The now is what matters.Ībrams says “Nah” to that. You control your destiny. Forget your history. He snatched Abrams’ mystery box and shattered it upon the ground. Rian Johnson answered it already in The Last Jedi. The Emperor smiles, and the relish in which he spreads the grin should be warning enough for how wretched the question truly is. Jumping back to the start of Episode IX, when Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver) chased his way into the heart of a storm and found puppet master Palpatine ( Ian McDiarmid) pulling the strings of the First Order from a Toy Story claw (“Oooooooooooooooh!”), we return to the question burning through the heart of the trilogy’s narrative.

The orphan who fled from this place wanted what she wanted, and got what she got. Imagining the films we’ve all seen, tasting the blue milk that will never be poured again. Rey ( Daisy Ridley) nabs a sheet of metal, slides down a collapsed dune of sand, and pokes around. Many years and multiple lifetimes of adventure have passed since the family operated the machinery and scrounged for scraps of survival. With a pair of twin suns setting behind her, she stares down into the dilapidated homestead. The final scene of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sees the scavenger girl from Jakku leave her triumph over the Sith on Exogol, as well as the resulting galactic celebrations, for an abandoned moisture farm on Tatooine. Abrams‘ interest, forever rests on a particular, inescapable Outer Rim planet. Nevermind A New Hope‘s title crawl or the opening Blockade Runner chase. In this entry, we dive into the ending of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old.

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