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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker D23 Footage Reveals Rey's Double-Sided Red Lightsaber


Is Rey taking some pointers from Darth Maul? The new footage from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that debuted at D23 Expo 2019 reveals that she now has a red lightsaber and it has two sides just like Maul's weapon.

The new footage was unveiled at the Disney Movies panel at D23 and it's certainly packed with action and shocking revelations. It starts with Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Chewbacca, and C-3PO arriving at a planet followed by a fleet of Resistance fighters emerging from lightspeed. They are then met by a fleet of Star Destroyers poised in attack position.

But that's not why people couldn't get enough of the new Rise of Skywalker footage. At one point, Rey is shown taking down a tree by throwing her lightsaber. Suddenly, she is shown facing off against Kylo Ren as they are surrounded by water. This time, Rey has a new double-sided red lightsaber that can be snapped off so she can handle two different weapons.

Yikes, that sounds like the kind of thing Darth Maul would do, right? It gets even more interesting. During this sequence, Rey is dressed in a black hooded Jedi robe and Palpatine is narrating the footage.

This is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. There have been speculations that Rey might turn to the Dark Side and she could actually be the one that everyone should be worried about. On the other hand, it is possible that this might be yet another vision showing what would happen if she turns against the Light Side of the Force.

The footage has not yet been released online but stay tuned for more updates. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters on December 20.

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