With a lot of people not pleased with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, a lot of people are delving into what could have been. We know that director Colin Trevorrow had his own version of the story, and it has apparently leaked online for everyone to analyze.
With the AV Club verifying that the leak from THE BURNETTWORK is indeed real, here's the opening crawl for Trevorrow's Star Wars: Duel of the Fates:
The iron grip of the FIRST ORDER has spread to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Only a few scattered planets remain unoccupied. Traitorous acts are punishable by death. Determined to suffocate a growing unrest, Supreme Leader KYLO REN has silenced all communication between neighboring systems. Led by GENERAL LEIA ORGANA, the Resistance has planned a secret mission to prevent their annihilation and forge a path to freedom…
As it has been said before, Leia was supposed to have a significant part to play in the story, but this script was written before the death of Carrie Fisher. If you ask me, this story feels smaller in scale to The Rise of Skywalker, but it builds on the ending that The Last Jedi had, and doesn't feel as fanservice-y.
While I love a lot of the directions that this film was going to go, there are definitely some plot elements that I'm not a fan of. For one, I don't think a romance between Rey and Poe works, and we know that Oscar Isaac himself is sure that Poe's romance is with Finn. Plus, there really is no redemption for Kylo Ren in this story, and I kind of wanted the film to delve more into his link with Rey.
If anything, a lot of fans are calling for a directors' cut release for The Rise of Skywalker, and knowing that Star Wars is infamous for tweaking films, maybe we could get something. I mean, if Disney is so hell-bent on giving fans what they want, hopefully, they listen to the fans who weren't so happy with what happened with TROS.
Catch Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker now in theaters.
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