The Rise of Skywalker: What if Anakin isn’t in it?

We are all looking forward to The Rise of Skywalker and on social media the theories and leaks are flying around our ears like shrapnel. But for all characters we know are returning, one way or the other, in Episode IX, one name is consistently absent: Anakin. So what if Anakin isn’t in the story? Could that be? If so, then why? And what would it mean?

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Why Palpatine needed to return: An Analysis

The decision to return Palpatine to the front of a Star Wars episode has been met with both enthusiasm as well as criticism. Is J.J. Abrams desperately trying to reach out to OT fans? Is it a cheap ploy to attract people into the cinema’s? Or was it inevitable from the moment a Sequel Trilogy was announced?

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Mystery Box #6: The Unknown Villain

When Snoke fell in Episode VIII The Last Jedi quite a few fans were in an uproar. Snoke had been underused, they argued, complaining we knew too little of Snoke prior to his demise. A good reason to take a deeper and more general look at the Mystery Box of the unknown villain.

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The one thing everyone missed in the Episode IX teaser trailer

Yes, you are reading this correctly! Although there have been a gazillion reviews and commentaries on the teaser trailer of The Rise of Skywalker I think we found something no one else spotted. Wanna know? Read this brief post that might contain spoilerish speculation about what it means!

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