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CONTENTS






I S S U E 1 9 4 / J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0

























































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Star Wars:
The Rise of Skywalker
The epic finale of the Skywalker saga is here.Insider

previews the thriling new movie with director J.J. Abrams,
co-writer Chris Terrio, and cast members including
Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega,
Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Daniels.






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Launchpad The Meaning of Masks Carl Weathers Interview
News from across the Star Wars galaxy, Peeling back the masks of Star Wars The veteran actor on joining the cast of
including merchandise, books, and comics. to uncover the truths hidden beneath. new Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

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Rise and Shine Battle Beyond the Stars Galactic Survey Results
The cast and crew of Star Wars: The Rise The starships and vehicles of The defining moments of the Skywalker

of Skywalker (2019) unveil the new movie. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. saga, as voted for by Insider’s readers.
24 56 84

Anthony Daniels Interview Paths of Destiny From Art to Artifact
The C-3PO actor on fi lming Star Wars, Tracing the relationships that Artist Takashi Okazaki on his new
in part two of our exclusive interview. connect the Skywalker saga. project for model-maker Kotobukiya.

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Switching Sides Gina Carano Interview New Hopes
Insider goes behind the scenes of The rising star of The Mandalorian Discover how Star Wars can help you
Star Wars Resistance Season Two. on how Star Wars has changed her life. survive life after the Skywalker saga.




INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS


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Prize Giveaway! Jedi Master’s Quiz Worldwide Image Archive
Your chance to win a fantastic Test your knowledge of Dapper Fetts, sabers in San Diego, Is Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) spoiling for

The Art of Star Wars book. the entire Skywalker saga bantha building, and Star Wars fan art. a fight on the set of The Last Jedi ?



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A Big Plus for the Galaxy




Disney+ goes live around the world, and The Mandalorian wows fans!

he new streaming service Mandalorian, proving a hit with Force Awakens (2015) and Rogue One:
T from The Walt Disney audiences and critics alike. For those A Star Wars Story (2016), every episode
enjoying the new show, there’s
of animated series Star Wars: The Clones
Company, Disney+, is now
available to subscribers in welcome news in that production is Wars (2008) including brand new
the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, already underway on a second season, episodes, Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018),
Australia, and New Zealand, bringing with Pedro Pascal returning for new and Star Wars Resistance (2018-2020).
with it an instantly accessible galaxy adventures as the enigmatic and deadly The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star

of Star Wars content. efficient bounty hunter. Wars Story (2018) are set to arrive on
The service launched on November Disney+ also includes an impressive the service in the new year, and U.K.
12, with the premiere episode of catalogue of Star Wars movies from fans will be able to join the party when
Jon Favreau‘s live-action series, The 1977’s A New Hope through to The Disney+ launches there on March 31.




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Obi-Wan



Update



Directing the Jedi’s return

ith The Mandalorian now
W airing on Disney+, fans are
already looking forward to
additional Star Wars series
set to join the platform in the future,
including the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The director and writer for the hotly
anticipated series, set roughly 8 years
after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of
the Sith (2005), have been confi rmed as
Deborah Chow and Hossein Amini.
Having already directed episodes
of The Mandalorian, Deborah Chow
has some experience adapting the Star
Wars movie style for television, and is
known for seamlessly blending action
Instant adventure with character storytelling
access to the on shows such as such as Better Call
Star Wars Saul, American Gods, and Marvel’s
galaxy! Jessica Jones. In a statement, Lucasfi lm
president Kathleen Kennedy said that:
“We really wanted to select a director
who is able to explore both the quiet
determination and rich mystique of
Obi-Wan in a way that folds seamlessly
into the Star Wars saga. Based on her
phenomenal work developing our
characters in The Mandalorian, I’m
absolutely confident Deborah is the

right director to tell this story.”
Writing the series is Hossein Amini,

whose feature film credits include 47
Ronin (2013),and Snow White and the
Hunstman (2012). Amini also created
the hit U.K. drama McMafi a (2018).




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Bang Goes the Barge



The Star Wars Show blows up Jabba the Hutt’s Hasbro ride

ook away now if you missed of the famous sequence using modern,
L out on getting hold of one of high-definition slo-mo cameras and a

Hasbro’s incredible Vintage
batch of pyrotechnics.
Collection Jabba’s Sail Barge The SWS crew and presenters Andi
sets, as The Star Wars Show recently Gutierrez and Anthony Carboni joined
blew one to smithereens in a recreation a group of special effects experts at 3Ten
Marvelous of the classic scene in Star Wars: Return Studios in San Rafael, California—the
of the Jedi in which the mobile pleasure
former home of ILM, and the same
News palace met its explosive end. building where the original sequence
As fans of Star Wars toys will recall,

was filmed on the roof—where a sandy
the exquisitely detailed sail barge toy set was built and the explosives primed.
was the result of the company’s fi rst They even called in Charlie Bailey, the
Superhero head honcho crowdfunded HasLab project, scaled to chief model maker on Return of the
to take on Star Wars the company’s line of 3.5-inch action Jedi, to look back on his experiences


figures. In fact, it was such an accurate of filming the effects shot.
he President of Marvel recreation of the original Industrial Resulting in some incredible footage
T Studios, Kevin Feige, is set Light & Magic miniature that the folks and a mess of melted plastic, you can
to swap capes for, well,
see the entire story on the offi cial Star
at The Star Wars Show fi gured it would
perhaps yet more capes, be a great idea to shoot a new version Wars YouTube channel.
now he’s been tapped to develop a
new Star Wars movie for Lucasfi lm.
The long-time fan—who has
Watch the
made no secret of his love for the
video on the
saga—was revealed to be working
Star Wars
on the project alongside Lucasfi lm
YouTube
president Kathleen Kennedy, by channel!
Walt Disney Studios co-chairman
and chief creative officer Alan Horn

in September. “We are excited about
the projects Kathy and the Lucasfi lm
team are working on,” Horn told
reporters, adding “With the close of
the Skywalker saga, Kathy is pursuing
a new era in Star Wars storytelling,
and knowing what a die-hard fan
Kevin is, it made sense for these two
extraordinary producers to work on
a Star Wars fi lm together.”


Vader Immortal Wins


ILMxLAB’s adventure awarded VR Experience of the Year

he final episode of ILMxLAB’s The release of the blistering fi nale

T Vader Immortal VR trilogy came a week after Vader Imortal:
landed on Oculus Quest and
Episode I was awarded VR Experience
Rift headsets on November of the Year at the 3rd international VR
21, bringing the immersive Star Wars Awards, held at a glittering ceremony
story set on fiery Mustafar to its epic in London, with the groundbreaking

conclusion, and culminating in a virtual episode recognized for its outstanding
reality duel with the Dark Lord himself. achievement in quality and execution.




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Top Toy


Trilogy



Star Wars gets tipped
for Toy of the Year


f droids are what you’re
I looking for, then you need
search no further than the
prestigious 2020 Toy of the
Year awards, where Star Wars toys have
once again made the shortlist.
Since 1916, The Toy Association has
given support to the U.S. toy industry,
and every year it takes stock of the best
toys to have been released over the
previous 12 months. This year, three
Star Wars toys have made the fi nals.
Hasbro’s D-O Interactive Droid from
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
is nominated for Vehicle of the Year (we
know, but as an R/C toy, the cheeky
droid checks out!), while the Star Wars:
Galaxy’s Edge Droid Depot Custom
Astromech Units by Disney Parks are
shortlisted for Creative Toy of the Year.
Finally, LEGO fans will be pleased to
learn that the LEGO BOOST Star Wars
Droid Commander set is in the running
to win STEM/STEAM Toy Of The Year.
Votes close on January 11, so there’s
still time to lend your favorite toy some
support. Visit toywards.com for a full
rundown of the fi nalists.


Flights of Fantasy



Starship sourcebook for Star Wars roleplayers

raveling around the Star Wars lines—Edge of the Empire, Age of
T galaxy is nothing like dusting Rebellion, and Force and Destiny
crops, as Han Solo once told
—and works alongside the Star Wars
a young passenger aboard Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
the Millennium Falcon. While a good to help players generate any exciting
pilot and a fast ship might help, a new scenario they can imagine. With more

sourcebook from Fantasy Flight Games than 130 vehicles profiled in detail, from
should prove invaluable to Game Masters dusty landspeeders to massive capital
setting the scene for their next roleplaying ships, the book offers tips and advice
adventure in space. on how to get the best out each of them.
The lavishly illustrated 144-page book, Star Wars: Starships and Speeders will

Star Wars: Starships and Speeders, collects be released during the first quarter of
starships and vehicles from all three of 2020, and you can pre-order it now
Fantasy Flight’s collection of roleplaying from fantasyfl ightgames.com.




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Captain of


the Samurai



Phasma cuts a dash as
a Japanese warrior


andai Tamashii Nations’ Star
B Wars Ashigaru Taisho Captain
Phasma action figure is the

latest release in the company’s
Meisho Movie Realization line depicting
modern characters as they might have
appeared during the era of the samurai.
Designed by Takayuki Takeya,
sculpted by Ken-ichi Takagi, and
with digital modeling by Shun-ichi
Karashima, the highly detailed Ashigaru
Taisho Captain Phasma fi gure stands
a little over 7 inches tall, and is armed
with both a blaster and a distinctive
curved samurai blade. Complete with
Phasma’s signature chrome armor and

flowing cape, the figure also features

interchangeable hands for increased
posability. Other reinterpreted Star Wars
characters available in the Meisho Movie
Realization range include Darth Vader,
Darth Maul, Kylo Ren, and Jango Fett.
Scheduled to ship in January 2020,
the Bandai Tamashii Nations’ Star Wars
Ashigaru Taisho Captain Phasma action

figure is available to pre-order from
various retailers now, priced $89.99.


