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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker second trailer drops

August 26th, 2019 by Dave Bowling Comments

Fresh from Disney’s D23 expo, we have a shiny new Star Wars trailer!

And oh boy, is it intended to tug at the heartstrings of pure nostalgia. Take a look at ‘er right here:

So, in the most nostalgic Star Wars trailer since the Revenge of the Sith teaser we get snippets from the other eight films in the main Skywalker saga. We get some kick-ass effects. We get C-3PO with either new red eyes or the reflection of a Sith lightsaber in them… and most importantly, we get the confirmation of the earlier rumours about Rey. Wielding a dual red lightsaber.

Now it’s easy to speculate at this stage: is it just a vision? Is it a major plot point? Only time will tell.

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker is slated for release on 20 December 2019

Dave was born at an early age to parents of both sexes. He has been a self-confessed geek for as long as he can remember, having been raised through the 80s on a steady diet of Doctor Who, Star Trek, Red Dwarf and (sigh) Knight Rider. Throw the usual assortment of Saturday morning cartoons into the mix and we have something quite exceptional: someone with an encyclopaedic knowledge of utter tosh; a love of giant robots and spaceships fighting; and the strange desire to leap tall buildings in a single bound while wearing his underpants over his trousers. The death ray is currently in the works and one day you shall all bow to him, his giant space station and fleet of funky orange space shuttles...