Is ‘Star Wars: Episode 9

When we get to the top of the 12 months and this new trilogy of “Star Wars” saga movies involves a detailed, it’s gonna be actually enjoyable to take a giant image take a look at how this story performed out — particularly if what we’re taking away from the trailer for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is an correct learn on what the completed movie is like. Because, on the floor at the very least, it very a lot seems just like the movie needs to desert no matter “The Last Jedi” was establishing, thematically.

The first two installments on this trilogy — “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi” — have already got a reasonably rocky relationship with one another. “The Last Jedi,” written and directed by Rian Johnson, appeared decided to ditch no matter JJ Abrams had in thoughts when he wrote and directed “The Force Awakens.” Especially huge “TFA” mysteries like Rey’s (Daisy Ridley) parentage and the id of the tremendous bizarre Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis).

“Let the past die. Kill it if you have to,” Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) stated to Rey after he casually murdered Snoke as if he weren’t a massively vital character, then advised her that her mother and father have been nobodies. “The Last Jedi” is so usually like that that it may be powerful to trace it and “TFA” as one story.

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The proven fact that Lucasfilm let Johnson make a film which so completely disregarded its predecessor made the studio’s determination to show round and produce again “TFA” director JJ Abrams to deal with “Episode IX” much more curious. I puzzled if it meant they have been going to undo the undoing, so to talk, and the primary “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” trailer positive makes it appear like, sure, it actually goes there.

I could possibly be mistaken! I’ve been mistaken many occasions in my life, and this could possibly be a type of occasions. But I even have been proper many occasions in my life, and this could possibly be a type of occasions. We’ll discover out in December for positive, however for now let’s take a look at the proof.

The very first thing that instantly screamed at me is Kylo Ren’s helmet being repaired. That helmet was symbolic for the way “TLJ” simply wished to go the opposite manner with issues after “TFA” — early on within the movie Kylo Ren takes off the helmet and smashes it to items, and simply by no means wears any form of head gear once more. But right here’s that helmet once more, being patched collectively by unknown alien fingers.

Is the helmet a metaphor for the way “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” goes again to Abrams’ authentic plan for the way this trilogy was going to go? With so little to go on, that’s the vibe I’m getting from that shot. Why else embody it right here if not as some form of assertion of thematic intent?

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I acquired the identical vibe, later, from Luke Skywalker’s (Mark Hamill) narration on the finish of the trailer — “No one’s ever really gone,” he says, which, alongside two different bits from the top of the trailer, seems like a callback to Kylo Ren’s “Let the past die” line. The previous of the “Star Wars” franchise is extraordinarily alive on this trailer — Rey, Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Oscar Isaac) visiting the wreckage of a Death Star, which Luke’s line performs over, and the long-dead Emperor Palpatine’s laughter over the title card being one other.

Both of these issues are main throwbacks to the previous, notably if Palpatine is by some means alive or has been resurrected. Having Palpatine be concerned on this film in any form of tangible manner is the alternative of letting the previous die. It’s actually bringing the previous again. Plus, “TLJ” casually discards the character standing in for the Emperor, after which “Rise of Skywalker” simply casually brings again the precise Emperor? That can be some severe one-upmanship.

Is all this a variety of guesswork based mostly on a trailer that lacks any form of…