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Timeline

Important dates
in Star Wars
history.



1931
January 17: James Earl Jones,
the voice of Darth Vader, is born.

1977
January 6: Genevieve O’Reilly,
Mon Mothma in Rogue One: A Star
Wars Story (2016), is born.
Citizens of the Galaxy 1982
January 11: Filming begins
on Star Wars: Return of the
Stay on target with Star Wars-inspired timepieces Jedi (1983).

vailable exclusively from watch costs $475 and picks up the 1987
January 9: The Star Tours ride
A Amazon.com, Citizen have colors of the Corellian scoundrel’s blue opens at Disneyland in Anaheim,
unleashed a cool range of
pants with their iconic red stripe. There
California.
limited edition Star Wars are also Boba Fett ($475), Darth Vader
watches based upon the iconic looks of ($450), and Death Star ($395) styles 1987
classic characters from the movie saga. available, but time is short to bag the January 18: Ingvild Deila, who
The Luke Skywalker watch, priced watch of your choice, as this new line portrayed Princess Leia Organa
$425, takes its styling from the Jedi of timepieces is limited to just 1,977 in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Knight’s X-wing pilot helmet, complete per style, except for Boba Fett, which (2016), is born.
with rebel insignia, while the Han Solo has 1,980 units to hunt down!
1987
January 30: Valene Kane, Lyra
Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars
Story (2016), is born.
1989
January 17: Kelly Marie Tran
(Rose Tico) is born.
1996
January 1: X-Wing: Rogue
Squadron, by Michael A.
Stackpole, is released by
Bantam Spectra.

1997
January 31: The Special Edition of
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) is
Let the released in theaters.

Wookiee Win 2009
January 16: The Star Wars: The
Clone Wars episode “Jedi Crash”
premieres on Cartoon Network.
Keep your foes in check with Star Wars chess

ejarik may be Chewbacca’s the Rebel Alliance or the Empire, with
D game of choice, but the a range of familiar Star Wars characters,
including Princess Leia and Darth
legendary Wookiee would
surely roar in delight upon Vader replacing the usual pawns, rooks,
seeing the Star Wars Classic Chess knights, and royalty. Shipping in early
Set from Royal Selangor. This pewter 2020, the chess set retails at $1,800
collectible allows players to select and is available to pre-order now at
whether to ally themselves with either sideshow.com.




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The dark side
is the new black
for Barbie!
Return of the Barbie



World famous doll gets a Star Wars makeover


attel has announced a includes an outfit inspired by the Barbie’s turn to the dark side—or at
M unique collaboration that detailing of R2-D2, and a stylized least her appreciation of Sith style—
fuses three immortal Star
recreation of the white gown worn

with an all-black outfit inspired by
Wars characters with the by Princess Leia in Star Wars: A New Darth Vader and matching accessories.
iconic Barbie brand. The wardrobe Hope (1977). But the most impressive Each Barbie comes in stunning Star
sported by the trio of Barbie dolls – and unexpected – outfit of all reveals Wars packaging, and retails for $99.99.

Roast Solo



Cooking with added carbonite

an Solo may have been frozen
H in carbonite, but your Sunday
roast will be piping hot and
cooked to perfection in the
new Signature Roaster from French
kitchenware brand Le Crueset. Available
now for $450, the roaster is just one item
in the company’s new Star Wars-themed
line of products, which also includes a
Darth Vader Dutch Oven, Mini Cocottes
with R2-D2, C-3PO, and BB-8 styling, and
even a cute Porg Pie Bird. Perfect for those
whose culinary skills extend beyond
using food coloring to dye milk blue.




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Double Trouble with all metal detail pieces, the replica
Machined from solid aluminum

is based on detailed reference materials
supplied by the Lucasfi lm production
Destiny hinges on Dark Rey’s double-bladed lightsaber team. It’s screen accurate not only in
geometry, but down to the detailed
gasp-out-loud moment “Has Rey been seduced by the dark side weathering too. They’ve even used the
A in the Star Wars: The Rise of the Force?!” they gulped. same hinge mechanism that was used
of Skywalker trailer that
in the actual prop.
If you’ve already seen the movie
premiered at D23 was a then by now you know the answer, A limited edition, with only 750
shocking shot of Rey wielding a red and Rey fans will be glad to learn that pieces available worldwide, you can
lightsaber! “What could this possibly EFX has created a Limited Edition prop pre-order this incredible replica now
mean?” fandom asked with one voice. replica of her “Dark Side” Lightsaber! at EFXCollectibles.com.


Pop! Goes


the Mando


Bobble-headed bounty
hunter from Funko

f you’ve been enjoying
I The Mandalorian series
on Disney+, Funko have
transformed a selection
of characters from the show into
Pop! bobble-head form. Along
with the galactic gunslinger, you
can also pick up IG-11, Cara Dune,
and Kuiil. In stores and available
direct from funko.com now.
Vandor or Bust the right side
Star Wars
statues from
of the tracks
Forget coaxium and bag a Diamond

et ready for the heist of on an Imperial conveyex, the Chewie
G a lifetime with Diamond statue is set for a fight to find space on


Select’s Star Wars Milestones
your display shelves, in the form of
1/6 scale Chewbacca statue, Diamond Select’s Range Trooper Bust
based on the Wookiee’s windswept, statue. This detailed resin bust features
goggle-wearing appearance in Solo: A a highly detailed sculpt and paint
Star Wars Story (2018). Designed and application, capturing the menacing if
sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios, the chilly trooper in 1/6 scale.
imposing recreation of the Wookiee is Both statues are available for
cast in resin and stands ready for action pre-order from gentlegiantltd.com.
at 14-inches tall. with the Range Trooper priced at
But just as Tobias Beckett’s gang met $84.99, and Chewbacca available
opposition during their daring raid for $174.99.




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Book Club



Celebrate the culmination of the Skywalker saga
with this month’s Star Wars books.






Available in
bookstores
December 20!



Every

saga has


a fi nal fact!


The latest visual dictionary
explores all the new corners
of the Star Wars galaxy
introduced in The Rise
of Skywalker (2019).

When Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker takes a bow in theaters this
December, it will mark the conclusion
of a epic saga that has chronicled the
lives of generations of Skywalkers and
enthralled countless fans. Viewers
have come to expect Star Wars
movies to feature evocative details
in nearly every frame, and the latest
movie in the series is no exception,
thanks to a legion of gifted concept
designers, set dressers, prop builders,
and other artisans.
DK’s Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
is the only place where you can get
the scoop on the offi cial backstories
behind every artifact seen on screen.

Lucasfilm loremaster Pablo Hidalgo
—author of several previous visual
dictionaries, including those for The
Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi and aliens encountered during the Packed with close-up imagery

(2017), Rogue One (2016), and Solo Resistance’s heroic stand against the of the film’s weapons, droids, and
(2018)—leverages his insider’s First Order, the book provides rich vehicles, the 200-page book also
perspective to reveal surprising biographies of the all-new characters features 5 exclusive cross-section
secrets about the film that deepen from the movie, alongside updated illustrations. Star Wars: The Rise of


the saga’s narrative sweep. Focusing profiles of more familiar heroes like Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary is
on the characters, planets, vehicles, Rey, Poe, Finn, and BB-8. available in stores on December 20.



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Star Wars: The Art of Star Wars Star Wars:
The Rise of Skywalker: Jedi: Fallen Order Force Collector
The Galactic Guide Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a Written by Emmy Award-winning
This easy-to-read reference guide galaxy-spanning action-adventure author Kevin Shink, Star Wars: Force
is perfect for young readers who videogame, set years after the Collector is a YA novel that follows
are eager to learn everything about events of Revenge of the Sith the adventures of Karr Nuq Sin, a
The Rise of Skywalker but are also (2005). The game follows the teenage boy who embarks upon a
curious about the Star Wars galaxy adventures of Force-user Cal Kestis, quest to understand his connection

in general. Packed with facts from who finds himself undertaking a to something he can sense but
the new movie, The Galactic Guide mythic quest while on the run from doesn’t fully understand.
is aimed at kids who can’t wait to the Empire’s deadly enforcers, and Set shortly before the events
join Rey, Poe, and Finn on their features the same degree of visual of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
mission to defeat the First Order, artistry and imagination familiar (2015), Karr is encouraged by his
while hoping to meet a host of from the movies. grandmother to explore the galaxy
funny droids, weird aliens, and For fans who want to dig deeper after he experiences a series of
crazy creatures along the way. into the game’s background, this strange visions of places he’s never
Star Wars: The Rise of 240-page hardcover book examines been and people he’s never met!
Skywalker: The Galactic Guide is the concept art and rich design Accompanied by his droid, RZ-7, and
illustrated with exciting images process behind its development, his unpredictable new friend Maize,

from the fi nal film in the Skywalker with fascinating commentary from Karr travels to some familiar worlds,
saga, accompanied by engaging the creatives involved. Published including Utapau, Takodana, and
and accessible text by author Matt by Dark Horse Books, and packed Jakku, in search of the truth about
Jones. The 96-page hardcover, with detailed imagery, this unique the Jedi and the nature of the Force.
published by DK, will be available insight into the art of a Star Wars Published by Disney Lucasfi lm Press,
in bookstores on December 20. videogame is in stores now. the novel is available now.








