Now that The Rise Of Skywalker has done its worldwide rounds, fans are beginning to wonder about what could have been. The latest Star Wars trilogy was divisive, experimental, and record-breaking. Rey, Finn, Poe, and Kylo Ren will be forever immortalized although we won’t see them on screen anymore. Colin Trevorrow was originally slated to direct the ninth Star Wars film, but he left due to creative differences. Now, Collider is confirming that a leaked version of that scraped script has been circulating online. 

The film was originally titled Duel of the Fates, which is the name of John William’s epic Star Wars theme that premiered in The Phantom Menace. The leaked script, which is explained in Robert Meyer Burnett YouTube video and a StarWarsLeaks subreddit breakdown, highlights several big differences between The Rise of Skywalker and Duel Of Fates. There is no Emperor Palpatine, and Kylo Ren spends much of the film haunted by the ghost of Luke Skywalker. There is also a spiritual showdown of sorts between Ren and Darth Vader at the latter’s evil castle (which was seen in Rogue One). Rose also gets a much larger role in Duel Of the Fates, and it’s revealed that Kylo actually killed Rey’s parents some time after they leave her. Check out the breakdown from Robert Meyer Burnett below. 

It doesn't look like John Boyega will be apologizing for his comments that upset Star Wars fans any time soon. The Rise of Skywalker actor sent shockwaves through the internet last week when he wrote "it's not about who she kisses but who eventually lays the pipe" in response to fans who praised the Rey/Kylo Ren relationship. Boyega's comment caused fans to call him misogynistic and sexist, and at the time he responded by flaming kids in his comment section. 

Kelly Marie Tran had a difficult introduction into the Star Wars universe. She faced extreme online bullying after starring in The Last Jedi, so much so that she was forced to delete her social media. Tran’s character, Rose Tico, started as a rebel who rose through the ranks to become a top Resistance fighter. Although her screentime was cut down in Rise Of Skywalker, Tran doesn’t seem to mind. She sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to speak about Rise, and also the difficulty of filming scenes with Leia. Moments with Leia, who was played by the legendary Carrie Fisher, were repurposed for Rise, since Fisher passed away after The Last Jedi wrapped. 

Spoilers for Rise Of Skywalker follow. 

Leia passes away in Rise after reaching out to Ben Solo through the force. Speaking on filming that heartbreaking moment, Tran highlighted the gravity of the process. “Yeah… (Tran sighs.) I think it was really emotional for everyone,” she admitted. “There’s definitely a sort of reverence that comes with knowing you’re in a scene like that. I don’t know how else to convey the feeling that I had on set that day, which is a feeling of wanting to make sure we did justice to that moment and to Leia.”

“Yeah, the one thing that was difficult was that you were acting with footage that was prerecorded,” she continued. “So, instead of having an actor there and reacting off the actor, you would sometimes look — in between takes — at how the actor delivered a line and then try to imagine and react to that. So, it definitely took more time and was a very different experience for me. We probably did a lot more takes for scenes with her than without her.” Check out the full interview here.