Check Out the Stunning Original ‘Star Wars 9’ Art Leaked Online

The last chapter of the Skywalker family saga, that began with the introduction of Anakin Skywalker in the Phantom Menace, and ended with Rise of Skywalker last year was a nearly entire different film under Colin Trevorrow, who was preparing Duel of the Fates as Star Wars 9, until J.J. Abrams took over and jettisoned much of Trevorrow’s work and made Skywalker.

Some of the plot, confirmed as accurate by Trevorrow on Twitter, was according to Games Radar, “Palpatine barely features in Duel of the Fates, with his only appearance coming via holocron message. It was originally meant for Darth Vader, telling him to take Luke Skywalker to ancient Sith Master Vor Talum. Instead, Kylo heeds the message and goes there himself – but not before being wounded by the holocron and forced to have the melted down metal of a Mandalorian helmet welded to his face.”

On the side of the Resistance, Rose (who reportedly had a much larger role to play than in Rise of Skywalker), Finn, C-3PO, and R2-D2 head to Coruscant in search of a beacon that will potentially call on allies to join them in the fight against the First Order.

Meanwhile, the details for Rey’s arc are less vague – and still shifting around at the first draft stage most likely – but she does meet Luke as a Force Ghost who, himself, spends the first half of Duel of the Fates haunting Kylo Ren. Just let that image linger for a second: Luke haunting Kylo. Wow.  It all culminates in Kylo being trained by the “Lovecraftian” Vor Talum, losing to a phantom Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel (which sounds like the coolest thing ever, let’s be honest) and confronting Rey on the mystical planet of Mortis. It’s here where things end: Kylo reveals he killed Rey’s parents – identity unknown – on Snoke’s orders, and he’s later “extinguished” despite the best efforts of Force Ghosts Luke, Obi-Wan, and Yoda trying to bring him over to the Light Side. That’s only the beginning. There’s so much to cover – BB-8 stealing a Star Destroyer, Leia’s role, and Kylo’s beard – so if you have a spare two hours, it’s worth immersing yourself in the entire video. There’s even a second (unverified) leak recap on Reddit, detailing a few more specific plot points, including Rey becoming the Grey Jedi, and Rey and Poe being a thing (hmmm….). Still, it’s very, very interesting to see how Disney’s plan for the final instalment in the sequel trilogy changed so dramatically.”

Yes, this is from Duel of the Fates. But I’d never kill R2…he just took a bad hit. Happens to all of us. https://t.co/ekGMRUdV2g

— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) January 24, 2020

The new art, was leaked on Twitter by Filippo.

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— Filippo (@filippoq01) February 2, 2020