Watch "The Rise of Skywalker" Sizzle Reel That Dropped at D23

Aug 26

Disney dropped a ton of news over the weekend at the D23 Expo, and one of the most anticipated reveals took place Saturday when the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker took the stage and were met with a standing ovation.

Fans in the audience were treated to a new sizzle reel. The footage wasn’t made public—until now. Lucasfilm dropped the video online today and it is everything I wanted and more!

A good chunk of the 2-minute featurette is dedicated to recycled footage from the original trilogy and prequel (which as a life-long Star Wars fan is fine with me). Once that is out of the way there’s plenty of new footage to dissect and speculate about as we count down the days to Episode IX’s release in December.

Everything you’d expect to see is here — lightsabers, space battles, shots of new characters, Darth’s breathing, voice overs by Luke, and some shots of Princess Leia (which always chokes me up.

But the shot that is getting a lot of attention is of Rey in a hooded black robe with a double-sided red lightsaber, Darth Maul-style.