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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How could Rey be Palpatine's grandchild if her father was not Force-sensitive?
Kylo says to Rey, "My mother was the daughter of Vader, your father was the son of the Emperor." But Leia was Force-sensitive, and therefore the Force lineage Vader → Leia → Kylo makes sense....
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Somehow Palpatine returned, but how, and why then?
Firstly I think I should come clean, that I have never watched the Rise of Skywalker completely, and probably never will. But, I have watched a lot of clips online, as well as a lot of reviews on ...
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When was the 1st time in the Star Wars movies that a character has confirmed Anakin over Luke as the chosen one? [duplicate]
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TheLethalCarrot♦: I might be missing something to what you're asking but isn't TPM full of Qui-Gon Jinn talking about Anakin being the Chosen One.
Me: I thought Qui-Gon thought ...
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Who is Palpatine's Wife?
In The Rise of Skywalker, it is revealed
Then who would be Palpatine's wife? I have watched all of the movies and have never heard anything about this.
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Why did Kylo Ren drag his TIE fighter on the ground?
In The Rise of Skywalker, in a scene first shown in the trailer and taking place on Pasaana in the final film, Kylo makes the strange choice to fly his TIE whisper directly at Rey on the ground:
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What's the meaning of "I think dead, too"?
C-3PO and Poe finds a speeder in the caves:
C-3PO: Perhaps we will find the driver.
(BB-8 Chirps alien language)
Poe: Yep, BB-8, I think dead, too.
What's the meaning of "I think dead, too"...
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What makes Palpatine say that Kylo Ren betrayed him?
Palpatine speaks to Kylo Ren:
PALPATINE: The Jedi apprentice still lives. Perhaps you have betrayed
me. Do not make me turn my fleet against you.
I know Palpatine is stronger than Kylo Ren.
What ...
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Why would the fleet hit each other?
Poe says to his team, who are attacking the fleet:
Poe: Get to their altitude. They can't fire on us without hitting each
other. Don't give up.
Why would the fleet hit each other ?
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What does Rey mean by this statement?
Rey says to Kylo Ren, after healing him:
Rey: I did want to take your hand, Ben's Hand.
What does Rey mean by this statement?
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Why did Palpatine say: "I am all the Sith"?
In the ninth Star Wars movie, when Palpatine is fighting Rey, he says: I am all the Sith.
Why did he say that? Has he done something that made him "connect" and/or obtain the power of all ...
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How would killing the Emperor turn Luke/Rey to the Dark Side?
In both Return of the Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, the Emperor uses the logic of, "kill me and you'll be turned to the Dark Side."
Well, how does that work exactly? Just because you kill ...
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Did navi-computer technology dramatically increase between Ep. 4 and Ep. 9?
In the original Star Wars film, Han Solo pointed out the significant lag between requesting hyperspace jump data from the computer and actually receiving it. 35 years later (in-universe), Poe Dameron, ...
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Is Chief Okko still trapped?
Recall in Star Wars: Empire’s End issue 1, the Emperor blows a gasket when the initial firing of the Galaxy Gun does not go as planned. This in turn reveals his fraught deteriorating condition of his ...
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How did Kylo know where Rey was when she went to look for the second Wayfinder?
Without using the hidden mechanism of the dagger, how did Kylo Ren know the exact location of the second wayfinder?
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The nature of dark side Rey
When Rey finds the wayfinder a dark side version of herself comes out. Is it just her hallucination, or something triggered by her presence?
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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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