Star Wars: Episode IX: Duel of the Fates Motion Comic (full movie)

"Duel of the Fates" is an early screenplay for Star Wars: Episode IX written by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, completed December 2016. It appeared online in early 2020; several fan adaptations of the script sprung up in response.
This motion comic represents a fusion of two of these adaptions:
Dr. Andrew Winegarner's webcomic adaptation, available here: www.awinegarne...
Jamie Dew's podcast adaptation, available here: www.dewvre.com...

[@morrisl123]

And THIS was the script that was rejected!? This was AMAZING

[@orlandoacosta2631]

I wouldn't say it was rejected. Trevorrow left due to creative differences and if they had used this script there's probably royalties they would have had to pay him. They technically couldn't use it

[@zippymufo9765]

@@orlandoacosta2631 They could have, because the script is Disney's property and royalties for screenwriters aren't much anyway. But the fact that he left indicates that Disney didn't even like his script, and even if they did there was no way JJ Abrams was going to use another director's script.

[@josephamato2031]

Wish we got this

[@pubcle]

Nah. It's mediocre. Compared to what we got it's a damn masterpiece, but on further consideration it really fails in some ways and is still a kinda middling film at best. It just passes the bottom barrel minimums of story telling, which only The Force Awakens really does in any degree at all of the existing trilogy and even that is often questionable at best. It does feed some much-needed red meat to the fandom though too in a way that felt natural and that is very important.

[@daemonredfield3211]

Apparently they weren't able to figure out a way to make it work when Carrie Fisher died.

[@Facade953]

This could have been the " Revenge Of The Sith " of the sequel trilogy! This script is more than just decent. It's actually beautiful and heart warming. It's VASTLY superior to what we actually got in theatres which was a butchered live action adaptation of the Dark Empire comic book series from the Expanded Universe/Legends continuity.

[@kerrymohd7839]

This is also almost closer to Revenge Of The Jedi original script episode 6. Force Ghost of Yoda and Obi Wan involved to help Luke defeat Emperor and Vader.

[@neonlost]

it’s not perfect but it feels like a finale to the skywalker saga

[@Zags007]

far better than the rise of S***walker

[@igorsirius9178]

The problem is that Return of the Jedi already feels like a finale to the skywalker saga

[@darthdracul8372]

@@Zags007 Watch your tongue.

[@xerard16.15]

@@igorsirius9178 It's not that it feels like an end, it's the end, the real one. After Anakin fulfills his destiny, the galaxy is finally purged, the cycle of the force ends there. It hurts who a sequel after episode VI only contradicts the entire saga.

[@jediryan9454]

My favorite part was when Leia gave back R2 D2's memories back and we all got to see the journey he's been through from start to finish. Not just for him or her but to all of us. That was brilliant.

[@cw9817]

Colin Treverrow's script was not perfect, but unlike The Rise of Skywalker, Duel of the Fates took risks and ultimately was satisfying. Next to Paul Dehn's rejected story outline for what became Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), it's the best never-made SF film script of which I'm aware.

[@jediryan9454]

It hits all the beats from the past 2 movies, nothing is ignored. Everything made sense, especially the part of the Jedi. Moving from the past and Rey finding true balance within herself where feelings and emotions are not ignored but embraced. To me this was a perfect ending to the entire saga. Moving away from the Skywalker saga and starting fresh with new heroes and new stories to tell. No more Skywalker stories, because those are George Lucas' babies. That family has been through too much. Time to give the spot light to others.

[@cw9817]

@@jediryan9454 , yes, it wrapped up the trilogy well and showed that while it is advantageous to have a continuing story planned out beforehand, doing so is not absolutely necessary to land a consistent, coherent conclusion. (See also Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica and many of Charles Dickens's novels.) Personally, I'm not so sure I agree with the philosophy of embracing the light and dark side of the force; at least, I think that idea needed to be fleshed out more for me to fully buy into it. (That's the main reason why I think Treverrow's script could use *some* improvement.) But the script is nonetheless so good and satisfying that it's still unbelievable that it was scuttled.

[@joaofrancisco7289]

And it is an early draft of the script. It would have been perfected

[@LordTylerBluGunderson]

@@cw9817 I actually really like the embracement of the dark side and the light side of the force, but I respect your opinion.

