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New Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Trailer Teases Rey’s Dark Side, Epic Battles

August 26, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Star Wars Rise of Skywalker Daisy Ridley Rey, Colin Trevorrow Image Credit: Lucasfilm

A new trailer for Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker has been released, tracing the legacy of the franchise and teasing a potential character turn. You can see the “special look” below for the final film in the Star Wars Skywalker saga. The video looks back at the history of the franchise, tracing the biggest moments of the franchise through the original three films and even the prequels before jumping to the latest trilogy.

The latter section includes new footage from Rise of Skywalker, of course, such as Rebellion ships lining up for a major battle with the odds seemingly against them, Rey fighting Kylo Ren atop a sea-floating ship, a red-eyed C-3P0 and, in the biggest moment, what looks to be Rey in Sith gear including a double-bladed red lightsaber. This is the same footage that was screened at D23 over the weekend.

The J.J. Abrams-directed film stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher and Ian McDiarmid. It opens on December 20th.