STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - 10 Awesome BTS Images From The Digital Release You Need To See

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - 10 Awesome BTS Images From The Digital Release You Need To See

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has somehow ended up being even more divisive than The Last Jedi, but these amazing behind the scenes video show just how much work went into the Skywalker Saga finale...

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By JoshWilding - Mar 16, 2020 01:03 PM EST
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has divided fans of the franchise and certainly doesn't appear to have served as a satisfying ending to this nine film saga. Over the weekend, we were given an earlier than expected opportunity to return to this Galaxy Far, Far Away as Disney chose to release the Skywalker Saga finale on digital platforms a few days sooner. 

Now, we've combed through some of the featurettes to bring you guys ten must-see behind the scenes images which shed some light on how the movie was made and provide some very cool new details (most of which you probably missed while watching The Rise of Skywalker in theaters).

From Emperor Palpatine's new look to some jaw-dropping sets and Luke Skywalker's return, there's a lot to delve into here, and we think you'll have a fun time checking out this gallery regardless of whether you loved or hated the movie. So, to check out these ten must-see images, all you guys need to do is click on the "Next" button down below.

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The Rise of Skywalker's final act was pretty murky from a visual standpoint, so we never really got a proper look at Emperor Palpatine. Well, thanks to this behind the scenes photo, we finally get to see the black and red robe the villain donned. 

Honestly, it's a real shame he never saw action because watching him take on Rey and Ben Solo in a lightsaber battle definitely would have served as a far more epic finale in this film. 
 
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The new trilogy made good use of flashbacks to fill in some gaps, and this awesome (albeit brief) sequence showed Luke training Leia with a lightsaber. 

She ultimately managed to get the best of her brother, but Luke revealed to Rey that she only gave up her training because she had a vision that her becoming a Jedi would result in her son's death...the son who died, anyway! 
 
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In the final few minutes of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey revealed her brand new yellow bladed lightsaber. Created from the remnants of her staff, it made for a cool visual.

We don't know where that Kyber crystal came from, so that's a story that could be told somewhere down the line, but the novelisation revealed that Rey was considering turning her new lightsaber into a double-bladed one. 
 
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While Rey and Ben Solo were battling Emperor Palpatine, Finn and the Rest of the Resistance were taking the fight to the Final Order atop one of the villain's new Star Destroyers. 

This set photo shows just how much of that was built for real, and it definitely makes for an impressive sight. It also proves that J.J. Abrams still wanted to do as much as he could in The Rise of Skywalker with practical effects and sets. 
 
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Ian McDiarmid may be quite a bit older now than when he first played Emperor Palpatine, but a lot of make-up effects were still needed to transform him into the iconic villain.

According to the novelisation of the film, this version of Palpatine was indeed a clone inhabited by the spirit of the Emperor who was thrown into the heart of the Death Star II by Darth Vader. 
 
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We're betting you would have never guessed this massive creature was brought to life with practical effects, right? That's definitely impressive, but this scene wasn't really that great.

It was shoehorned into the movie to show that Rey had the ability to use the Force to heal others, something which we'd later see her do in order to save Kylo Ren. In the fact act, the redeemed Ben Solo did the same thing to bring her back from the dead.
 
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Fans were hoping that Luke Skywalker would have a larger role in the proceedings than he actually did, but his return as a Force Ghost at least went some way towards redeeming him in the eyes of fans. 

Sure, it didn't really make sense that his attitude had completely changed since the events of The Last Jedi, but at least we got to see more of Mark Hamill back as the beloved Jedi Knight. 
 
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Emperor Palpatine's throne was definitely impressive, but his return to this Galaxy Far, Far Away has divided fans on the franchise (mostly because of the way it was handled).

Recent reveals from the aforementioned novelisation haven't helped, especially as we've since learned that Rey's father was actually just a failed, powerless clone, thereby making Palpatine her father and grandfather. 
 
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Seeing how Kylo Ren's entire TIE Fighter was built for this scene (and then set on fire) is impressive, and it can't have been an easy practical effect to pull off, especially with the actors so close.

Of course, a highlight of this sequence was seeing the Porgs return. Sadly, we still don't know what became of the one that decided to call the Millennium Falcon its new home! 
 
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At the end of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey arrived on Tatooine to bury the lightsabers that once belonged to Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. While she used the Force to push them deep underground, will they one day return?