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Comics Roundup



Journeys end and others begin in the latest
Star Wars comics from Marvel and IDW.


Rebels, Rogues

and Renegades


Heroes and anti-heroes take the
stage in Empire Ascendant and
Doctor Aphra!
Star Wars: Empire Ascendant
Marvel’s Star Wars series may have recently
wrapped its multi-year run with its 75th issue,
but hold your fathiers—those storylines aren’t
quite done yet! Star Wars: Empire Ascendant is
a 56-page epic anthology, acting as an epilogue
to the events of the Marvel Comics run while
setting the stage for new adventures beginning
in early 2020.
Catching up with several storylines, the one-
shot first sets its sights on the Rebels, digging

in on chilly Hoth. But how long can Luke, Leia,
and Han Solo remain hidden from their enemies
in the Empire and the underworld? In story
two, Darth Vader’s efforts to locate the Rebels
have come up dry. Could the dark side of the
Force guide him to young Skywalker, or will it

mire the Dark Lord in the conflicts of his past?
The issue also sees the unstoppable Beilert
Valance take on a dangerous mission that could
put the entire Rebellion in peril, and concludes
with a look to the past and the future as we see
how Doctor Aphra has touched the lives of the
people in her life, and the entire galaxy.
Featuring the talents of writers Charles
Soule, Greg Pak, Si Spurrier, and Ethan Sacks,
and artists Luke Ross, Roland Boschi, Paolo
Villanelli, and others, Empire Ascendant is in
stores on December 18.



Doctor Aphra #40
Outlaw archaeologist Chelli Lona Aphra doesn’t much care if she steps on

people’s toes, and in her pursuit of profit she has even wound up on the

bad side of Darth Vader himself. Her reckless past finally catches up to her
in Doctor Aphra #40, the conclusion to the 4-part “Rogue’s End” storyline,
intriguingly teased with the tagline “All good things must come to an end”!

Could this be the Aphra’s final battle? It certainly looks that way, as a vengeful
Vader stalks her through the shadows of an ancient temple. Only one of the
combatants will leave in one piece! Doctor Aphra #40 comes courtesy of writer
Si Spurrier and artist Caspar Wijngaard and is on sale on December 11.




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From writer Charles Soule (Darth
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And how did Snoke get his hooks into Artist: Jesus Saiz
such a powerful young Jedi, the heir Cover Artist: R. B. Silva
to the Skywalker legacy? You’ll begin

to find out in this all-new exploration Star Wars : Kylo Ren #2
of Ben Solo’s dark destiny. Issue #1 Marvel Comics
Writer: Charles Soule
hits December 18, just in time for the
Artist: Will Sliney
release of The Rise of Skywalker.
Cover Artist: Clayton Crain
Star Wars Adventures #30
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from the point of view of R2-D2 and Artist: Caspar Wijngaard,
C-3PO, detailing some close calls and Elsa Charretier
impromptu heroics that were never seen Cover Artist: Ashley Witter
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available in stores, with issue #2 coming
out in early January.



Star Wars Adventures #29
Issue #29 of Star Wars Adventures
from IDW Comics wraps up a three-
part storyline with the muscle power of
Kashyyyk’s mighty Wookiees!
As the First Order’s war machines
and stormtroopers close in on the
Wookiee homeworld, an army of
furry warriors pull out all the stops
to thwart the enemy’s incursion into
their domain! Meanwhile, a backup
tale shows R2-D2, C-3PO, and BB-8
teaming up on a Resistance spy
mission. Star Wars Adventures #29
features writers John Barber and
Michael Moreci and artists Tony Fleecs
and Derek Charm and is available in
your local comic store now.




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Rise and Shine



The finale of the epic Star Wars

saga has arrived! In this special Insider
preview, members of the cast and crew
reveal what you need to know before seeing
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

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RISE AND SHINE



long time ago,
A in a galaxy
far, far away, a
great adventure
took place. It
has taken nine
movies for this story of good
versus evil to unfold, spanning
three eras of conflict linked by

the trials and tribulations of a
single family—the Skywalkers.
There is another story, of
course—the behind-the-scenes
history of how these movies came
to be made. Beginning with an
idea for a space fantasy devised by

a young filmmaker named George
Lucas, many more creative minds
have since lent their talents to
bringing Star Wars to the big screen,
across three trilogies and more than
42 years.
While new Star Wars tales,
and indeed sagas, will no doubt
continue to entertain generations
of fans for decades to come, The
Rise of Skywalker brings the story
that started it all to a close, and
those involved in making the
final chapter felt the weight of

expectation upon their soldiers.
“It’s amazing to think that in
1977 George created something that
would still resonate with people
today. So, to think we’re creating
the story that basically brings the
saga to a conclusion, there is a huge
responsibility associated with that,”
says Lucasfilm president Kathleen

Kennedy.
“There was certainly a lot to
consider, as a fi lmmaker,” admits
director J.J. Abrams, who reignited
the Star Wars saga with 2015’s
The Force Awakens and returns to
complete what he started with The
Rise of Skywalker. “It’s not just the
end of three movies, but rather the
end of nine movies, and we wanted
to make the conclusion that both
the saga and the fans deserve.”

High Expectations
“We wanted to make In order to achieve this goal,
the conclusion that Chris Terrio— who won an Oscar
both the saga and as screenwriter of Argo (2012)—
joined Abrams to pen the movie’s
the fans deserve.” script. “Chris brought so much
J.J. Abrams, Director to the project,” says Abrams.




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“Amazement and pure, childlike
enthusiasm. The excitement and
passion that he has for this story
and this world was a constant
reminder to me.”
For his part, taking on the
movie was a dream project for
Terrio. “I came to Star Wars as a fan,

first and foremost,” he declares.
“Return of the Jedi (1983) was the “If you took

fi rst film I ever saw, and I made away the space
my father drop me off at the local
theater to see it every weekend for element, the
about six months. When it came Star Wars of it
to this project, I had extremely
high expectations—it meant the all, it’s about
world to me—and I didn’t take people and how
the responsibility lightly. There they make their
wasn’t a day where J.J., Michelle
[Rejwan] and I weren’t in constant way in life,
communication, because we all confronting and
knew we needed to get it right. dealing with the
Every waking moment was devoted
to this movie while we were diffi culties they
making it.” experience.”
Co-producing the movie with
Daisy Ridley (Rey)
J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy
is Michelle Rejwan, Lucasfi lm’s 01
senior vice president of live action
and development, and she was well
aware of the storytelling challenges 02
they faced.
“There was so much story yet
to tell for these characters, for
Kylo Ren and Rey, for Finn and
Poe, as well as the other characters
we’ve met or meet along the way,
in addition to everything else
culminating in one fi lm,” Rejwan
confirms, adding, “There were a

lot of storylines coming together,
and we hope audiences will fi nd it
emotionally satisfying, surprising,
thrilling, scary, and unexpected. I
feel really proud that the writing
03
was ambitious in honestly telling
each character’s story.”
Dark Revelations
While the Star Wars movies have
always been ensemble pieces, the
focus has usually fallen upon two
main protagonists. In the original
trilogy it was the dysfunctional
clash of father and son, Darth
Vader and Luke Skywalker, while
in the prequels the forbidden
relationship between Anakin and
Padmé drove the story forward. In




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RISE AND SHINE
BACK IN
ACTION
The future looked
bleak for General
Hux and Rose at the
end of The Last Jedi
(2017). How are the
characters faring at
the start of The Rise
of Skywalker?
GENERAL
HUX
Domnhall Gleeson
“When I read the
script for the fi rst
time I was just
thrilled. J.J. Abrams
and Chris Terrio have
done a fantastic job
of keeping things
surprising. Hux
certainly isn’t held in
the same regard as
before. Suffi ce it to
say that he and Kylo
Ren’s careers have
taken somewhat
different turns.”
ROSE TICO
Kelly Marie Tran
“In The Last Jedi,
Rose was so full
of hope. From
that standpoint,
I don’t feel she’s
the same person.
The Resistance has
the sequel trilogy, it has been the of Darth Vader,” explains Driver. Daisy get into a role taken a beating and
everything is pretty
compelling yet indefi nable bond “Whereas Vader was very confi dent like Rey at nineteen dire, but also her

between Kylo Ren and Rey that has when the audience first meets him, or twenty years old, role has changed
kept us on the edge of our seats. over the course of three movies he and then to watch in this movie. and
Rose is in more of a
For the actors who portray them, is chipped away at until he’s at his her mature in the role
leadership position.”
Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley, the most vulnerable. Kylo’s journey into her mid-20s,” says
evolution of their characters has is almost the complete opposite. Kathleen Kennedy.
been a rewarding journey. He starts out very vulnerable, very “When she fi rst began,
“J.J. Abrams and I had a meeting child-like, and then over time nobody knew who she
early on, where we decided that any he gains experience, becomes was, she was just getting started
idea, anything that came to either hardened and more assured about in the business. Even the idea of
of us, we would discuss it, whether the choices he makes. The journey getting strong physically and
good or bad. We didn’t want to hold Kylo went through really opened being able to handle the stunts
anything back,” says Adam Driver up my imagination as an actor.” and the lightsaber fi ghts was
01 Chewbacca
of returning to play arch villain Kylo all new to her. And now, she’s (Joonas
Ren in The Rise of Skywalker. Finding The Force emerged as a powerful fi gure in Suotamo),
Poe Dameron
Driver had gained some idea Audiences have watched Rey, too, these stories. I think there’s an
(Oscar Isaac),

of his character’s future arc when grow in confidence and stature. A interesting parallel to Daisy and Finn (John
he met Abrams for the fi rst time, growth that has been matched in Rey’s development that really Boyega), and
Rey (Daisy
ahead of fi lming on The Force the increasingly stellar performance comes through in this movie.”
Ridley) are
Awakens. “J.J. told me to imagine a of actor Daisy Ridley. Ridley herself admits that reunited with
journey for Kylo that was opposite “It has been fascinating to watch she initially found the Star Wars C-3PO
(Anthony
experience difficult but felt far Daniels).

