Star Wars 9 Rise of Skywalker: 'EPIC' new Rey scene disproves major theory?

As always, it seems, with the latest Star Wars trilogy fans are divided over the relationship between two of the main characters. Rey and Kylo are currently enemies again, despite dodgy transgalactic video chats, but there have been considerable rumours from the set that move beyond a romantic link. Many are convinced that the tortured Kylo will have to put their differences aside when a much greater threat emerges, commonly believed to be Palpatine, either somehow alive or masterminding everything from beyond the veil. A thrilling new scene description appears to change all that.

Daisy Ridley was talking on the podcast Happy Sad Confused (via JoBlo) about a scene glimpsed in one still from the current Vanity fair Star wars issue.

It showed Rey and Kylo facing off in a deluge with lightsabers drawn. But did they really fight or was it another misdirection?

Daisy said: “We have a great fight. A great fight. And I was really happy that the Vanity Fair pictures did show a bit of it. It’s a great fight. Like I’ve become such a better fighter and they made the lightsabers lighter, so it actually looks like we’re swinging light and not like heavy, heavy [blades].

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She continued with the vivid description: “[The Throne Room fight from The Last Jedi] felt pretty cool, and also that was really hard because everything had to match up… We did like 25 takes because if one thing was off we had to keep going. But I was really proud of that fight.

“This fight, we did, it was November, we had water being thrown at us, and I got a great deal of respect because I did not, I was ‘I’m not gonna complain about the cold, I’m just not gonna do it’ (laughs), so it was like a real thing of stamina.

“It feels really epic, and it felt epic even at the time. Imagine, we had the waves like this, and they’re gonna make the waves bigger, and one can only imagine what it’s gonna look like.“

Of course, there is no confirmation yet how all the scenes and images revealed so far fit int the timeline.

The epic battle could come earlier in the movie before the pair find common ground, or perhaps before Kylo finally sacrifices and redeems himself towards the end, like his grandfather.

Or, perhaps Reylo is never meant to be and the divisions only grow deeper.

STAR WARS 9 RISE OF SKYWALKER IS OUT ON DECEMBER 19

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