More than any other Star Wars trilogy, Disney's sequel trilogy left a lot of things unanswered, and a lot of questions unresolved. There is some great stuff in each of the three films, but they are all so different and disconnected with no clear plan for them that it has led to a lot of points that are head-scratchers. No film suffers from this more than The Rise Of Skywalker.
Since the movie's release, though, more information and details have arisen, which give a lot of explanation to points in the film that either did not make sense or were frustratingly unanswered. While there are still so many questions left without answers, some plot points from The Rise Of Skywalker have begun to make more sense, if only after the movie's release.
10 THE KNIGHTS OF REN
The Knights of Ren are not a plot point exclusive to The Rise Of Skywalker. They are not a plot point at all, that is the problem. However, there has been some more information about them given to fans since the trilogy ended.
The Rise Of Skywalker: Visual Dictionary revealed the names of the six members to be Vicrul, Cardo, Ushar, Trudgen, Kuruk, and Ap'lek. It also reported their ship is called the Night Buzzard. The Kylo Ren comic series also continues to pump out information regarding the Knights, with more coming in the future.
9 REY'S NEW LIGHTSABER
The ending to the film sees Rey bury Luke/Anakin's and Leia's lightsabers into the sand on Tatooine and pull out her own, the newly made lightsaber. The novelization of the film has shed some light on this new lightsaber.
The book confirms that the color of the saber is "white-gold" and that Rey used the Jedi texts as her guide for building it. It is also a single-bladed saber, but interestingly enough, Rey was planning to create a double-bladed lightsaber, before deciding the white-gold saber was enough.
8 HOW REY FIXED LUKE/ANAKIN'S LIGHTSABER
In The Last Jedi, we see Kylo and Rey inadvertently destroy the Skywalker lightsaber that once belonged to Luke and his father, Anakin. In The Rise Of Skywalker, however, the saber pops up unscathed, leaving many fans scratching their head.
The kyber crystal within the blade is broken, and Rey heals it by utilizing techniques she learned from the same Jedi texts that guided her to build her own lightsaber. With the help of the Chronicles of Brus-bu, Rey uses healing techniques and fixes the famous blade.
7 LANDONIS BALTHAZAR CALRISSIAN'S LOST DAUGHTER
The ending of the film sees some sort of hint that perhaps Jannah is related to Lando in some way, but it is unclear. Both the visual dictionary and novel shed some light on this matter.
For one, the visual dictionary reveals Lando's full name to be Landonis Balthazar Calrissian. It also says his daughter was kidnapped by the First Order when she was just two years old. The novel hints more and more that Jannah is the lost daughter, but does not confirm it. Instead, seeing and hearing about Jannah led Lando to want to spend his remaining years doing better things like reuniting children with their parents, rather than staying on Pasaana.
6 ZORII & BABU'S ESCAPE
Zorii Bliss and Babu Frik are two of the best new characters in The Rise Of Skywalker, and two of the best one-film characters of the trilogy. The film, though, seemed to show them die with the destruction of Kijimi, but then they turn up in the battle at Exegol.
The book follows the pair for longer than the movie does, though. It shows Zorii evading the First Order and preparing to escape, all while Babu remains in his workshop. At the last minute, Zorii rescues Babu and the pair escape.
5 POE'S PAST
The Rise Of Skywalker out of nowhere hits fans with the revelation that Poe Dameron used to be a spice runner. It was a funny moment, but a weird one. There had been no hint at it before, and it seemed to not fit in the timeline given what we know about Poe from the comics.
The visual dictionary confirmed that Poe joined the Spice Runners of Kijimi when he was sixteen years old, a good bit in the past that does not interfere much with previously known information. His time as part of the group now has a place in Poe's timeline, with further stories very likely to explore how he left the group.
4 THE SITH ETERNAL & THE FINAL ORDER
The Final Order and Sith Eternal left a lot of questions needing answers. How the building of Palpatine's fleet was possible was confusing for everyone, and who the Sith Eternal were, likewise.
The novel confirms the Sith Eternal are simply cultists devoted to bringing the Sith rule back with Palpatine. It also confirms those in the Final Order were people born and raised on Exegol and the surrounding area, as well as members of the First Order handpicked to be Sith troopers.
3 WHAT FINN WANTED TO TELL REY
Finn spent a lot of time in The Rise Of Skywalker attempting to tell Rey something. It came up multiple times but never got a resolution, leaving fans frustrated. The film hinted slightly at the answer, but fans still wanted confirmation.
Luckily, J. J. Abrams confirmed at a screening of the movie, that Finn wanted to tell Rey he is Force-sensitive, the same thing hinted in the film. The novel looks at this more showing Finn can sense Kylo Ren, and talks a bit more about the Force, even with no confirmation.
2 PALPATINE'S SURVIVAL
Undoubtedly the most frustrating thing about The Rise Of Skywalker was the reappearance of Sheev Palpatine. He got shoehorned in, and there was no explanation for his return and his survival from being thrown down the Death Star.
The novel luckily provides some well-needed closure on the issue. It confirms Palpatine's body, as seen in the movie, is a clone body, not his actual body. While there is a chance the excerpt in the novel could be up for interpretation, it seems likely he is simply just a clone. This brings about some more questions, but at least fans now have an explanation, even if it's incomplete.
1 PALPATINE'S SON/REY'S FATHER
The reveal of Rey Palpatine was another subpar part of the film, as she is revealed to be the granddaughter of Palpatine. Her father was Palpatine's son and was killed by Ochi, who was hired to bring Rey to Palpatine as a child and kill her parents.
There were a lot of questions relating to Palpatine's son/Rey's father, such as the timeline of it all and why he was not powerful in the Force, and this is also kind of brought to light in the novel. It is revealed that he was another Palpatine clone, but a failed one with no Force abilities, rejected by Palpatine. This, again, brings about so many questions like whether there more clones, and it is arguable the clone explanation is no better than Palpatine simply having settled down with a nice lady. At least Palpatine and his son do make a little more sense now.
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