more comfortable on the fi nal
“We hope audiences will fi nd it movie. 02 Kelly Marie
Tran returns
emotionally satisfying, surprising, “While fi lming The Force as Rose Tico.
Awakens, I was very tense
thrilling, scary, and unexpected.” 03 Carrie Fisher
and nervous,” she agrees.
as General
Michelle Rejwan, Producer “Working on the previous Leia Organa.
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05 as part of a group rather than on
his own, and Isaac enjoyed the
opportunity to show another side
to his character. “J.J. really wanted
the audience to get to know Poe,
and that was just so energizing and
so much fun for me as an actor,
because there was a lot of room for
improvisation.”
Isaac particularly relished the
chance to spend more time on set
with John Boyega (Finn).
“As much as these movies are
about the Skywalker saga, for me
doing these movies has also been
the saga of meeting John Boyega
and to experience this adventure
with him,” says Isaac. “The exciting
movies was really exhausting. So people and how they make 04 C-3PO thing about The Rise of Skywalker
this time I wanted to be sure I had their way in life, confronting (Anthony is that John and I get a chance to
Daniels)
enough stamina; I wanted to be and dealing with the diffi culties prepares to really work together, to interact with
healthy and, most importantly, they experience. J.J. and Chris make the one another and have fun. And the
ultimate
ready. I even started kickboxing. Terrio did an amazing job reason it was so much fun to work
sacrifice.
When it came time to do all the crafting the story” on this movie is that he and I got do
required stunts, I felt I was ready for 05 Rey and Kylo so much together. I love him.”
Ren (Adam
the challenge. Mentally, I had to Wild Ride John Boyega is also pleased with
Driver) meet
prepare to do some rather terrifying Oscar Isaac and John Boyega are again on the the development of his character
things, and I had to completely reunited as Poe Dameron and wreckage of in Episode IX. “I defi nitely wanted
the second

trust the stunt team I was working Finn in The Rise of Skywalker, Death Star. Finn to eventually find his place,
with. I was doing things I never and both actors had a ball to be part of a team he’s not only
06 The

thought I would be doing, such reprising their roles. fighting for, but rooting for as
mysterious
as being strapped into a harness “It has been such a wild, Zorii Bliss, well,” reveals the actor. “I feel good
connected to wires and diving off a wild journey,” enthuses Oscar played by about him. He went from being
Keri Russell.
30-foot-tall platform. But because I Isaac. “I think back fi ve years part of something oppressive to
trusted the team around me, I felt ago, to when J.J., Kathleen 07 Naomi Ackie being thought of as a hero.”
I could do anything they asked me Kennedy, and Lawrence Kasdan as Jannah. Being cast in Star Wars has been
to.” pitched me the story about especially significant for Boyega,


And is Ridley satisfied with the this great character. Poe went and that the experience is coming
resolution of Rey’s story? from dying spectacularly in The to an end is poignant for him. “Star
“I found it to be really moving,” Force Awakens to surviving and Wars has been such a major part
she says. “At the end of the day, if becoming a leader of a resistance!” of my life these last few years,”
you took away the space element, In The Rise of Skywalker, he says. “and it wasn’t until I got
the Star Wars of it all, it’s about audiences will see Poe working a role in Star Wars that my life
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06
NEW
FACES
Every Star Wars
changed, rapidly, at movie introduces
an amazing speed, new heroes and
and it’s been great. villains. Which sides
will Zorii Bliss and
What has stood out
Jannah take?
the most, what is the
most heartwarming, ZORII BLISS
is the collaboration Keri Russell
I’ve shared with all the “Zorii Bliss lives
in the grey area
amazing individuals between good and
who have been a bad. She’s done
part of creating these some rather sketchy 07
things in her lifetime
movies. I’ve made
and has a tough
friends and become exterior—she’s very
part of a big family, much a survivor. J.J.
wanted Zorii to be
and that’s a major
alluring, to keep the
thing to let go of.” audience wondering
about who she is. I
The Old Guard loved that.”
One actor whose JANNAH
contribution to Star
Naomi Ackie
Wars cannot be “Jannah is the
understated is Mark leader of a group
of vagabonds who
Hamill, for whom
live on a junk world,
Luke Skywalker has surviving the best
proven to be the literal way they know
role of a lifetime, and how. She has a
vulnerability about
whom he plays one
her, an insecurity, but
last time in The Rise of at the end of the day
Skywalker. she is fi ghting for a
greater good which
“I never in a million
ultimately overrides
years expected to be her insecurities.”
back,” Hamill admits.
“I thought if they did
a third trilogy, it would Another familiar face joining this laughs. “The cape is very much a

be set ten, fifty, one hundred years final battle is Billy Dee Williams, part of Lando’s persona. I mean,

in the future, so it was completely who dons a flowing cape as suave Lando has style. There’s no doubt

unexpected. And I’m enjoying it scoundrel Lando Calrissian. Did about it!”
in a way I never could have in my he have any reservations about Perhaps it’s fitting that the fi nal

twenties.” returning to the role? word should come from Anthony
While he seems surprised to “None whatsoever. I’d wondered Daniels who, as C-3PO, uttered

have returned to the saga, Hamill if Lando would return, so I was very the first line of dialogue in A New
insists its enduring popularity is no happy about being asked to come Hope, a long time ago, in a galaxy
surprise at all. “Star Wars is such back,” says the veteran actor. “As far, far away. How did he feel about
a positive film,” he says. “I mean, an actor you are always looking bringing this incredible journey to

it is so optimistic, so inspiring. It forward to doing interesting things, a close?
encourages you to do the right and I got really lucky to have the “On my final day of shooting it

thing, because it’s the right thing opportunity to work with George was very moving, a very bittersweet
to not think of yourself, but to do Lucas. I mean, he’s one of fi lm’s moment,” Daniels confesses.
what’s right for the greater good.” great innovators. And J.J. Abrams “Making these movies has been
was so much fun to work with. He hard work, but it has also been fun
is so imaginative. It’s been one of and a great joy for me. I have been
“I never in a million years the high points of my career.” in Star Wars since day one out in
And was the cape a contractual Tunisia in 1976, so it has been quite
expected to be back.” obligation? “I made it very clear it something to have survived this
Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) was part of who he is,” Williams long. It has been quite a ride.”


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ANTHONY





DANIELS







PART 2:
WHAT ARE THE ODDS?


In the second part of our exclusive
interview, C-3PO actor Anthony
Daniels reveals the trials and
tribulations of performing inside

an ill-fitting, sharp-edged suit of
space-age armor.

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01


eorge Lucas side totally on my own, and he 01 Daniels as Han Solo very cleverly gave C-3PO
C-3PO, with
G had initially could have done the vocal side Mark Hamill a different dynamic. As an actor
totally without me, but as we
envisaged C-3PO
you’re given what to say, and told
and George
Lucas, on set
know he changed his mind.
as a more salt-
in Tunisia for where to stand. Many of the choices
of-the-Earth are made elsewhere, in the writing
A New Hope.

character, with When you first played C-3PO, room or in the directors’ mind,
all the patter of a used automobile how long did it take you to 02 C-3PO’s rusty which, in the case of Empire, was
look in Attack
dealer. Instead, Anthony Daniels find the core of the character? Irvin Kershner. The difference,

of the Clones.
on-set delivery imbued the droid The fact that I had already possibly, was that it was all a bit
with a sense of British uptightness inhabited C-3PO by proxy for 03 Daniels more self-conscious, whereas
returned to
that stuck, as the actor explained six months while we were still the role to when we were making A New
when he sat down with Star Wars making the costume, before we voice C-3PO Hope, which wasn’t even known
in episodes

