STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Money Shot Spoilers, Kylo Ren and Rey Magazine Covers, and Character Descriptions
I’ve got a lot of interesting and cool things to share with you today for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Some of this stuff involved some very heavy spoilers. I won’t start out with that, though! I’ll start out with the non spoiler stuff which includes some Empire magazine covers featuring Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) facing off with each other. From there I’ll share the new character synopses, and then we’ll dive into the major story spoilers which involve the money shot of the movie.
Below you’ll find the magazine covers:
We then have new character descriptions that come from SFX magazine. The photos of the descriptions were taken at the Triple Force Friday reveal event that recently took place. The character descriptions here include Poe, Rose, Jannah, Rey, Kylo, Sith Trooper, and Finn.
Now on to the big stuff. The following information comes from Making Star Wars. I included a video they shared and the major plot points of what was revealed. If you want more in-depth details, head on over to their site and read through it.
There’s a lot of heavy stuff here… MAJOR SPOILERS! If you don’t want to know some of the major plot points of The Rise of Skywalker, including what is being called the “Money Shot,” I suggest you do not watch the video or read ahead.
Here’s the video:
Here are the major points:
The former Emperor has a red and black cloak.
The McQuarrie throne is finally used on screen but with stone thorns around it.
Old Palpatine siphons life into his body through Rey and Ben Solo.
Palpatine becomes Palpatine unleashed and has more power than ever before.
Ben Solo appears to die by being thrown into a pit by Palpatine.
Palpatine the shocks the Resistance fleet, making it power down.
Rey is empowered by generations of the Jedi that came before her and she rises up to face Palpatine.
Palpatine’s attention turns towards Rey.
The money shot is Palpatine shoots lightning in the sky and then at Rey which she deflects with Leia and Anakin’s lightsabers.
The Resistance fleet recovers and the Falcon brings reinforcements to the battle.
We likely have seen Exogol in the D23 First Look.
Sith Stormtroopers appear to be elite First Order troops who were abducted as children.
Matt Smith does not seem to be in the film as Palpatine.
Darth Sidious does not appear to ever use a lightsaber in this film.
Again, if you want more details head over to Making Star Wars!
I have no idea if any of this is true or not, but the site that reported it is very credible when it comes to Star Wars news like this.
This is certainly going to be an incredibly intense ending to the Saga. What are your thoughts on the story details that were shared here?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on December 20th, 2019.