[@wtk6069]

There's also the Mario Puzo Superman script, which was extremely bloody and had gangsters as villains. It was rewritten, but Puzo still got a screenwriter co-credit as the first draft author. I always wanted DC Comics to make a comic of that script.

[@skyloren2187]

Oh my god amazing. I read the original script back when it was leaked, looked at the comic, back than unfinished, and now revisited it, just to see that someone made a movie, if you want to call it like that, of the comic. I really wish we would‘ve gotten this version over TROS

[@joekenobi01]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I agree, it's hard to look over the Duel of the Fates script without wondering what might have been.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@joekenobi01 Wow - what a find. And what a creation! Really cool to find this visualized. I'd seen the outline of the script in a magazine, before now, but never the whole thing. Fantastic to see so much visualized (inc the Eclipse, as an old Legends fanboy) Seeing Kuat on the big screen may just have been worth the price of admission alone, too.

[@joekenobi01]

@@chrissonofpear1384 Thanks! Important to note that I stood on the shoulders of giants for this one. It's in the video description, but huge credit and thanks to Andrew Winegarner for doing the comic and Jamie Dew for creating the audio drama, and for giving me permission to marry them in this way (plus add a few sound effects of my own). Truly a group effort!

[@omarboccadifuoco6601]

What is the problem with revenge of the sith

[@silverstrike5904]

Didn't mark hamill support this

[@nikosmarvel5699]

37:20 I love that scene when rey says she's no one. It just feels really like her and the character she's made to become. Not just a forced Skywalker or Palpatine or whatever the actual movie made her

[@secla_SC]

I remember reading the script when it was leaked back in 2020 and I thought back then that this was a true saga ending film that gives us many incredible fan service moments in a way that feels natural and dictated by the story. This motion comic has only strengthened those feelings. Not getting to see this film will always be the greatest tragedy in Star Wars.

[@Owen-ub3fv]

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Plaguies the Wise?

[@LordTylerBluGunderson]

@@Owen-ub3fv No? I thought not. It’s not a story the lame Disney execs would tell you.

[@minestar2247]

@@Owen-ub3fv ah, that old sith master was but a myth of thor valum

[@soulstealer567]

The biggest tragedy in star wars will always be kotor 3, but the wasted opportunity of the sequels is a close second

[@LordVader1094]

@@soulstealer567 Agreed. What a butchering SWTOR is by comparison to what we could've had.

[@MrMarsFargo]

Alright, I am now _PHYSICALLY INFURIATED_ that this film was not made.

[@kevinx7015]

This is definitely a better take on Episode IX than The Rise of Skywalker.

[@splashnskillz37]

Except the typical Trevarow forced romance that makes no sense

[@CyclonusEX]

This was so much better, it friggin Hurts.

[@ericlipton7640]

@@splashnskillz37 still better

[@splashnskillz37]

@@ericlipton7640 Nah, the major outline is but not everything

[@Spacemanfilms2002]

@@splashnskillz37 facts like Kylo turning good so fast

[@Beaumo66]

Yo this is outstanding.. I remember the script when it was leaked and liked it then.. in this form, with the score and narration.. makes me want it even more. This is the way it should had planned out.

[@joekenobi01]

Thanks! The vast majority of the audio is the work of Jamie Dew, who let me borrow his full cast audio adaptation of the script and fuse it with Andrew Winegarner's web comic (both linked out in the video description). I added in a few sound effects and a bit of score here and there, but they totally rocked it.

[@Beaumo66]

@@joekenobi01 It's incredible now matter what.. I love the addition of Duel of the Fates both times Rey and Kylo bash it out. This was just a darker take on it and I think it follows up with The last Jedi better than TROS. Maybe even makes TLJ a little better for me personally.

[@DrinkCactusCooler]

That ending of R2’s memories being projected made me tear up man. Love this. For me, this is the official Rise Of Skywalker

[@aleks_v1]

1. yes, beautiful ending to a saga, imagine just a compilation of memories the saga from his perspective projected in a hologram form... aw man, a real final episode 2. agree, my canon is ep.1-8 + Duel, i won't accept Palpatine coming back or anything Abrams did to Rey and Kylo

[@histguy101]

​@@aleks_v1The Saga is from his memories and perspective. That's why he witnesses everything, or almost everything. That was the idea going back to the OT

[@CGP_Films92]

It’s amazing we were sooooo close to having THIS, and instead we got “Somehow Palpatine returned”…..

