What's up Star Wars Fans?
My name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
We're on the Road to the Rise of Skywalker, and we've had two trailers to give us a glimpse
of what's coming in the movie when it debuts in December, and now Lucasfilm has released
a synopsis for Star Wars Episode 9 that teases what could be coming after the Skywalker Saga
comes to an end in The Rise of Skywalker.
The synopsis for The Rise of Skywalker reads,"Lucasfilm and director JJ Abrams join forces once again
to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends
will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens in U.S. theaters on December 20."
So the first thing of interest in the synopsis is the mention of "new legends being born."
Who are these new legends?
I mean, so far the sequel saga has really focused on a passing of the torch.
We had the Original Saga about the Galactic Rebellion establishing characters like Luke
Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewie, and Lando Calrissian.
The Sequel saga has put our heroes from the Original Saga in the spotlight, and unfortunately,
it has involved them bowing out of the story--first with Han Solo being slain by his son, Ben
Solo, now Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader of the First Order, and then in The Last Jedi, Luke
Skywalker became One with The Force as he created a diversion that allowed the last
remnant of Leia's Resistance to escape The First Order on Crait.
With the real life passing of Carrie Fischer, we have no idea what the status of Leia Organa
Solo will be in Episode 9, but most people are placing their money on General Organa
bowing out of the story in the final installment of the Skywalker saga.
I don't know--what do you all thing?
Do you think Leia will survive in episode 9, or do you think her character will die
in this movie?
Either way--we are presented with the rise of new legends--one of the things Lucasfilm
has stressed to the audience is the return to original storytelling--this means the Joseph
Campbell formula for the Hero's Journey.
The original saga was really about Luke Skywalker, and his journey.
Like it, or not, Leia, Han, Chewie, and the other heroes of the Rebel Alliance were really
side characters in Luke's coming of age story to redeem his father, Anakin Skywalker, the
Chosen One.
I mean, up until George Lucas decided that he did not want to continue making movies
to complete the saga in the 80s while working on Return of the Jedi--Leia was not going
to be his twin sister--she was going to be hidden somewhere else across the galaxy where
she would have been introduced in episode 7.
I say that because Leia was not very developed, not in terms of the Hero's Journey.
This story was just about Luke.
The big change in the sequel saga, and the continuation of George Lucas' canon is that
everyone has their own personal journey--their own personal story.
So characters like Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron have their own Hero's Journey that is part
of the larger story involving the Skywalker family--I mean, even Rose Tico, whether you
like her character or not, Rose also has elements of the Hero's Journey that happens in the
books devoted to herself and her sister Paige--even though on screen, Rose's character serves
pretty much as Finn's good conscience that helps him make the decision to step up and
be a hero for the Resistance.
Episode 9 will continue to introduce new characters as this story expands beyond the Skywalker
family.
This brings us to the next thing mentioned in the synopsis, and that has to do with Episode
9 apparently not being "the final battle for freedom."
This is something I have said for at least the last year, if not longer.
I did not feel that the war between the Resistance and the First Order would come to a conclusion
in Episode 9.
Based on what I've picked up from rumors and speculations-- it sounds like there will be
3 factions in the movie.
I've felt for a long time that people were wasting their time focused on Snoke, because
I thought there actually would be a Sith Lord in the background who was actually pulling
the strings.
This goes back to some things I deduced from looking at the concept art because it looked
like there would be some kind of Darth Vader force using fanboy working for whatever iteration
of the Empire still remained tasked with hunting down Luke's Jedi who would be called The Jedi
Killer.
Han and Leia's son was always going to fall to the dark side, based on notes from George
Lucas about what he wanted to do with the sequel trilogy--and then there was art work
depicting the Sith in the shadows.
Now that it's been confirmed that Palpatine will return as the ultimate evil, I believe
that the war will take a back seat to defeating Palpatine and the possible return of a Sith
Empire inspired faction that will attempt to carry out the real contingency plan that
Palpatine developed in the event that he and Vader fell before Palpatine was able to carry
out his plan to control the full power of the dark side of the Force.
So if this movie goes from the war between the First Order and the Resistance to dealing
with Palpatine and the return of the Sith--well, I believe the war is going to continue--and
the trilogies being developed by Dan and Dave, along with Rian Johnson's trilogy, will continue
to deal with the war between the First Order and the Resistance, but they could deal with
the conflict from different points of views and focus on a different group of heroes involved
in the conflict.
One of the things I hope to see moving forward is not only a re-emergence of the Jedi, but
I hope we get to see other kinds of Force users.
I mean, if you're reading the final installment in the Thrawn trilogy, there appears to be
Chiss force sensitives who can actually use the Force beyond just having 3rd sight, or
the precognitive abilities that force users have to see things before they happen.
There are at least 2 Chiss females who can fully use the Force along with Snoke-- so
it would be interesting if some of these new stories introduce us to new force factions
existing in the Unknown Regions and Wild Space--like for all we know, there may have been ancient
Jedi, or Sith, that travelled into these previously unexplored places and never returned back
to Republic space.
So I feel like Episode 9, while bringing the story of Anakin Skywalker, and his family,
to a conclusion-- I think it is going to open things up for more story telling to continue.
I have two questions for all of you, though-- so a long time ago, I predicted that the Sith
would return to Star Wars, and I believed Kylo Ren would bring about their return.
Now I did not predict the return of Palpatine, but I felt like Kylo Ren would delve into
the dark side, and ultimately realize that he had to resurrect the Sith to advance his
training in the ways of the dark side.
Do you think Kylo Ren will continue down the dark path, or do you think he will turn back
to the light?
Some people think he will turn back to the light, but die, because he will sacrifice
himself, the same way Anakin sacrificed himself to save Luke.
That's also a possibility, but I feel like it would be a waste to kill of Kylo Ren's
character.
It would be cool to see him save the galaxy with Rey, but choose to the dark side and
become some type of anti-hero.
What do you think will happen with the Kylo Ren character by the end of episode 9?
Also-- the other question has to do with the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance--
do you think this conflict will continue as Star Wars shapes it's projects around the
new war for the next 10 years?
I mean, think about it--the First Order has literally spent 30 years preparing to retake
the galaxy.
Palpatine's been working on his contingency plan for maybe 60 years--sending research
teams into the Unknown Regions.
I could see the galaxy being fractured into all out warfare that could take a decade to
resolve if you really look at what all is happening--but what do you think?
So let me know your thoughts for Kylo Ren's story and the outcome of the war at the end
of Episode 9 in the comments below, and I'll be checking back to see what you all have
to say.
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