannah . We do n’t know much else about her , but the world she ’s on ?

It ’s home to broken fragment of the 2nd Death Star . You would think this could possibly bring out that this earth is , in fact , the woods moon of Endor since … where else could the Death Star have smash pieces into ? Well , an blowup that bad could easily have flung segment far and wide into other planet in the same system , or even further . But what is most riveting is that this is n’t really a wholly new concept for this sequel trilogy : The melodic theme of visiting the underwater ruins of the Death Star II , specifically the Emperor ’s throne room , wasconsidered for The Force Awakens .

So what could Rey and her friend be run for there ? As revealed in The Force Awakens ’ art book , originally the mapping leading to Luke ’s location would ’ve been the target of the underwater dive into the Death Star ’s ruined superstructure . What could it be now that we already have that mathematical function ? Some ancient Sith souvenir ? A keystone to , perhaps , the Emperor ’s survival beyond his apparent death in Return of the Jedi ?

Because that sure as infernal region seems to be what this trailer imply in its final moments : As we fade to The Rise of Skywalker ’s deed reveal , Luke re - iterates a heartbreaking line from The Last Jedi : “ No one ’s ever really drop dead . ” If this is the Force Spirit Luke , it ’s obvious to intone what he could think here to Rey . But given that like a shot after , we learn the sinister , rasp chatter of none other than Sheev Palpatine himself ( Ian McDiarmid , who surprised interview at the Episode IX panel by come along on stage as the house trailer concluded ) .

Novels released in the backwash of The Force Awakens — most notablyChuck Wendig ’s Aftermath trilogy — have exposit upon the idea that Palpatine hid Observatories full of powerful , dangerous Force artifacts across the coltsfoot , to be safeguard in the viewing of his expiry . Could those same observatories now be what Rey and her friends are looking for ? Could they get hold the Florida key that ’s lead to the likely return of Palpatine ? Is it all a artifice ?

Hell … it would n’t be the first time Star Wars has misdirected fan with news report about the Emperor being back , in some build or another . Even if those stories are no prospicient canon …

As I say before , The Rise of Skywalker ’s first prevue is an mystery wrap up inside a mystery . It is tone , it is hints , but it is not a house trailer that really narrate us much at all what the climactic entry in the Skywalker Saga is really about . But … that ’s not really the dot , at least yet . We ’re entail to be left to our questions — who is that voice , where are our Hero of Alexandria , what are they up to , what does it signify for a Skywalker to rise , and who even is the Skywalker ? Because we ’ve still got a good long while entrust to see more of this tremendous conclusion to a history over four ten in the making .

All will be expose , in the ending , when Star warfare : The ascent of Skywalker hits theaters this December .

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