[@kerrymohd7839]

One of the Resistance said DARK SCIENCE ,CLONING. SECRET THAT ONLY THE SITH KNEW. This original script also not really good. Somehow Plagueis master still alive lol. And Ren kill him easily. Anakin's Force Ghost didn't appear or gave Rey guidance.

[@kerrymohd7839]

Somehow darksaber stealing by Knight of Rens? They kills Bo-Katan? How a nobody and ordinary bloodline can have lightning Force? Chris Terrio and JJ Abrams fix this problems and made better. Also we see Knight of Rens no have any single dialogue same just like in TROS. The amazing thing this script is Finn, Poe and Rose got a major roles.

[@n0wheregrrl]

This fixes the series. This is it. This is the story that was meant to be. This is canon. I don't care what Disney says.

[@TheDIYWarrior]

For all intents and purposes this should be canon. It takes everything we got from the other sequel movies and wraps up the saga way better than what we got in Rise of Skywalker.

[@minestar2247]

Sadly, the mandalorian season 3 would disagree with you

[@kerrymohd7839]

It's not good. How Ben and Rey are related to Mortis? Ahsoka is more relevant and make sense since she already involved before.

[@minestar2247]

​@@kerrymohd7839motis is related to the force, ben is a decendent of anakin, and rey was gifted by the force itself, it makes sense

[@kerrymohd7839]

@@minestar2247 nope. They are relate to Anakin's legacy from light and dark side. There is no hint that relate both of them to the Mortis. Ahsoka and Ezra is more relevant thats y now we see them in Peridea. Now Sabine will involve too.

[@kerrymohd7839]

@@minestar2247 one more bigger issue is how Knights of Ren have a Dark Saber? Did their master defeat Bo Katan who owned that saber? As far I know she is the one wearing that saber in The Mandalorian season 3. Poe and Rey have romantic feeling people still will complain. And Leia was able to survive after using all her strength to connect Ben across galaxy while Luke die that is unfair. Beside Carrie Fisher is passed away before the script is complete.

[@arielgirs6275]

Wow I absolutely love Colin's episode 9. The sequels would have actually felt like a coherent story with this plot. Thank you to everyone involved for making this, beautifully made! Must not have been easy

[@SeanCRinaldo]

Honestly, the visual of Hux impaling himself on Mace's lightsaber in front of the Chancellors window as his fleet crumbles around him, is enough to make me wish this got made.

[@BlokHeadAnim]

Same. Gave him a real reason for being so jealous of and hating Kylo Ren aside from just being a sniveling psychopath. The idea of someone who wants to badly to use the force for his own selfish ends but is unable to because of his own lack of talent and connection to it is awesome.

[@dexdixy4913]

Really wish we would’ve received this story as episode 9. Never forget when I read this script and couldn’t even believe what a satisfying ending we almost received!

[@publicprofilename4273]

I have been patiently waiting for something like this ever since reading the treatment. I can't wait. Hope this is as good as I think it could be

[@mill2326]

wow the ending gave me literal chills, wish this was the real movie

[@ZorroTheWevile]

Only at the first hour but so far it actually feels like star wars where actual episode IX didnt

[@TrevorsEndevours]

Surprised they originally were gonna scar kylo and rey in such brutal ways, rey crying blood was intense

[@chriskim1521]

crazy thing is this was a first draft and it was still amazing. honestly, this version would have saved the sequel trilogy.

[@aleks_v1]

exactly, like, this is just the paper version made by the writer alone, it would then go into consultations with other people, undergo tweaks and a more realized finished product and then on top of that a lot of clarity comes out during filming itself, and some things might've looked even better than in this comic the foundation is incredibly solid, Rise's foundation was "bring back the big bad and make him very evil with 1000 kyber powered & fully manned star destroyers he got out of his ass"

[@thejanusproject32]

Nothing could have saved it. The last jedi was so out of place, so ridiculous, so full of comedy, this wouldn't have saved it. It was doomed from that movie onward. Great ending? sure But saving? no

[@occam7382]

This would not have saved the Sequel Trilogy. The Sequels were doomed from the moment George Lucas' original outlines were scrapped in favor of J.J. Abrams' soft reboot garbage. One can even see it in this version of the story. Is this better than the Episode lX we got? Sure, but it's not better than the Episode lX we could've got, aka George's Episode lX.

