Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[bryan]

Before Abrams was hired for another Star Wars film, Rian Johnson was also offered to direct after Colin Trevorrow left, but turned it down as he felt he needed time off between Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and his next project, Knives Out (2019).

[jessica]

The teaser trailer and the subtitle of the was announced at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, Illinois on April 12, 2019.

[stephanie]

This is the second Star Wars film under Disney's Lucasfilm to have its director replaced. The first was Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), which replaced Phil Lord and Christopher Miller with Ron Howard.

[morris]

The first Star Wars film to be released since the death of Peter Mayhew.

[bernice]

Though they are no longer the main characters, each film in the sequel trilogy was meant to showcase one of the main characters from the original trilogy. The Force Awakens focused on Han, The Last Jedi on Luke, and The Rise of Skywalker will reportedly focus on Leia. This actually mirrors the original trilogy, in which Luke interacts with a central character from the prequel trilogy. The original Star Wars focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Empire Strikes Back on Yoda, and Return of the Jedi on the Emperor.

[lynn]

Will be released on December 20, 2019. Episodes VII and VIII were both released in December 2015 and 2017, respectively. The original release date of Episode IX of May 24, 2019 was delayed after director Colin Trevorrow was replaced by J.J. Abrams in September 2017, facing a similar fate to the other Sequel Trilogy Films with their releases (being pushed from May to December). This was likely done for consistency purposes.

[morris]

With his appearance in Episode IX, Anthony Daniel's (C3PO) becomes the only person to appear in all 9 episodes of the Star Wars saga.

[sandra]

Including his holographic cameo appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine will be the most prominent Star Wars villain in the series, having appeared a total of 6 times.

[jesse]

Mark Hamill confirmed his involvement with the film ahead of the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

[janice]

Disagreements between Colin Trevorrow and Lucasfilm over Episode IX's script drafts during the early stages of production led to them mutually going their separate ways. It was reported that Rian Johnson's take on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) ruined Trevorrow's plans for Episode IX, as he wanted to use Luke Skywalker and Supreme Leader Snoke in some capacity. Due to both of those characters' unfortunate deaths in The Last Jedi, Trevorrow was unable to come up with a new story and was let go. Carrie Fisher's death, and the changes to the script that were necessitated as a result, are believed to be a part of these creative differences.

[melinda]

On April 12th, 2019, Kathleen Kennedy and some of the cast and crew of Star Wars Episode IX revealed the long awaited title and first teaser trailer. The biggest reveal out of the whole thing is Palpatine is allegedly to be resurrected.