A new behind-the-scenes image fromThe Rise of Skywalkerfeatures Dark Rey on Emperor Palpatine’s Sith throne.Star Warsfans were shocked to hear the familiar evil cackle of Palpatine in the first trailer for the final installment in the Skywalker Saga. However, that was nothing compared to the surprise they received when it was revealed that Rey is actually the iconic villain’s granddaughter destined to become Empress Palpatine. It’s something that few expected and as always, it has been incredibly divisive.
Daisy Ridley’s Dark Reycan be seen inThe Rise of Skywalkerbehind-the-scenes image with a huge smile on her face as she sits on Emperor Palpatine’s throne. J.J. Abrams can be seen below delivering instruction with a camera over his head. The image comes from a blink-and-you-miss-it scene at the start of the movie where Rey can briefly be seen on the throne with white eyes. Ridley enjoyed playing the Dark version of her character, which was also teased very early on in the promotional campaign. There’s also a second set of images featuring Ridley with a more serious look on her face.
The Dark Rey aspect was something that a lot ofStar Warsfans enjoyed and many wanted more of it inThe Rise of Skywalker. However, there was a lot of ground to cover in the movie andJ.J. Abrams had new characters to introduceat the same time. Since there was so much to cover and not a whole lot of time to do so, a lot of story elements were left off, leaving fans to fill in the gaps themselves or seek out supplemental reading in the form of Visual Guides, comic books, and the movie’s official novelization.
Additional material has always played a large part in the world ofStar Wars, but some fans think this time was a bit over the top.Emperor Palpatine’s returnwasn’t really explained on the screen, nor were Rey’s parents. There just seemed to be a little too mush missing for a certain faction of fans. On the other hand, it seems the majority of fans really enjoyed what J.J. Abrams put together to close out the final installment in the Skywalker Saga. It will be very interesting to see how the sequel trilogy is looked back upon in the years to come.
The Rise of Skywalkeris currently available to purchase digitally after Disney and Lucasfilm released it early. People all over the world are having to spend a lot of time indoors due to the COVID-19 concerns, so it was nice to have the studios offer up something people have been waiting for early. They plan on doing the same thing withFrozen 2on Disney+. While we wait to see what the future holds for theStar Warsfranchise, you can check out the behind-the-scenes image of Dark Rey on Emperor Palpatine’s Sith throne below, thanks to theStar Wars Direct Twitteraccount.