Insider to talk about his new even saw a film camera, I guess as Episode 4 then, it was the one
of The
memoir, I Am C-3PO. something of him went inside. Clone Wars and only. On Empire, I was very
Being C-3PO became instinctual. (2008-2013). self-conscious that I was making a
Star Wars Insider: It was Some actors, some really good fool of myself on set, as a character
04 Anthony
originally planned that C-3PO actors, gently talk about the Daniels (left) that might be thought of as being a
would be re-dubbed with another art of acting. Some really bad during the bit wonky. But nobody was saying,
recording of
voice. Were you surprised when actors really talk about the art of the Star “Well that’s a bit rubbish, can you
your full performance found its acting. I don’t, because I actually Wars radio try something else.” You have to
adaptaion,
way into the fi lm? don’t really understand it, and I throw yourself into it, because if you
with Bernard
Anthony Daniels: It never look at people on screen and on Behrens do it half-heartedly the audience
occurred to me that it wouldn’t. I stage and wonder “How do you (Obi-Wan absolutely won’t believe you.
Kenobi),
was doing the job, I was in front of do that, because it’s brilliant?”
Perry King
the camera, I was talking. I assumed And I can’t do it. (Han Solo), Is that the only way to perform
it was a given. I’d been on television, and Mark a character like C-3PO, to go big
Hamill (Luke
where you stand there in the light Did you approach the role any Skywalker). and project to the back row?
and you speak, they record your face differently for Star Wars: The It’s an interesting question. To talk
and your voice, and you watch it Empire Strikes Back (1980)? about somebody else’s performance,
on TV. Why would it be different? It was different words, and different Ahmed Best has a huge brain and
George left me to do the physical situations. Being partnered with a huge wit. In Jar Jar Binks he
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02
was given a character to play and “George left me
was directed how to play it, and
as a performer he threw himself to do the physical
absolutely into it, as a professional.
The character may have split side totally on my
opinions, but if you meet people
who were ten years old at the time own, and he could
of The Phantom Menace (1999), have done the
their favorite character is Jar Jar.
Both of the characters we’re vocal side totally
talking about are masked and semi
human. Both speak in our language, without me, but
they’re both bipedal, they have two
legs, two arms. They have human as we know he
elements but are heavily disguised.
You have got to be careful when changed his mind.”
you’re inside all that, because if
you’re too subtle nothing is going to
get through the latex or the metal. breathe, that was one of the horrible
If you’re too over the top, people things. There’s an almost immediate
go “Whoa, that’s too much.” Some panic reaction, and certainly that

people found Jar Jar too much, some CO reflex—you need to breathe,
2

people find C-3PO too much. But and if you have something pushing
when I meet people in their middle onto your diaphragm so you can’t
age, they remember the great joy physically move it, that is scary. It’s
the characters gave them as young happened to me two or three times.
03 people. These things stay with them.
How did you get past that?
Some locations must have been Shouting, “Get me out, get me

difficult to work in. What was out!” And having people who care
the toughest? enough to be understanding and
Anywhere that didn’t have a fl at, right there with you.

smooth floor. Anywhere with steps,
that was dark, that had a low ceiling So, did you have a spotter
(laughs). And because there’s a watching out for you?
human reaction to not being able Oh, it was beyond spotters. There
to breath or sensing that you cannot was always one, and often two
people, who were my dressers from
the prop department, because the
04 suit was so technical. Absolutely
looking out just for me.
Over the course of the book,
you’ll see I gradually went through
a series of people over the years,
because they could only take so
much. And indeed, because I’ve
been doing this for so long, some
people have retired. I was hoping
Brian Lofthouse would come back
for the sequels, but by then he’d
retired too.

Presumably you were the least
comfortable in the costume
during the fi rst fi lm?
There were issues on the last fi lm
too, but nobody had ever made a
costume like C-3PO before A New
Hope. Even the robot character




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THE MAN
WITH THE
GOLDEN
JACKET
Anthony Daniels
has been a part
of Star Wars
Celebration since
the very first
event in Denver,
Colorado in 1999.
SWI : You always wear a
golden jacket when you
host a Celebration stage.
Is there a reason for that?
AD: The gold jacket came
out of the fi rst Celebration,
where I decided to make
sure people understood
that I had a sense of humor,
particularly against myself.
Not even self-deprecating.
Take me seriously, but don’t
take me too seriously.
SWI : How much to you
enjoy the pageantry of
Star Wars Celebration?
AD: I enjoy it hugely. When
we did the original, we
had nothing. We had some
temporary stages, some
lights, and me and two other
people with microphones.
Now it’s a tour de force of
electronics, earpieces, lots
of microphones, monitors
onstage. I’d written the
whole program; it was all
written on the palm of my
hand. Now it has become a
phenomenon. What I love is
people making friends there,
swapping stories, sharing 05 C-3PO
their passions. I particularly (Anthony
enjoy people who dress Daniels)
up in costume, especially if returned for
they’ve made it. Celebration The Force
Awakens.
is a great thing.
06 Carrie Fisher
SWI : You seem to have a (Leia) and
lot of fun, especially when
Anthony
you’re bantering with Daniels
Warwick Davis onstage.
during
AD: Warwick is better at filming of
it than me, because I’m The Empire
three times older than him, Strikes Back.
and my brain doesn’t work
quite as fast. His ability with 07 Connix
repartee is phenomenal. (Billie Lourd)
Sometimes I can’t answer and C-3PO
because he just makes me surrender in
laugh, and I’m left standing The Last Jedi
there like a fool. I always (2017)
make him dress up as an 06
Ewok, and I always promise
I’ll never do it again. It’s one
of the joys of Celebration,
and long may that continue.


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from Metropolis (1927) didn’t either with the face on the back of
compare. And, even in spite of my head, so I was looking this way
everybody’s hard work, it just didn’t and his face was looking the other
work. I think one of the reasons the way, or with my hand up through
costume was slightly problematic his chest. I was literally puppeteering.
is because our human bodies have We did it in so many ways. Balancing
layers of skin and fat that you can on one leg, in costume, holding a
push slightly aside, but metal is very prop leg, and speaking and acting,
unforgiving, and it stays where it “I’m standing here in pieces and
is. It wasn’t the greatest experience. you’re having delusions of grandeur.”
It all made sense in the end, and of I was stood there with one leg in
course the audience don’t need to my hand and this leg up behind
know about the issues of wearing a me, because you can really cheat
difficult costume. They just see the with the single eye of the camera,

fi nished result. provided you’ve aligned things, so
you couldn’t see my leg behind me.
Long after the mania of the It’s much easier now, with so much
original trilogy, you were greenscreen everywhere.
approached to return for the I talk about the magic of stage
prequels. What was your fi rst illusionists in the book, and that
thought when they there are effects in
asked you back? “Being partnered The Empire Strikes
Well, C-3PO had Back where we
never really left with Han Solo created so much
me. Although I’d just by wearing
done all sorts of very cleverly the costume in
other jobs and gigs, a different way.
I had often been gave C-3PO And I could
involved with other speak normally,
spin-off activities, a different and breathe!
05 like exhibitions dynamic.”
and writing for Star With the many
Wars Insider, but pinch points and
I was very surprised when I met unforgiving edges of the costume,
with George Lucas, who explained how did that effect the physical
C-3PO’s origins, his nascence, and element of your performance?
how he’d forgotten everything. There’s no room for normal
They had somebody else gestures. We’re very manual, as
operating the C-3PO puppet for humans. It’s part of our sense of
The Phantom Menace, so I was just expression, although other nations
doing the voice, but that changed in and countries do it differently. I
the second episode where I wore— knew that if I moved in a certain
and, to my horror, destroyed!—the way then the costume would pinch
puppet. It was interesting to do, to me, but I would still do it because
carry and perform him in a way occasionally you had to. And the
that wasn’t physically wearing the hands! Only in this very last movie
suit. But then George changed the do I quite deliberately pick things
storyline, and the puppet never up that are small, because I’ve
appeared in the movie. C-3PO was never been able to do that before.
just a rusty version instead. I learned to use what I had. In the
In Empire, when C-3PO was book, I talk about one of my favorite
physically blasted apart, I wore the moments in all of the movies—my
07 costume in all sorts of strange ways, confrontation with Han Solo




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08 08 C-3PO takes a
last look at his
friends in
The Rise of
Skywalker
(2019).
09 In the finale of
the Skywalker
saga, C-3PO
(Anthony
Daniels) once
again finds
himself in
the middle
of the action.




















09 When you’re interacting with Many people had a hand in the
other actors, do you sometimes creation of C-3PO, but is the

find that the costume is a barrier? essence of the character you?
What I envy on the set is being The essence of C-3PO is C-3PO,
able to improvise. You use slightly I’m afraid. I’ve written this book,
different energy in the performance all these pages. Maybe I wrote it as
than in rehearsal, but I need much for myself as for anyone else,
to know where things are. The because what genuinely surprised
geography of the me was realizing
sets is a nightmare, that I’ve written
so I’m triangulating “Liz Moore, the about a journey.
on anything that I never thought it
hopefully doesn’t sculptor who was going to be a
move. Various shots created C-3PO, journey, certainly
with the Ewoks—when Han got too were very diffi cult not a hero’s journey.
impertinent, and you can see the because of effects gave him this It never occurred to
fury on C-3PO’s face, but of course and fl oor textures me that in 45 years
his face doesn’t change. and so on. Finding face that has I’d have gone from
marks is diffi cult, A to Z. It was only
You know exactly what C-3PO and I don’t always the ability to be when I began to
is thinking at that precise get it right. I was read the pieces that
moment. It’s all there. rehearsing one a very beautiful I saw this transition,
I know, it’s mad! Liz Moore, the day with the gang, blank canvas.” this progress, up
sculptor who created C-3PO, gave Oscar Isaac, Daisy hills and down.
him this face that has the ability to Ridley, and John It’s odd, there was
be a very beautiful blank canvas. Boyega, and they’re saying, “Maybe a lot of preparation in creating
Without getting too technical about we should do this?” and suddenly C-3PO, in every sense of the word,
it, depending on its relative position I’m leaping in with this major piece by the whole team and by me, but
to the shoulder, to the body, or of pantomime, because I rehearse somehow he sort of happened. You
whatever, and the angle, the speed exactly as I am in performance. I can almost explain it, but maybe
of movement, you’ve got so many hope the book gives you a general some things are better left as a
options to play with. idea of the joy and the pain of it. piece of magic.




