It was no small task giving General Leia one last hurrah in The Rise of Skywalker. The movie's co-writer Chris Terrio recently revealed that multiple sources were used to cobble together both the visual and audio aspects of Leia's appearance — including elements that were over three decades old.
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A long-standing theory about how Emperor Palpatine orchestrated three generations of the Skywalker line has seemingly been put to rest right along with him. Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive Matt Martin recently addressed a long-simmering idea about Anakin Skywalker.
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Disney and Lucasfilm are being accused of some hardcore tomfoolery by the Twitterverse. An in-depth analysis of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's final shot by one intrepid user has sparked an interesting rumor with serious implications for the character of Kylo Ren/Ben Solo.
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The next solo outing for the Master of the Mystic Arts will contain some surprises. Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently shared that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will introduce some never-before-seen characters into the MCU — ones that he promises we won't be expecting.
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In case you missed it — like most everyone did — The Rise of Skywalker revisited one of the galaxy far, far away's most iconic locations. The opening scene, in which Kylo Ren mounts an assault on a mysterious cult in search of Darth Vader's wayfinder, takes place on the planet Mustafar.
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The Star Wars rumor mill never shuts down. We Got This Covered is reporting not only that fan favorite character Ahsoka Tano will feature in an upcoming flick set in the galaxy far, far away, but that Lucasfilm and Disney already have an actor in mind for the part: Captain Marvel's Brie Larson.
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Still confused after watching The Rise of Skywalker? There's a reason for that. According to The Rise of Skywalker co-writer and director J.J. Abrams, some of the more prescient details within the final film of the Skywalker saga were left vague on purpose.
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With the release of The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams has finally delivered to both its keen, hawk-eyed obsessives and general audiences the final answer of who and what Rey really is. The writer-director recently opened up to explain the meaning behind the big Rey twist.
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The Star Wars film franchise has featured its share of iconic romantic moments, but fans hoping for a specific budding romance in The Rise of Skywalker likely ended up disappointed. Here's why one fan-favorite pair never became anything more than friends.
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Two characters in the Skywalker Saga are apparently tied together in an unexpected way. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Visual Dictionary contains a passage which suggests that Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) and former Stormtrooper Jannah (Naomi Ackie) are father and daughter.
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Well, that explains that... sort of. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker writer/director J.J. Abrams was recently captured on video explaining to a group of fans the oddly undefined relationship between Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the sequel films.
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Hated The Rise of Skywalker? J.J. Abrams actually agrees with you — kind of. During a Q&A after a screening of the film at the Academy, Abrams addressed the widespread criticism of his latest film and the final movie in Star Wars' long-running Skywalker saga.
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It's been three years since the world lost Carrie Fisher, the actress who played Princess Leia (later General Leia Organa) in the Star Wars franchise for nearly 40 years. She left behind an immense legacy — and an after-death letter that her brother, Todd Fisher, recently discovered.
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Get ready for a bit of a bummer, true believers. Mighty Marvel might be running like a well-oiled machine, but according to writer/director James Gunn, it's going to take a little longer than we might like for that machine to pump out Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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Well, isn't this ironic? Just days after Donald Trump not-so-humbly bragged about his appearance in a much-loved Christmas classic, it was reported that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation removed the disgraced politician's cameo from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Here's why.
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Cats, which had drawn fire for its unsettling visual effects long before its release thanks to its insane trailers, is continuing to do so for the fact that it was apparently shipped to theaters with those effects unfinished. One egregious example of this in particular has turned some heads.
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Most actors might find the idea of helmet hair horrifying, but The Rise of Skywalker actress Keri Russell so fully embraced the mystery — and heavy headgear — of her new character Zorii Bliss, her cast mates and director didn't see her face for two whole days during filming.
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For one to rise, another must fall, and now we know precisely what befell Luke in 2017's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The recent release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Visual Dictionary reveals Luke Skywalker's precise cause of death.
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One important character was left out of the action in The Rise of Skywalker, and fans are rising up to defend her. The film's co-writers J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio basically sidelined Kelly Marie Tran's Rose Tico, a character whom Rian Johnson introduced in The Last Jedi.
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One day soon, Star Wars will return to the big screen — but when that day comes, J.J. Abrams will be far, far away. The Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker director recently told Variety that he believes his time working with Lucasfilm to be well and truly over.
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As light and dark forces finally finished their battle for supremacy in the galaxy in The Rise of Skywalker, one of Star Wars most surprising moments brought this particular saga to a stunning close. It's time to talk about that major Rey and Kylo Ren scene at the end of The Rise of Skywalker.
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Geek Supreme Kevin Smith is in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker — not that anyone but him would notice. Following through on a promise he made to Smith, writer/director J.J. Abrams gave the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot filmmaker a small onscreen cameo in the final installment of the Skywalker Saga.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gave fans plenty of answers to long-burning questions, but it didn't end without leaving a few mysteries unsolved one of which involved two of the sequel trilogy's most important characters. Here's what Finn was going to tell Rey in the film.
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Don't hurt 'em, Jake. In a jaw-dropping series of Instagram posts, actor Jake Cannavale — who recently guest-starred on The Mandalorian, the Disney+ series set in the Star Wars universe — absolutely excoriated Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth and final film in the Skywalker Saga.
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Star Wars fans went to great lengths to ensure that their opening-night screenings of The Rise of Skywalker would be as perfect as possible. Unfortunately for two viewers, the night didn't go as planned, as one man was allegedly punched mid-showing.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens left fans of the franchise with one burning question about the main heroine, Daisy Ridley's Rey. It's now four years later, and that question has finally been answered with The Rise of Skywalker.
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Fans love analyzing any trailers they see, and that has never been more true than it is in the case of the Star Wars fandom. Now that we're finally on the other side of The Rise of Skywalker's release date, let's take a look at how the film's trailers bent the truth to keep the plot on lockdown.
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