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Post #1367999

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Hal 9000
Parent topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
9-Aug-2020, 11:15 PM

We’ve certainly augmented a few things in light of TLJ, but I do not share the appraisal of TROS ignoring TLJ. It clearly wanted to retcon some stuff, though.

The best example is poppasketti’s change for this project to tweak a Kylo Ren line. Rather than telling Rey, “I never lied to you,” he says, “You were right.” Because, in TLJ Kylo never told Rey her parents were nobody. She did. It rings more true this way.

Another is removing the idea that Leia (and, more puzzling, Luke) somehow knew Rey was granddaughter of Palpatine. TLJ seems not to leave any room at all to suppose Luke knew who she was. In this edit, we aren’t told when Luke found out, so I would think one would assume he learned it at some point after dying, and it doesn’t matter much by the time we see him on Ach-To with Rey.

Kewlfish’s crackling saber effect seems to add a layer of meaning to TLJ breaking the Skywalker saber.

Added comm chatter sort of implies that word of what Luke did on Crait has continued to play an inspirational role.

I’m sure there’s more that I can’t think of right now. About the only thing that has been done to TFA and TLJ in light of this movie has been to sprinkle in a few very subtle Palpatine hints. And I guess to partially reinstate lines about ‘cheating death’ from Palpatine in LOE.