

There do appear to be two instances where this music was used. The existence of this piece of music would be in line with John Williams’ brother’s comments that the score would contain references to every other theme in the Saga. During the scoring process rumors emerged that John Williams had written a new variation on Duel of the Fates. However, there is another piece of evidence to suggest that originally a very different climax was filmed for the Rise of Skywalker. Abrams) wasn’t even supposed to come back and try to save your ” John Boyega has since gone on to open up about the racism he experienced while working on the sequel trilogy, yet in the same interview he defends J.J. A trend that abruptly reversed immediately after the cast screening of the film, when he and the rest of the cast saw the film for the first time. Check it out when you get a chance and tell us what you think.This post was part of a larger trend of Boyega being extremely enthusiastic about the final film in the sequel trilogy. The art for the comic is a bit rough, but it tells a clear story, and it’s still cool to see the story being brought to life like this by a fan. As such, multiple iterations of stories should be able to exist alongside each other.

I have compiled a list of similarities between the two. Furthermore, TROS is essentially an adaptation of DOTF, so much so that the WGA forced Lucasfilm to give Trevorrow & Connolly story credit for TROS. It is not canon and yet it not fan-fiction either, for it was the Episode IX set to be filmed for almost a year (Sept 2017, when Trevorrow left the project). My biggest issue with TROS is that all of Rey's agency was completely taken away, both as a character (she’s now only important because of who she’s descended from) and as a woman (she no longer has her own power, she has “his power”).ĭOTF is such an interesting piece of Star Wars lore. My hope is that seeing the script visually in my FREE webcomic adaptation will help people know what could/should have been. Having read DOTF I can state that I enjoy it much more than TROS. I was thrilled that Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly’s Duel of the Fates leaked, both the script and amazing pre-production artwork, which I incorporate into my adaptation. Like many fans, I was disappointed with The Rise of Skywalker, a retread of Return of the Jedi that didn’t seem to follow the trajectory of the story set up in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. On his website, where you can read the comic, he said:
