Ever thought about how Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker would have looked like if it was done differently? Well, feast your eyes on more unused concept art! For those who don’t know, Star Wars Episode IX would’ve been called ‘Duel of the Fates’ if Disney had used Colin Trevorrow’s script instead of J.J. Abrams‘. And if we’re being honest, Trevorrow’s ‘Duel of the Fates’ script was much better.
Leaked on Youtube, Trevorrow’s script would’ve introduced a whole new narrative, new art and a different villain in the film, Sith Master Tor Valum. Kylo Ren would’ve remained on the Dark Side, haunted by the ghost of Luke Skywalker in Darth Vader’s old castle. In one sequence, Kylo would’ve actually fought Vader himself.
Viewers would have gotten to see a First-Order occupied Coruscant and the battle that followed it – a battle that destroyed R2-D2 (yes, our hearts hurt too) and Rey would have had a double-bladed lightsaber like the fans always wanted.
Curious to see how that would’ve looked like? Here’s a gallery of leaked concept art from the unmade film!
Rey with double bladed saber (hybrid of her staff and Luke Skywalker’s saber) on a Star Destroyer 
Leia and BB-8 (Possibly Leia recording a hologram) 
“Once it becomes clear the First Order is losing the battle of Coruscant, [Hux] pulls out a purple lightsaber and commits seppuku.” 
Luke blocks Kylo’s lightsaber 
Rey and Kylo fight at the peak of the temple on Mortis (Kylo’s new mask is visible) 
“In the Battle of Coruscant, R2 is destroyed. R2’s head is scorched. Emotion like we’ve never seen before from 3P0. Finn is speechless. He is crushed by it all. Chewie takes R2’s scorched shell onto his back.” 
Stormtroopers prepare for battle against Coruscant citizens 
Defected stormtroopers and Coruscant citizens cheer around old painted First Order walkers 
Underground Coruscant – Citizens paint and prepare old walkers 
Rey faces a monster outside the forest of Mortis 
Finn rallies citizens of the Coruscant underground to fight back 
R2D2 and 3PO roam the streets of Coruscant 
Rose, Finn, 3PO, and R2 attempt to activate the beacon on Coruscant to broadcast Leia’s hologram to the galaxy 
First Order-occupied Coruscant 
Tor Valum 
Poe and Rey pilot a Razer Sail through Bonadan waters, chased by the Knights of Ren in the Knife-9 
The crew flies to Bonadan, where Poe lived with his grandfather 
Rey and Luke train on Koralev 
Bisc Kova (Resistance Traitor) is executed with a light blade guillotine on Coruscant
They look so sick, don’t they? Man, we would have loved to see this on the big screen!
Don’t judge a book by its cover, for behind all this makeup, is a geek just like you. To simply put it, superheroes, Star Wars, Harry Potter and all things gore and creepy makes this girly girl swoon.
Kevin Low
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