Where to watch Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Trivia & production notes

• Colin Trevorrow's original script for Episode IX, titled Star Wars: Duel of the Fates, featured Kylo Ren discovering a Sith holocron in Darth Vader's castle on Mustafar and included the concept of a superlaser-equipped Star Destroyer.
• Colin Trevorrow departed the project in September 2017 due to creative differences with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy after he failed to deliver a satisfactory script despite multiple drafts.
• J.J. Abrams was the only person who knew the film's title, The Rise of Skywalker, before its official announcement at Star Wars Celebration in April 2019.
• Chris Terrio co-wrote the script with J.J. Abrams despite having largely stepped back from working on large-scale films at the time and not knowing Abrams socially before agreeing to the project.
• The film's working titles during development were Black Diamond and then TrIXie, with the latter chosen to incorporate the roman numeral IX into the title.
• George Lucas met with the story team before the new script was written to help determine how to conclude the trilogy.
• Trevorrow had planned to shoot the film entirely on 65mm film using a new processing facility Kodak developed in the UK.
• A TIE fighter design called the First Order TIE Echelon, originally created for Trevorrow's version of the film, was repurposed and built as an attraction at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park.
• Trevorrow requested that Rian Johnson film an additional scene between Rey and Poe for The Last Jedi to set up plot elements for Episode IX.
• David Fincher held discussions with the studio about directing the film but ultimately declined due to concerns about the stress involved.

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