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Star Wars Resistance is back, and the stakes have never been higher for
the inhabitants of the fueling station-turned-starship Colossus. As the story
moves towards its series fi nale, Insider spoke to the cast and crew to fi nd

out if Kazuda Xiono and Tam Ryvora can ever find common ground?

W O R D S : TA R A B E N N E T T









ne of the great joys of Star McGrath), along with support from assorted
O Wars Resistance, the Saturn droids, exotic species, rowdy locals, and the
hottest of hot-shot space racers. Together, they
Award-winning Lucasfi lm
animated series airing on the
have revealed themselves as the diverse and
Disney Channel, is that it dedicated grass roots of the Resistance, many of
has provided audiences with whom may go unsung in the grand lore of good
exciting new stories that unfold around the versus evil, but are extremely important to the
peripheries of events depicted in Star Wars: The story, and equally relatable to the audience.
Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), We see ourselves in their struggle against the
while placing the focus on aspects of life in the First Order.

Resistance movement against the First Order With the second, and final, season currently
that we’ve never seen before. on air, Insider sat down with executive producers
Along with occasional cameos from movie Athena Portillo, Justin Ridge, and Brandon
stalwarts General Leia, Poe Dameron, and Auman to discover what these 19 episodes of
Captain Phasma, Season One of Resistance animated Star Wars drama hold in store for the
served up a vibrant new cast of everyday residents of the space-born Colossus, and spoke
heroes lead by hapless but determined Kazuda to actors Christopher Sean and Suzie McGrath
‘Kaz’ Xiono (played by Christopher Sean), and about the big decisions their characters face as
frustrated would-be pilot Tam Ryvora (Suzie the story unfolds.







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01

be going through. “They weren’t really prepared
to launch this thing into space, so what happens
to this ship that wasn’t actually meant to be out
there at this point in its life? And they need to

find supplies, they need fuel, they need to fi gure
out a way to survive.”
Taking this scenario as their starting point,
the production team have been able to explore
a host of intriguing story possibilities, with the
Colossus crew exploring a new sector of the
galaxy. Kaz, Neeku (Josh Brener), and the rest of
their contingent are forced to step up and take
on responsibilities way beyond what has been
02 previously asked of them.
In particular, Kaz has to take a leadership
position, despite continuing to make youthful
Colossus in Space and 01 Former enemies mistakes—albeit on a grander scale. “He’s got to
the First Order Rises must work together deal with pirates, and the frustrations of having
in Season Two.
The climax of Season One saw an unexpected no food and water, and potentially a mutiny,”
twist, as the ocean-bound Colossus fueling 02 Torra Doza (Myrna actor Christopher Sean says of his character’s
Velasco) surveys the
station left its watery anchor and took to the new obstacles. “You get to watch a character that
local scenery during
stars, jumping to hyperspace just in time to a training mission. you’ve already become familiar with dealing with
escape the clutches of the First Order. On board, new problems, in a brand-new adventure in space
03 Captain Phasma isn’t
our heroes were joined by a motley crew that impressed by the that is literally a star war. You’ve got TIE fi ghters
included Kragan and his space pirates, several efforts of Commander coming at you, or a mass of stormtroopers. The
Pyre (Liam McIntyre)
stowaways, and the no-doubt disoriented patrons Colossus is no longer a platform in the middle of
and Agent Tierny
of Aunt Z’s Tavern. It was a storyline that the (Sumalee Montano). a far away ocean. Now, we’re in space, fi ghting
producers knew would imbue the subsequent against the First Order.”
04 Our heroes quickly
season with higher stakes and the prospect of
recognize the gravity
many edge-of-your-seat moments. of their situation. Tam’s Big Turn
“Season Two is about surviving and constantly The other big storyline to unfold in parallel
05 CB-23 takes on a
being chased by the First Order,” Auman says of First Order droid. with the Colossus arc is seeing the repercussions
what the characters, and the Colossus itself, will of former Colossus resident Tam Ryvora’s new

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03 Kaz aside for a little bit and have these private
conversations. Tam felt a little betrayed.”
To then have someone offer Tam the
opportunity to become the thing she’s always
wanted—to be a pilot—provided the writers
with a logical reason as to why she might look
elsewhere for a new group to align herself with.
It’s a compelling arc, and for a character to
willingly join the bad guys is new ground to
explore in the Star Wars mythology.
“Tam’s background—her grandfather worked
for the Empire—means that she doesn’t view the
Empire as bad,” Ridge adds about Tam’s view of
the galaxy. “They helped her family out, and in
04 her eyes, the First Order are essentially police

officers; law enforcement that she can get behind.
And then you have characters like Tierny, who
was very manipulative, and she recognizes a
weakness in what Tam is feeling. She was hurt by
her friends, so as far as Tierny is concerned this
is an opening to recruit her. It has allowed us to
bring more depth to these characters.”
For actor Suzie McGrath, Tam’s dilemma is an
incredible twist for her to perform. “It’s exciting.
We’ve never seen how a normal girl like Tam gets
recruited into the First Order before. For me, that
is really interesting.”
It also meant that her Season Two recording
sessions felt like she was working on a whole
new series, surrounded by the show’s cast of
allegiance to the First Order. At the end of the First Order characters she had not worked with
first season, convinced she had been betrayed on Season One. “I was on the other side, man,”

by Kaz and Yeager (Scott Lawrence), Tam was McGrath laughs. “‘Bye, bye, Colossus! I’ve moved
skillfully exploited and on!’ And working with Sumalee Montano, who
manipulated by First Order plays Agent Tierny, she can be chilling and
Agent Tierny (Sumalee “Season two is thrilling at the same time. Recording with her,
Montano) into becoming you feel it, and it’s a lot of fun.
a pilot for the other side. about surviving and “Another cool thing is that my character gets
According to Athena constantly being chased a costume change,” McGrath adds. “I think she’s
Portillo, this was a storyline the only person that gets to change her outfi t,
that “everyone in the by the First Order.” and it’s all shiny black. She looks so cool.”

writer’s room fell in love On the flip side, Tam’s departure into the
with” early on, and they Brandon Auman, head writer & executive producer First Order gives her Resistance family a lot
plotted it to play out over
the show’s two seasons.
Justin Ridge adds, “When we realized Tam 05
was going to join the First Order, we didn’t want
it to happen, but we knew it had to happen, and
it happened almost organically. What it’s given
us is an opportunity to gain more insight into
the First Order.”
In examining Tam’s trajectory, Portillo says,
“In Season One, Tam looks towards Yeager as a
father figure. She looks towards Kaz as a friend

and a brother. But then you have someone
like Rucklin (Elijah Wood) who, in Season
Two, is constantly telling her that they were
traitors. They didn’t include her in any of the
conversations where you would see Yeager pull




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to play in terms of guilt, concern, and loyalty. 06
Christopher Sean says Kaz’s growth this season

revolves around finding his friend, and perhaps

getting her to come back to fight the good fi ght.
“He doesn’t want to give up on family, and
he considers Team Fireball family,” Sean says.
“And he never wants to give up on Tam. There’s
frustration in the fact that she is not listening.
She’s making emotional decisions, and he feels
like if she would just listen to him then none of
this would be happening. We could all be happy.”
Of course, Kaz has made plenty of decisions
based on his emotions in the past that have
caused endless trouble for his friends, and Sean
intimates that his character
will see that irony as he
continues to grow this “When we realized Tam
season. “Essentially, the fi rst
season was Kaz learning was going to join the
to be selfless, stop being

selfish, and understand that First Order, we didn’t

there are consequences to
your actions. And now he’s want it to happen, but we
watching Tam going the knew it had to happen.”
other way, from selfl ess to
selfish, and having to deal Justin Ridge, supervising director

with what happens because and executive producer
of that.”
Continuity Connections 07
Because the timeline of Star Wars Resistance
intertwines with events in The Last Jedi and
onwards into those of The Rise of Skywalker, the
writers found themselves in the unique position
of having to create a show that worked within
the narrative of the cinematic output of movie
directors Rian Johnson and J.J. Abrams. Portillo
explains they were kept in the loop of both
movies during writers’ conferences, which took
place a year in advance of each fi lm’s release.
“We have a roadmap that was set up,” explains
Portillo, “And we have continuity reviews with
the Lucasfilm story group to make sure that we

maintain continuity, and that our stories stay
within what the stories are so that we don’t stray 08
beyond what J.J. is expecting, or what Dave Filoni
is expecting. In any event, we can always change
episode dialogue up to the last minute.”
Another by-product of having their stories
aligned so closely with those of the movies was
the voice cast were able to work with some of
their big screen counterparts, like Oscar Isaac,
who reprises his Poe Dameron role for Resistance.
Christopher Sean recalls one of his favorite
memories on Resistance was getting the call to
head to New York City to record a voice session
with Isaac for the episodes in which their
characters cross paths. “I spoke to my agent who
said Oscar was going to get me tickets to watch