[@zippymufo9765]

​@@occam7382Lucas's ideas for the Sequel Trilogy were just as bad, so it was doomed no matter what they did. He had some cringe idea where the heroes shrunk down to microscopic size so they could talk to the Midichlorians 😂 He even said that STAR WARS fans would have hated his ideas if they were made.

[@occam7382]

@@zippymufo9765, "Lucas's ideas for the Sequel Trilogy were just as bad, so it was doomed no matter what they did." No, they were not. "He had some cringe idea where the heroes shrunk down to microscopic size so they could talk to the Midichlorians" First of all, it was the Whills, not the midi-chlorians (they are very different things). Second of all, that is not cringe; that sounds awesome. "He even said that STAR WARS fans would have hated his ideas if they were made." Yeah, and he also predicted that fans would hate Jar Jar, and the romantic subplot in Attack Of The Clones. Just because some fans can't handle new things in the series doesn't mean they're bad ideas.

[@luisealonso4377]

They had a plan all along, J.J Abrams, Rian Johnson, Colin Trevorrow

[@secretworldcomics]

Dude, thank you so much for doing this! I'm someone who loved TFA and TLJ, but I found TROS very disappointing. But watching this on my little phone was a far more satisfying experience than my theater experience with Rise. The script isn't perfect, but I'll never understand how disney rejected Duel of the Fates and approved Rise of Skywalker. But this is the best we're likely gonna get. And you have my everlasting gratitude

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

The TLJ was a joke. it had concepts beyond concepts that went nowhere.

[@SDfan2002]

@@sinisterisrandom8537The Last Jedi is the best. The Rise of Skywalker is the problem.

[@kerrymohd7839]

Still people has complained. This script also has problems if used as actual film. Anakin didn't show up or even give Rey guidance as TROS did.

[@kerrymohd7839]

Also somehow Plagueis master still alive and easily killed by Ren lol

[@kerrymohd7839]

Embrace both dark and bright side is not how the balance in the Force works. Its bright dominate dark side that is how balance was created. In this original script make Rey have Kanan and Revan vibes.

[@repoman182]

When artoo gets blasted... I'm not crying, you're crying.. (sniff).when they reboot him and see three generations of memories and a heart wrenching reminder that this little magic trash can has been there right at the side of all the galaxy's greatest heroes since the beginning.... 😭

[@aleks_v1]

😢🥺🥺

[@SugarRushTimes2030-gs3qp]

A satisfying version to be sure, and a fitting wonderful idea of a memory montage at the end celebrating the SW saga to wrap up the entire Skywalker arch

[@NPLXIV]

See. I can accept this as a proper ending. It does everything it needs to do and wraps up the entire story. It feels good.

[@joshuahansen7018]

Wow! this is so beautifully put together. Such care was taken in this and the voice actors did an amazing job. OMFG how did they not go with this and instead we got the tripe that is Episode IX smh. Thank you so so much for putting this together and bringing it to life in the way you have

[@Brigadewolf]

Wow! This is way better than what we got in theaters

[@TheMichiganMisfits]

1:23:52 That scream is perfectly used here! Love it!! This just makes me want to watch this as a movie even more!!

[@Sentryman002]

I must say, friend, thank you and your team for all the work you have done on this wonderful piece. You have brought closure to the sequel trilogy in an amazing fashion. Keep creating, my friend, and stay safe!

[@killermallrat95]

I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed it! It felt more like a natural continuation from TLJ and actually felt like a Star Wars movie over what we got with TROS!

[@pizzajedi5060]

It was so good. Started tearing up towards the end, it definitely felt more like a proper ending to the Skywalker saga than TROS did.

