


Despite the fact that both her mom and dad (Palpatine’s son) seem to have been good people, after learning the truth about her family tree, Rey becomes increasingly worried that her bloodline will be what determines her fate.īut thanks to some encouraging words from Luke’s Force ghost (Mark Hamill), she decides to head to the secret Sith planet of Exegol anyway for a final showdown with Star Wars‘ ultimate baddie.Īnd that’s where we’ll dive into talking about the ending of The Rise of Skywalker, the divisive final chapter in the long-running Skywalker saga that scraps much of the lore introduced in Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi in favor of maintaining Star Wars’ natural order.įirst off, let’s break down what that giant gathering of Sith ghosts was all about. Palpatine has actually wanted Rey dead her entire life, but, as we learn in The Rise of Skywalker, she was saved by her parents hiding her away on Jakku to protect her.

He’s also been the one pulling the strings behind the rise of the First Order and wants Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) to kill Rey to ensure she doesn’t get in the way of the almighty Final Order coming to power. That’s right, Darth Sidious apparently managed to survive his fall down the Death Star’s reactor shaft in Return of the Jedi by using “unnatural” powers made possible by the Dark Side to cheat death.
