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J.J. Abrams Spoiled Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker


Lucasfilm might be very careful when it comes to keeping the secrets of its upcoming films, but it looks like Star Wars director J.J. Abrams may have very well given away spoilers to his own film, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Star Wars sequel trilogy star Daisy Ridley just recently sat down with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show to help promote her upcoming film, Ophelia, and during the interview, the British actress was asked about Star Wars.

Sharing about how she first heard about the plot for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Ridley revealed that she had actually met up with director J.J. Abrams who decided to spill all of the film's secrets in a public space.

"We were in a public, you know, cafe, and he fully told me the story start to finish," Ridley shared. "And he was speaking at a normal volume, and I was like, ‘people can hear us.'" She added, "But regardless, the story changed. So, he told me the thing and then a few months later it changed."

Fallon then asked whether Ridley was happy with the ending, and the Star Wars lead admitted that the story for Episode IX turned her into an embarrassing pile of tears.

"Yeah, it's epic," she answered. "It's very exciting. I wept. I was an embarrassment. I can't remember a thing. Because everybody had to do like a wrap speech, and John [Boyega] wrapped just before me and I was like, ‘oh, oh no…' And then J.J. gave the mic to me and that's all I can remember."

This is definitely good news for fans. There's a lot riding on The Rise of Skywalker. Not only is the film supposed to serve as the final chapter of Lucasfilm's sequel trilogy, but Episode IX is also supposed to close the curtain on the entire Skywalker saga. We deserve an epic ending.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premieres December 30, 2019.

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