Questions tagged [the-rise-of-skywalker]
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019, ninth movie produced) The Sith return to build a new Empire under Darth Sidious, who seeks to make Rey a Sith. Use with the [star-wars] tag.
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Did Sith Eternal Army cultists survive Exegol in "The Rise of Skywalker?"
At the climax of Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren arrives at Exegol after Rey and manages to assist her in fighting the Emperor.
When Kylo Ren first descends into the bowels of ...
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Why did Rey hear both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor?
It's the only Jedi voice that wavers like that. This happens in:
The Force Awakens, at the end of the 'forceback': first Guinness, "Rey?" then McGregor "these are your first steps"...
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How can the prophecy of the Chosen One be re-interpreted in light of Palpatine's return in the Disney canon?
The explanation I usually hear for Rey playing an equally, if not more, dramatic role in defeating Palpatine compared to Anakin's (while still not formally replacing him as the Chosen One) is that the ...
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Why did the destroyers on Exegol rely on a navigational tower to know which way is up?
In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, when Poe and the others are discussing their plan to get to Exegol, Poe says:
FINN: As long as those Star Destroyers are on Exegol we can hit them.
BEAUMONT: Hit ...
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Why did Sidious never seek to turn Rey toward the dark side of the Force?
We learned from the film Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) that Darth Sidious or Palpatine offered to Kylo Ren a new Sith Empire along with the title of Emperor but only if he ...
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Which type of cannon does this housing in the remains of the Death Star II belong to?
In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, during the fight between Kylo Ren and Rey on an almost-submerged wreckage of the second Death Star, visible in the background is what appears to be the sole ...
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Who's piloting the Ghost in The Rise of Skywalker?
During the climax of the Battle of Exegol, with Lando's reinforcements, we can clearly see the VCX-100 light freighter "Ghost" jumping in the fray just behind the Falcon.
During the ...
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How does Rey actually get to Exegol?
In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey destroys Kylo Ren's TIE fighter, which has the Sith Wayfinder in it, and Kylo gets a new one from the First Order.
How did it survive her fire when she burnt ...
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When did Poe run spice?
In The Rise of Skywalker, it's said that Poe was a spice runner at some point in the past. When exactly was this? His parents were both original members of the Rebellion; when did he slip out to ...
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Rise of Skywalker like The Highlander?
At the end of The Rise of Skywalker the characters,
However, is this really what was implied by their statements like, "I am all the Jedi..."?
That is, do they really adopt the powers of ...
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How could the Death Star still be operational in The Rise of Skywalker?
In The Rise Of Skywalker, we see a door opens automatically in front of Rey in order to get into the room where Emperor Palpatine presumably hid the wayfinder. Any idea how that door mechanism is ...
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Why didn't Rey encounter Dark Side Rey inside the cave on the planet Ahch-To?
In the movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey fights the Dark Side version of herself inside the wreckage of the Death Star. This fight is similar to how Luke Skywalker fought the Dark Side ...
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How could Emperor Palpatine afford having such a massive fleet of Star Destroyers? [duplicate]
How could Emperor Palpatine afford having such a massive fleet of Star Destroyers built on Exegol? One could theorize that it was done for free by The Sith Eternal (his fan club) but there's the price ...
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Leia's death and Jedi funerals
Is there an in-universe reason why when Leia died she wasn't given a traditional Jedi funeral (cremation)?
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What role did the second lightsaber play in Rey's final fight?
In the final fight of Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, she is in the following situation:
Why did she bother calling the second lightsaber and what role did it play in the final defeat? Was ...
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