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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When did they begin constructing this fleet?
In Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker we see that the villains have constructed a huge Final Order fleet. This surely would have taken quite a bit of time to build. When did construction begin? I'...
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How much time has passed between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker?
The Rise of Skywalker takes place sometime after The Last Jedi. It doesn't pick up straight after because the Resistance has a new base and is running operations again. Rey is also in training and ...
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What is lightspeed skipping?
In the beginning of The Rise of Skywalker we can see the Millennium Falcon do something that they call lightspeed skipping.
How does that work and what makes it different from regular lightspeed ...
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Did Rey, rather than Anakin, fulfill the prophecy?
"A Chosen One shall come, born of no father, and through him will ultimate balance in the Force be restored."
―A Jedi prophecy
Master & Apprentice
Now I know that the new novelisation for ...
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Did Rey become a Jedi at the end?
We know for sure that Rey wanted to be a Jedi during The Last Jedi (it was Luke that didn't want to be one). Rey even takes the Jedi temple books.
But a funny thing happened on the way to being a ...
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What is the nature of the relationship between Maz Kanata and Chewbacca?
According to Wookieepedia, the mobile game Star Wars: Commander refers to Chewbacca as Maz Kanata's boyfriend.
Also, in the (canon) novel Star Wars: Force Collector, Maz Kanata says this about Chewie:...
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How did this character fly this ship?
In Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey flies Luke's old X-Wing, which has been under water on Ahch-To for a number of years. Assuming that the ship didn't suffer enough corrosion or damage ...
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Who is the fourth character in this rescue sequence during the Battle of Exegol?
At the end of the movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, there is a sequence of Lando and Chewie manoeuvring the Millennium Falcon in order to rescue Finn and Jannah mounted on a command ship near to ...
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Who is the guy in the gunner's seat of the Millennium Falcon near the end of The Rise of Skywalker?
You see him for a split second in the final scene with the Final Order and he has kind of a white beard. I can't find any reference online except Nien Nunb from ROJ.
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Where does Rey get the book she reads in The Rise of Skywalker to find the holocron?
Assuming all the ancient Jedi texts were destroyed in The Last Jedi, are these Luke's personal notes? And did she return to get them or were they in Leia's possession?
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Is Darth Sidious really Darth Sidious?
In The Rise of Skywalker we learn of one of Darth Sidious' plans:
Looking back this seems very relevant to a Sith history filled with apprentices who have a habit of murdering their masters. So ...
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Why didn’t Palpatine just stop his own lightning?
On several occasions Palpatine’s extended use of Force lightning has bounced back on him. In each situation he has carried on firing lightning from his hands even when it was harming himself instead ...
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Whose Medal of Yavin did Chewbacca get, and how did the giver procure it?
In The Rise of Skywalker, we see Chewbacca receiving a Medal of Bravery (previously known as a Medal of Yavin), similar to the ones Luke Skywalker and Han Solo received at the end of A New Hope.
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How were the scenes featuring Princess Leia in The Rise of Skywalker filmed?
As we know, our beloved princess, Carrie Fisher, died before the script for The Rise of Skywalker was even finished. According to this answer, digitally recreating her image was out of the question.
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Why did Sidious announce his return?
We first hear of the Emperor's mysterious return from death in the opening crawl. Sidious has made a public transmission which has terrified the galaxy.
Now I'm aware of the well-established ...
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