[@thomasvillarde9529]

The first becoming a true empire without the help of the finale order, kylo ren becoming like vader is perfect, hux trying to be a force user, brute troopers? Now this is good star wars to the trash we got in the rise of Skywalker. Duel of the fates is the superior script.

[@Onio_362]

Dude, I wanted to see something like this for a long time.

[@necronustheeverchosen1994]

THIS is the Episode IX we SHOULD have gotten!

[@optimascrime5235]

If Colin trevorrow was allowed to have his vision along with more time and resources we could have gotten a much better movie to end the sequel trilogy

[@AKAtheTrueBeliever]

This is my head cannon ending to the sequel trilogy. It perfectly wraps up how episode 9 should have been. I will never for give Disney or Kathleen Kennedy for passing up what could have been an epic finale.

[@mercury13]

The fans that didnt like the sequels the last jedi and rise of skywalker would like this and the fans that did would like this more... This would save star wars..

[@joelrapp8436]

A decent first draft minus the poe and rey stuff. I love Rose’s part in this. they would still have had to change a lot due to Carrie Fishers passing. but After watching Jurassic Park Dominion, I have serious doubts that trevorow could have directed a coherent and moving final chapter. As for what we got ,JJ is a talented director but the story of TROS seems to be a list of missed opportunities, reactionary and puzzling decisions.

[@jurassicpark1fan920]

I personally like Dominion and the JW trilogy as a whole. I'm a big fan of the Jurassic Park/World franchise.

[@jediryan9454]

The Poe and Rey stuff is important in Rey finding the true balance within herself and with the force. To truly love someone and not fear it. She was able to let go of him and sacrifice her feelings to save the galaxy. Something that Anakin could not do. Also, he was the logical choice because Finn was with Rose. Also, the time jump was I believe 10 years or more. Which goes in line with what Lucas did in his past movies. So of course feelings could develop between them. But at the end, that wasn't the true meaning behind the romantic interest between them. It was to show that old days of the Jedi ignoring their emotions was wrong. To show you can't ignore something that is the most powerful emotion of all, love. To open the door for future stories involving romantic arcs with the Jedi and it not being taboo.

[@TenToAceStudios]

poe and rey stuff was set up in force awakens novelization. then they did nothing with it.

[@LordTylerBluGunderson]

@@jurassicpark1fan920 I agree. However, I do wish we had the kids from the first Jurassic Park meet the kids from the first Jurassic World along with the others. That would’ve been pure perfection in my opinion.

[@eph6640]

I don’t think it’s confirmed but there are rumors that a lot of the most egregious parts of rise of Skywalker were studio demands after Solo bombed at the box office. I think the original premise has nothing to do with palpatine and works have brought a character from clone wars in as the villain (son of Mortis).

[@connordirks]

It's not perfect, but man it's so much more satisfying and a better conclusion to one of the best Star Wars movies, The Last Jedi. Well done.

[@joelrapp8436]

Thank you you for bringing this to life and sharing it with everyone.

[@daemonredfield3211]

A lot of the same beats that were in the actual movie appear in this script, but actually make sense. Lando showing up with a volunteer ships in the movie didn't didn't make sense because it was a undiscovered planet which required a special holocron to even navigate to; where as in this script Coruscant is a galactic capital that multiple hyperspace lanes lead to.

[@GrambertMoore]

Honestly Joe, you are seriously underrated! Which is why I subscribed to your channel to help it grow. It’s seriously sad that more than 18K people watched this but there’s only 311 people subscribed

[@ursulat.3293]

Thank you, that was so good. I sat there all night, and enjoyed. 🐞

[@Kasey_Barkle]

Thank you so much for doing this . I’ve been waiting for something like this since the rise of Skywalker took a squat and shat on my brain

[@dominikmusiej]

I wanna see that, maybe as TV show or something, but people have to see the alternative version of the saga. It's too good to don't do this. EP9 wasn't really bad, but this is a little masterpiece, of course I mean your job, it's perfect buddy. Thank you for this. I'm so thankful ❤

[@shualopez1288]

Thank you for creating this. I know the script was a rough draft and not without its issues but it’s leaps and bounds better than RoSW. Your hard work has given us a quality finale to the Star Wars Saga and it’s truly appreciated.

[@mikesmallwood8258]

That was awesome thank you for the time and effort that you put into creating this it is very much appreciated. Great job.

