A year after the Battle of Crait, Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder on the planet Mustafar that leads him to the hidden planet Exegol. There, he finds a resurrected Emperor Palpatine, who … See more

• Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa, the Force-sensitive leading general of the Resistance. She is Ben Solo's mother, Luke Skywalker's twin sister, and the daughter of Anakin Skywalker and See more

Development
In October 2012, Star Wars creator George Lucas sold his production company Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Company. Disney subsequently announced the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The next month, Lawrence Kasdan See more

Promotion
Despite staying silent about many details of the film, Abrams expressed his hopes that fans and general audiences would be "satisfied". He headed a panel dedicated to the film on April 12, 2019, during Star Wars Celebration in … See more

Theatrical
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was originally planned to be released in the United States on May 24, 2019, before being pushed back to December 20 with Aladdin taking over its original May 2019 release date. It had … See more

Box office
The Rise of Skywalker grossed $515.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $561.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.077 billion, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2019. Deadline … See more

In a November 2021 interview by Empire, Kathleen Kennedy indicated that the Lucasfilm team had been having conversations regarding the future of the sequel trilogy's characters. At Star Wars Celebration Europe in 2023, a new film directed by See more