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in particular. “We got to meet some new people
and discover new things. I’m really proud of that,
and I’m really proud of how our story has grown
since those last few episodes of the fi rst season.
We are cooking with gas. It’s thrilling.”
Christopher Sean continues with equal

enthusiasm, “I am the first Asian-American lead
in the Star Wars franchise. There’s nothing cooler
than representation and diversity. When I was
him perform off-Broadway in Hamlet, so I was 06 The Colossus arrives growing up, I didn’t really have too many role
at D’Qar only to find
really excited,” says Sean. “The next morning, models on television. Now, to have heroes who
the wreckage of
I decide to get to the studio an hour early to Resistance ships. are goofballs like Kaz, who can become mature
be prepped and ready before Oscar, but when I and be heroes in their own setting and their own
07 Tam Ryvora
show up, he’s already there, watching the show lives, people see that and say, ‘Hey, I’m a goofball
(Suzie McGrath)
and sipping tea, and he says, ‘Hey man! Great joins the ranks of and I can potentially not just be the sidekick to
performance! I love the show.’ the First Order. someone else. I can be my own hero, in my own
“We got into the booth and I was nervous,” 08 Supreme Leader life, and I can be the leader for once.’ It’s really
admits Sean. “But, like Poe, Oscar is a great leader. Kylo Ren is voiced cool. I’m very proud of that.”
by Matthew Wood
His acting guided me. So, in turn, I was like, For the producers, they’re still completey
in the series.
‘Okay, I can do this. And I’m going to try and amazed that they were given so much leeway
throw a couple curve balls in there, to see what 09 The Resurgent-class to work so freely in their animated corner of the
Star Destroyer that
he’ll do with it.’ We started playing back and Star Wars galaxy. “I’m proud of the fact that Dave
is home to Tam in
forth, and the chemistry relayed on screen Season Two. Filoni trusted us to create a whole new space that
permeated the booth, which was great.” wasn’t part of the Star Wars lore originally,” says
Portillo. “And also, for the support behind the
The Legacy of Resistance diversity that we have in the show, not just in the
By the end of its run, Star Wars Resistance will character design, but also in our voice actors that
have added forty episodes of original stories bring them to life.”
to the Star Wars pantheon. For its producers “And the fact that we get to see this slice of
and cast, the show has already life,” Auman continues. “Our characters are all
changed their lives, allowing kind of blue-collar types. They don’t start as these
them to officially become part of “I’m proud of our big, epic heroes. None of them are Jedi. They’re

the family that inhabits a galaxy really just trying to survive at the edge of the
far, far away. story, and I’m proud galaxy. And then we get to see the First Order
Suzie McGrath says, “I am so that we got to go into creep in. We’ve never really seen how they take
proud of our story, and I’m proud over, how they convince people that they’re on
that we got to go into uncharted uncharted territory.” the right side, and that everybody else, anyone
territory, into no man’s land,” who disagrees, is wrong. I feel like this is very
she says of this season’s stories Suzie McGrath (Tam Ryvora) important, and very timely.”




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In a saga steeped in mystery, deceit, and intrigue, it’s no wonder that
masks—both actual and metaphorical—have come to play such a
prominent role in the Star Wars mythos. From the avuncular image
projected by Chancellor Palpatine to the implacable visage of Kylo
Ren, Star Wars Insider peels away the masks of the galaxy to reveal the
truth beneath some of those facades…

W O R D S : J A M E S C L A R K E






n the first of several crises Amidala’s face paint is a fine example of the

I that Queen Padmé Amidala detail of the filmmaker’s world-building and
is confronted with in Star
evokes the Kumadori face-paint tradition of
Wars: The Phantom Menace
Japanese Kabuki theater. Donald Richie, who
(1999), she presents herself wrote extensively about Akira Kurosawa—the
in stunning ceremonial infl uential filmmaker that Lucas himself cites as

regalia. Appearing via a viewscreen aboard an inspiration—once explained of Japanese art
the Neimoidian Trade Federation ship that it looks for, “Qualities existing under…
looming above her homeworld, we see the outward surface.” Similarly, in the Noh theater
resolute queen wearing striking face paint; tradition, masks accentuate rather than disguise
it’s imposing, elegant, and stark, evoking the inner life of a character. When looking at the
something tangibly ancient and earthly that role of masks in Star Wars, these defi nitions echo
reminds us how, in creating Star Wars, George what we often discover in the galaxy far, far away.
Lucas and his collaborators tapped into the Masks conceal and then reveal secrets, truths,
ways that reality creates fantasy. terrors and wonders.







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George Lucas’ thematic conception point—sparked the image of Vader’s delicate handling of Luke and
for Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) helmet and mask, which later Anakin Skywalker’s reconciliation
from the very beginning, with attained so much more poetic power in the closing moments of Return
Darth Vader’s mask serving as the by its necessity to compensate for of the Jedi, the most powerful and
dark-hearted symbol and portal to the devastating injuries Anakin unsettling role played by Vader’s
these essential confl icts throughout received during his fateful duel with mask can be seen in Star Wars: The
the saga. Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar. As Empire Strikes Back (1980) when
In Lucas’ development of the the mask descends towards Anakin’s Luke, as part of his Jedi training
screenplay for Star Wars, Vader fire-ravaged face, it signals his fi nal under Yoda’s tutelage on Dagobah,

embodied the duality between transition to becoming the Sith enters an area particularly sensitive
humans and machines, and this Lord, Darth Vader, and allows us to the dark side of the Force. It is
dynamic was crystallized in his to glimpse what it will feel like to here that the young Jedi faces his
mask and helmet design. We should be trapped forever inside the armor hardest test to date. Confronted by
note here that Ralph McQuarrie that masks his former self. a vision of Vader, Skywalker gives
The visual development work in to his fear and hatred and strikes
that George Lucas and his team Vader down; only to be confronted
undertook for A New Hope is by the image of his own face within
suffused with East Asian infl uence, Vader’s fractured helmet. The
and Vader’s mask evokes qualities revelation offered by the mask at
of a kabuto samurai helmet. this point represents the trait that
When recalling how the concept Luke fears he harbors: that he, too,
for Vader’s visage evolved, Lucas is susceptible to the corruption of
acknowledged the infl uence the dark side.
of Japanese fi lmmaker Akira
Kurosawa’s movies, revealing that Troubled Soul
he “found it very interesting that In Star Wars, the past is always
nothing was explained. I think powerfully felt in the present, and

that influenced me a great deal in often repeated to tragic effect. Masks

working in science fiction, because I aid in expressing this concept.
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THE DARKEST
OF KNIGHTS
Star Wars mask designs have
been vividly infl uenced by the
art and design of East Asia, but
there is a notable counterpoint
to this, and it’s found in the
aesthetic of the Knights of Ren;
the fearsome warriors whose
appearance projects a sense of
confi dence and invulnerability.
In the medieval era, visored
helmets evolved dramatically
across Europe, and those worn
by the Knights of Ren evoke the
particular tradition of German
Gothic armor of the Sixteenth
Century. Typically, up to this
point knights had been depicted
as the embodiment of physical
and spiritual perfection, but in
the German Gothic mode the
concept of the anti-knight found
expression. These fi gures were
far removed from the domains
of noble action or thought and,
as such, the helmets and visors
worn by them were consciously
crafted to evoke associations
with various forms of the hellish
and nightmarish.





With his mask and hood character. Ren is anxious and angry,
reminiscent of earlier dark siders, cursed by his resentments and his
Kylo Ren fuses the aesthetic of pursuit of power. In the scene in
Darth Vader and Darth Sidious in an which he contemplates the ashen,
austere costume design that exudes broken mask of Darth Vader, the
both menace and an artifact becomes an
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in Star Wars: The H H H HIS MASK, within himself.
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eventually removes T T T T T TROUBLED Star Wars: The Last
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troubled soul. Speaking to the to remove his mask, it is with the
tragedy of how one generation disparaging command to, “Take
repeats the failings of another, the that ridiculous thing off,” before
mask of Ren’s grandfather had further diminishing Ren’s sense
concealed a similarly confl icted of stature and infl uence with
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the observation that he is, “Just a
child in a mask.” Soon after, we
see Ren smash it to pieces until its
shattered form echoes the remnants
of Vader’s.
Like Anakin Skywalker before
him, Kylo Ren is a petulant young
man hiding behind a mask that he
uses to project what is really driving
him. Ren’s mask provokes us to
consider the self-image he wants
to project, and in this respect its
function very powerfully connects
to classical ancient Greek drama
in which the mask is known as
the prosopon. It is from this word,
when translated into Latin, that
we arrive at the word persona. As
the events of Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker (2019) unfold, Ren’s mask
is reconstructed, now marked with
vivid red scars where its fragments
have been fused together. J.J.
Abrams revealed that these jagged
lines were intended as a visual
representation of Ren’s fractured
persona, and that the “mask doesn’t
ultimately hide him, and his
behavior is revealed.”
To Strike Fear
Young people fighting back against

their corrupt and deceitful elders is a
well-established fairy tale trope, and
is one of the fundamental points DECEPTION
of resonance and appeal in Star AND DECOYS
Wars, too. Enfys Nest, the masked
As we follow Amidala’s
antagonist of Solo: A Star Wars story through The Phantom
Story (2018), perfectly embodies Menace, the mask of the forces that seek to shut down those
queen is critical in ensuring
this youthful heroism. As a female who resist.
her survival, concealing both
teenage fighter, Nest resonates the true identity of Padmé and Nest’s rebellion and conviction

particularly in the current political the purpose of her selfl ess are reminiscent of a very particular
climate, in which young women are handmaidens in their role as young woman who has so often
decoys. Indeed, the use of the
so powerfully leading public debate been imagined as the apogee
word “phantom” in the fi lm’s
on matters of global signifi cance, title speaks to the idea of what of heroic youth: Joan of Arc.
yet her mask is a counterpoint to is, or is not, obviously there in Mythographer Marina Warner has
front of us.
the person behind it. Intended to written of the allure of Joan that,
The decoy role also shapes
strike fear into those who behold the opening scenes of Attack “Her image acts as a magic mirror of
it, the mask obscures the truth of of the Clones, when Amidala, personal and political idealism and,
her young age and renders Nest disguised as a Naboo guard, in particular, changing ideas about
survives an assassination
genderless, a primal force who women’s heroism.”
attempt only to helplessly watch
becomes almost supernatural her decoy, Cordé, dressed in
in nature. the regalia of the queen, die on Invisible Masks
a Coruscant landing platform.
Adorned with Aurebesh text that Not all masks are as tangible as
Even the planet is shrouded in
reads: “Until we reach the last edge, clouds, masking the realities of those worn by Vader, Ren, and
the last opening, the last star and a place where both those who Nest. Some are behavioral, and at
thrive on integrity and peace
can go no higher,” her face piece first glance go almost unseen. Such

