Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker particulars and pictures floor in new Vainness Truthful cowl story

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Like 2015’s The Power Awakens and 2017’s The Final Jedi earlier than it, The Rise of Skywalker has been given the duvet story remedy by Vainness Truthful, full with first-look pictures by Annie Leibowitz and a smuggler’s bounty of information forward of the sequel’s December 19th launch.

After all, with this being the ultimate chapter within the Skywalker saga, Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams are naturally extra tight-lipped than ever. Nevertheless, they’ve let unfastened a lot of thrilling particulars, particularly just a few key casting connections which have saved followers within the darkness for almost a 12 months.

For starters, we lastly know that Keri Russell will probably be enjoying the masked Zorri Bliss. Particulars surrounding Bliss stay scarce, although her rogue character is pictured beneath within the Thieves’ Quarter of the snow-dusted world Kijimi, which we seemingly acquired a glimpse of within the teaser trailer.

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On the same be aware, we additionally know that latest Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant will probably be enjoying Allegiant Normal Pryde, and you may see him seated subsequent to Normal Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) aboard Kylo Ren’s (Adam Driver) destroyer. Right here’s hoping Grant offers Gleeson some venom.

A couple of different highlights included affirmation that the Knights of Ren will make an look (in truth, that’s Kylo mowing ’em down within the trailer), that the story will happen a 12 months after The Final Jedi, and that the ever lengthy battle between the Jedi and Sith will reportedly come to an finish.

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Abrams additionally digressed on how he felt he had extra artistic freedom this time round. “Engaged on 9, I discovered myself approaching it barely otherwise,” he mentioned, including: “It felt barely extra renegade; it felt barely extra like, , Fuck it, I’m going to do the factor that feels proper as a result of it does, not as a result of it adheres to one thing.”

The hype is robust with this one. Beneath, check out the handful of pictures — you’ll seemingly save just a few to your desktop, particularly that stormy battle between Kylo and Rey — and revisit the teaser trailer shortly after.