That would certainly make for an interesting story, but now there are no Skywalkers left in the Galaxy, perhaps it will be a Palpatine who ends up retrieving them? 
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Battabing
Battabing - 3/16/2020, 1:30 PM
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/16/2020, 1:33 PM
I think they really fricked up Palpatine's look in this. I get that he's a failed clone or something but they really didn't nail him
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GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/16/2020, 1:36 PM


BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 3/16/2020, 1:39 PM
What a pointless trilogy. Member berries don't carry much weight when there's no new story to propel anything forward.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 3/16/2020, 1:58 PM
Say what you want, it’s amazing these BTS images never leaked.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 3/17/2020, 12:19 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - They must have been behind a NEXT button!
gymbeau2000
gymbeau2000 - 3/16/2020, 1:58 PM
Has anyone thought about the massive plothole with the whole "This Emperor Palpatine is a clone"? In Revenge of the Sith Chancellor Palpatine is deformed by his own lightning, making him look like that as the Emperor. A clone would never have those scars and wounds. Scars are not genetic!
Deklipz
Deklipz - 3/16/2020, 2:11 PM
@gymbeau2000 - But he's not scarred in this, it's just old man. I see this complaint a lot and if you actually watched the movie you can easily see that he doesn't carry the scars. You can literally see that he doesn't have hem in every single shot of him.
gymbeau2000
gymbeau2000 - 3/17/2020, 8:52 AM
@Deklipz - I have watched this several times. I will go back thru on the digital release....but did you even look at the pics above? They literally used the same prosthetic designs on him. The big forehead seam and wrinkle... NONE of that is natural is is the classic Emperor design, which was made in universe via the lightning attack on Mace.
RKSDooM
RKSDooM - 3/17/2020, 9:27 AM
@gymbeau2000 - That picture up there is of his makeup post getting charged up by Rey and Ben. Prior to that he 100% does *not* have his dark side scarring. He's just a blind, decomposing old man.
Nebula
Nebula - 3/16/2020, 2:03 PM
So, last Tuesday night I went to some pub where they were holding a Star Wars quiz. Didn't know what type of questions to expect. On the way there, I joked that "What was Finn's callsign when he was a stormtrooper?" would be one and it was.

While getting drinks, person I was with asked the guy about the questions and he unironically said "they're pretty hard because we're big Star Wars nerds." I don't think I could ever seriously spit those words out my own mouth but hey — even after the rest of the night.

Point is, I got every question correct except for one — maybe two (which was "Who is the first person to ever say "May the Force be with you?" as I put Obi-wan but it was General Dodonna). The other one was "Name all the people Anakin/Darth Vader cut hands off." I put Dooku and Luke but there was also Mace Windu.

Even the host guy himself was getting a bunch of things wrong. For example, he asked "What is D'Jaryyn?" and I didn't put an answer because I couldn't think of anything. Turns out the answer was "the holographic chess thing they play on the Falcon." It's not though, that's Dejarik. Person I was with wouldn't let me bring it up to him. There was also one like "who was the most infamous bounty hunter in the final years of the Republic?" and the answer was Jango Fett despite him getting beheaded many years before the end of the Republic — they even had a question about his death in there. And one of the questions was "What's the name of Chewbacca's species and homeworld?" I put Wookiee and Kashyykk, which is correct, but when he was announcing the answers he just said "Kash." So I don't know what that was about, probably just a weird slip of the tongue.

In the end; third place got 30 points, second place got 34 points. I got 52. They legitimately hauled out a bunch of Star Wars things like a Darth Vader mood light and R2-D2 travel mug, etc. It was hilarious to me.

Afterwards, the guy came over to our table and was like "Which one of you is the Star Wars encyclopedia?" and then asked me questions that he thought were too hard to include in the actual quiz. One was name all of the bounty hunters who the Empire enlisted in Empire and I got them all except Dengar (rookie mistake). One was "Who was the Sith master obsessed with finding a way to cheat death, only to be killed in his sleep"? Plagueis, obviously (not hard). Then "What type of armour does Boba Fett wear?" Mandalorian (not hard either). He was baffled by me and was like "He's better than you" about me to one of the guys behind the bar.

I didn't break a sweat. Ego boost and a half. Honestly, it kind of reinforced my opinions on Star Wars even more. So; point is, don't [frick] with me when it comes to Star Wars.

TL;DR: Obliterated the competition at a Star Wars quiz, even baffled the hosts with how much I knew.
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