10 Things That Should Have Been Different In Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Should Have Made These Major Connections

After years of anticipation, the final entry in the Skywalker story is here -- and so are the legions of Star Wars fans ready to criticize it. Whether you loved, hated, or simply enjoyed the final entry in the modern-day trilogy, no movie is perfect and there are certainly some things that should be different. The first Rise of Skywalker trailers had the whole internet buzzing. The voice, the cackle. Could it be? Yes! The Emperor was back. As soon as the trailer hit the internet, we all couldn’t help but theorize about his big return. Would we see flashbacks to Return of the Jedi? Would Kylo Ren be the one to resurrect him? Is that Darth Vader helmet the key to it all? NOPE -- and they had so much potential to work with here. There’s no denying that the Rise of Skywalker was PACKED with plot points, details, and story arcs it had to connect. Unfortunately, this meant that some characters were pretty limited on-screen. One of them? Rose Tico. First introduced in The Last Jedi, Rose was an integral part of the plot, stuck by Finn’s side for a majority of the movie, and was a fun new character for the trilogy.

So what was she up to in The Rise of Skywalker? She mostly stood around and provided a few lines about the plot that almost any background character could have delivered. Yeah, The Rise of Skywalker did a MAJOR disservice to Rose Tico.

From minimized characters to missing characters -- and some disappointing swerves, some of these elements shouldn’t even have made it past the script stage - nevermind put into the final film.

Before we dive deep into this Sarlacc Pit - we have to warn you, there will be major SPOILERS for The Rise of Skywalker.

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[bigneon_glitter]

Palpatine to Kylo Ren:
"Kill the girl. I need her alive."

[nimestro]

The movie would’ve been 50x better if:

-Anakin’s force ghost came to turn Ben Solo to the light side
-Anakin and Luke’s force ghost appeared in the final battle
-Showed how Palpatine survived in the form of flashbacks.

[Gamingwithmatteo]

It only needs 2 changes
1. All the characters
2. The entire plot

[heidifedor]

I think Ben and Anakin should have shown up at the end, unless Ben became one with Rey when he gave her his life force.

[canibevincent]

"We're on to you Disney"
"Also, make sure to get Disney plus it is AMAZING"

[bobbysilano]

Screen Rant: “We’re watching your Disney”
Also Screen Rant: “Disney plus is the streaming service...”

[memescap]

Screen Rant-Were on to you to Disney

Also screen rant- gets sponsored by Disney

[stevefooks]

Screen Rant - "Not everything in the Star Wars universe has to be guided by the force".

Literally Star Wars "The Force flows through every living being in the universe. It speaks to us, it guides us, and without it nothing would exist".

[khanna]

"Fun new character" Scrren Rant was just bought by Disney.

[ClaireHi]

They named their son Ben!
Obi Wan was included like that

[wonderfulwookiee]

I think at the end Rey should have said she was Rey Palpatine to show that the name now stands for good and not evil. Also Ben Solo's ghost should have appeared.

[QWERTYOP]

Palpatine shouldn’t have been alive. End of video.

[tstar]

Umm...they did film a ghost Jedi scene with Ewan McGregor, Samuel L Jackson, and Hayden Christensen. Rumor is, Kathleen Kennedy decided against using this in the final edit because she felt it would take away from Rey. That’s right, having far more interesting characters would take away from the main protagonist of this mess of a trilogy.

[Nighthawk]

What about how the omitted Anakin? They even refuse to say it's his lightsaber Rey's been hauling around

[FiliusFidelis]

"He kissed Rose" what do you mean "he kissed Rose" he most certainly did NOT "kiss Rose" SHE kissed HIM, and by the looks of it it wasn't exactly welcome.

[egm_myles]

As someone who actually likes the sequel trilogy (and someone who's Star Wars film is the Rise of Skywalker), I have to say, the whole reason of Disney buying Star Wars, is that they can get more money. That's pretty much why the Knights of Ren only live to be in distance shots (oh, and to be slaughtered by Kylo Ren at the end of the movie).

[juicewilliss]

R.I.P Dr Luke Manhattan Skywalker 2019

[BizarreOnesStudio]

The helmet talking to Kylo was Palpatine. They explained that if you paid attention

[ccmusic]

I tolerated everything except how they dealt with Kylo and Rey at the end of the movie. Ben is the only Skywalker with the ability to "rise" and the fact that you can choose to be "good or bad" has literally been Canon since the first trilogy. We didn't need that message all over again.

[TeslaDawg]

Limiting Rose Tico’s time is something they got right in this movie.