(the Jedi) and those who are
is not only a disguise, but an overt fueled by aggression and deceit self-conscious creations of a false
symbol of resistance to oppressive (Senator Palpatine) reside. identity are key to the dramatic
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TO STRIKE
FEAR INTO
THOSE WHO
BEHOLD IT,
THE MASK

OBSCURES
THE TRUTH
OF HER

YOUNG
AGE AND
RENDERS
NEST
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intrigues of Star Wars, particularly
when it comes to Obi-Wan Kenobi
and Yoda.
Discovering that what you expect
is often quite different to what you
get is a lesson that binds together
the experiences of any number of
Star Wars protagonists, particularly
the younger ones as they move from
innocence to experience. Seemingly
lacking stature of any kind, Yoda
reveals his greatness
to Luke, who responds
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about his diminutive A A A APPEARANCE his physical agility is pseudonym, Ben Kenobi. Gentle,
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that, “He could be very T T T T T TO THE GALAXY awake from their injuries. connection to the galaxy.
childlike even though Similarly, when we
he’s an old man… It’s meet the elderly Obi-Wan An Insidious Pretense
not until the end of the third act Kenobi of A New Hope on Tatooine, Whilst the examples of Enfys Nest
that you realize this guy is not a his appearance is at odds with the and Yoda reassure us that different
crazy little thing, but an agent of the dashing, agile young Jedi that we forms of mask can obscure both
Force… [Yoda] will get serious, but knew from The Phantom Menace, great kindness and great courage,
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THE MEANING OF MASKSKS
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it is that of Palpatine: senator, D D D D D DONS
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Darth Sidious’ hood is a mask A A A A A NEW
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his subsequent appearances in G G G G GALAXY.
the Skywalker saga: Sidious is the
true self that’s hidden beneath the
genteel persona of the seemingly
benign Sheev Palpatine. When
we first encounter the senator

during his conversation with
Queen Amidala, his decorum and
politeness mask his aggression
and contempt for the political
arrangement he seeks to destroy. “with great interest.” How nurturing around that of deception) chimes
His apparent surprise and distaste at the kindly politician seems, yet with the work of the 20th century
political games in the Senate is, in how destructive he truly is. In the philosopher Hannah Arendt, who
fact, a deceit. Senate, Palpatine dons a new mask: witnessed World War II and the
The motif of the mask, then, posing as the savior of the galaxy. Holocaust, and wrote that, “No
carries a broader resonance that The deception is complete, and the matter how large the tissue of
touches on political realities we menace is no longer a phantom, falsehood that an experienced liar
recognize in terms of populist but instead something all too real has to offer, it will never be large
politicians. At the close of The and dangerous. enough… to cover the immensity of
Phantom Menace, Palpatine declares Star Wars has long demonstrated factuality.” This analysis could not
enthusiastically—and apparently the power of allegory and its focus be truer of the masked machinations
with generosity—that he will watch on masks as dramatic devices of Palpatine. Eventually, Palpatine
the career of Anakin Skywalker, and symbols of theme (notably drops his disguise entirely in
Revenge of the Sith, gleefully
revealing himself as the vampiric
Darth Sidious who drains others of
their potential to sate his own needs
and ambitions.
Truths hidden behind masks are
an essential element in the allure of
Star Wars storytelling. In the book
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, the
point is made that the fi lms have
been able to, “open our hearts to the
dimension of mystery in our own
lives.” Masks, then, allow creators
of stories and their audiences to
project onto them. How we respond
to the mysteries and functions of
masks says as much about us as they
do about the characters who lurk
behind them.
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The Rise of Skywalker
marks the end of the epic
nine-part Skywalker Saga.
Test your knowledge of this
tale that spanned eras from the
time of the peaceful Galactic
Republic to the advances of the
tyrannical First Order.
Compiled by Jay Stobie.

“DO, OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY.”

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AGE OF REPUBLIC AGE OF REBELLION AGE OF RESISTANCE
1: Who led 11: Which derelict vehicle served
the Trade as Rey’s home on Jakku?
Federation’s A/ X-wing
blockade B/ AT-AT
of Naboo? C/ AT-ST
A/ Count Dooku D/ Star Destroyer
B/ Viceroy Nute Gunray
C/ General Grievous
D/ Darth Maul
2: Which handmaiden served as
the decoy for Queen Amidala in
The Phantom Menace?
A/ Cordé
B/ Dormé 12: What cargo was being hauled
C/ Sabé by Han Solo and Chewbacca
D/ Valté 6: Where did Luke Skywalker aboard the Eravana ?
meet Han Solo for the fi rst time? A/ Coaxium
3: Where did Obi-Wan Kenobi A/ Mos Espa B/ Rathtars
discover a secret clone army? B/ Jabba’s Palace C/ Kyber crystals
A/ Kamino C/ Lars Homestead D/ Rancors
B/ Geonosis D/ Mos Eisley
C/ Coruscant 13: Finn maintained a personal
D/ Tatooine 7: Who felt Darth Vader’s wrath in vendetta against which First
the Death Star’s briefi ng room? Order offi cer?
4: What order A/ Grand Moff Tarkin A/ Captain Phasma
given by B/ Captain Needa B/ General Hux
Chancellor C/ Admiral Motti C/ Colonel Datoo
Palpatine D/ Grand Admiral Thrawn D/ Petty Offi cer Thanisson
turned the
clone troopers 8: What was the name of the 14: Who participated in Poe
against the Jedi? Rebel Alliance’s headquarters 9: How old was Master Yoda at Dameron’s mutiny against
A/ Order 13 on Hoth? the time of his death? Admiral Holdo?
B/ Order 66 A/ Alpha Base A/ 100 years A/ Paige Tico
C/ Order 421 B/ Rogue Base B/ 300 years B/ Tallie Lintra
D/ Order 1138 C/ Echo Base C/ 500 years C/ Jess Pava
D/ Wampa Base D/ 900 years D/ Kaydel
5: How did the majority of the Connix
Separatist Council perish? 10: Who captained the
A/ Vanished during the Millennium Falcon during 15: Where is the Thieves’
Battle of Coruscant the Battle of Endor? Quarter located?
B/ Executed by Separatist A/ Lando Calrissian A/ Pasaana
General Grievous B/ Wedge Antilles B/ Naboo
C/ Died fl eeing Utapau C/ Mon Mothma C/ Kijimi
D/ Killed by Darth Vader D/ General Madine D/ Mandalore




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“NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS!”
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Determiine which icoonic chharacters ddelivered thesse claassic qquotes from across the nine episodes of the Skywaalker Saga:
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“SO THIS IS HOW LIBERTY DIES...
1.
WITH THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE.”
“I DIDN’T KNOW “The Emperor
2. 3.
will show you
THERE WAS THIS the true nature

MUCH GREEN IN THE of the Force.”


WHOLE GALAXY.”

5.
“Let the past die.
4. Kill it if you have to.
“I RECOGNIZED YOUR
That’s the only way
FOUL STENCH WHEN I WAS to become what you


BROUGHT ON BOARD.” were meant to be.”




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HAVE YOU MASTERED THE EVENTS OF THE SKYWALKER SAGA?
“NO ONE’S FROM NOWHERE. ” 1 Coruscant, 2 Endor, 3 Jakku, 4 Starkiller Base.
0-9: There’s a big fine for overdue Jedi texts, youngling.
5 Kylo Ren.
10-19: Nice work, my young Padawan. But you are not a Jedi yet.
“NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS!” 1 Padmé Amidala, 2 Rey , 3 Darth Vader, 4 Leia Organa,
20-24: The archives are complete! You are a true galactic historian.
QUIZ 1 B, 2 C, 3 A, 4 B, 5 D, 6 D, 7 C, 8 C, 9 D, 10 A, 11 B, 12 B, 13 A, 14 D, 15 C.


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BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS



























































BATTLE BEYOND





THE STARS








Two fleets meet in the final epic space battle
of the Skywalker saga. Insider profi les the
starships and vehicles upon which the
fate of the galaxy depends.

W O R D S : C H R I S T O P H E R C O O P E R




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