Last week at Star Wars Celebration, Disney released the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Rise Skywalker. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the long awaited title for Episode 9.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is scheduled for a December 2019 release.
Just in case you haven’t had a chance to see the teaser yet, here it is:
Lots of good stuff to whet our appetite for this long awaited conclusion to the epic Star Wars saga. Or at least this particular story….
So what do you think of this teaser? Does it get you excited to see this movie?
What Do We Know So Far?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is directed by JJ Abrams, who also directed The Force Awakens (Episode 7).
JJ Abrams has told us that time has passed since the end of Episode 8, The Last Jedi. He has specified how much time, but he’s indicated that a pretty decent amount of time has passed.
JJ Abrams has shared that Princess Leia does have a role in this film that is not CGI, despite the passing of beloved actress Carrie Fisher. Abrams has said there is enough footage of Fisher that was unused in the Episode 7 and 8 films that they were able to re-purpose and use in Episode 9. I’m really happy that she will still be at least a small part of this story; I don’t know that the end of the story would feel right without her.
Ian McDiarmid, the actor that has portrayed Emperor Palpatine, appeared at Star Wars Celebration and confirmed that the evil laugh we hear at the end of the trailer is Emperor Palpatine, who died in The Last Jedi (Episode 8) McDiarmid stated that Palpatine is dead. But also that Palpatine is laughing at the end of the teaser. So what could that mean?
LOTS of theories going around about this teaser. I can’t wait to see what actually plays out.
As new or additional trailers are released, I’ll be sure and share them.
I believe we will see some influx into Disney parks as this movie gets closer to release. New scenes were added to the Star Tours attraction prior to the release of the Last Jedi, so I suspect we will see that again, at the very least.
And of course, this time, we will have Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge open at both Disneyland and Hollywood Studios. It’s not much of a stretch to anticipate we’ll get some kind of cross promotion of the film at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Do you have a favorite moment from the trailer? I’m loving the shot of Rey doing that amazing back flip! I’m really excited to see what Rey grows into in this film.
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Happy Dreaming!
Brooke