[@emzonik8851]

This one follows the initial direction they had for Kylo. He was supposed to be this anti-Vader, who starts as conflicted like Vader is in ROTJ, but ends as devoded darksider like Vader is in ANH. His redemption at the end is forced an unnecessary because of that, he should have died a villan in this script.

[@westoncasteel5389]

Someone needs to make this a fan film

[@LMSProductions2003]

Disney are absolute fools for not using this story

[@Ronnet]

I like it, unlike TROS which left me cold. This script does what is nearly impossible and finds a way to unite the mismatches of TFA and TLJ and even has a satisfying conclusion. It's probably as good as it could've been given that mismatches that came before it.

[@sirbizznatch]

What a great script and a great rendering of it. Thank you! “The movie we should have seen”

[@Comix25253]

So funny story, I never watched anything Star Wars, until a buddy of mine convinced me and since I had time I accepted. I knew very little things but nothing major, my friend gave me a timeline to watch so I watched everything in chronological order, the movies, animated shows, games and live action series. I also knew the sequel trilogy was not very well received by fans or at least that not many liked it, but when I got to it, honestly I liked Force Awakens and The Last Jedi while it has many flaws, I still somewhat enjoyed it, but then my friend told me to watch this with him, the Duel of the Fates, and watching it with him and seeing this conclusion, I actually clapped at the end and was left satisfied and I asked how bad is ROS and I saw it on my own, yeah thank God i saw Duel of the Fates first. So I consider this as the definitive ending to the Saga, even if it's flawed as well, much much better story, imo at least lol.

[@philliphubbard6528]

Absolutely incredible

[@joaquinwaters1810]

It’s flawed, but this was definitely the right direction post-Last Jedi. It closes the book on the new trilogy’s characters and mysteries in unexpected ways while linking things back nicely to both the originals and the prequels. The remnants of the Empire finally being taken down after a long, brutal, all-out assault on Coruscant (helped in large part by a full on stormtrooper rebellion) is a genuinely perfect conclusion to the “war” side of the saga. While I’m not crazy about Rey and Kylo’s stuff (feels a bit anticlimactic and confusing, and I really don’t like the Rey/Poe romance), with a few revisions this could have been great. Carrie’s death would have still hurt it, but not debilitatingly so. For all it’s flaws it still feels like it was written by someone who really knows and cares about Star Wars, which already puts it leagues ahead of the soulless monstrosity we got.

[@under_score3829]

How would you fix the Rey / Kylo stuff to make it less anti-climactic?

[@joaquinwaters1810]

@@under_score3829 good question; I think I would probably tie their story more directly to what was happening at Coruscant. I’d also make the stakes clearer (what exactly happens if Kylo gets what he’s after). I also don’t like another last minute redemption before dying, I think maybe a better ending for Kylo would be to accept his actions were wrong and willingly turn himself in as a prisoner.

[@under_score3829]

​@@joaquinwaters1810 I once contemplated that Kylo-Ren could turn himself into a demagogue, spreading lies around the Galaxy that the Resistance is evil and framing them for some of the First Order's crimes, including the death of Han Solo and the order to destroy the Hosnian System. Kylo plays up the populist angle talking about how the Republic failed them and promising peace and prosperity to all. He even says "The Resistance is sly; they'll put ideas in your head to make you think they're your friends when in reality they're just trying to manipulate and deceive you" when really that's what he is doing. Then, in an effort to undermine Kylo, Hux gets his hands on security footage from Starkiller Base and helps the Resistance broadcast it to the Galaxy, right when Kylo is giving a speech in front of a jumbo tron in a plaza. All the citizens see the video of Kylo and Hux talking to Snoke in TFA about using Starkiller Base. Kylo desperately says "That guy in the suit is not me! That's a Resistance actor in a mask." Then they play the security video of Han and Kylo on the catwalk -- without his helmet, and everyone sees Kylo murder Han. Appalled, the citizens turn on Kylo, seeing him for the liar he is. Infuriated, Kylo ignites his saber and destroys the jumbo tron screen in a fit of rage, a callback to his tantrums in TFA. Then the Falcon appears in the sky and Rey, on a megaphone, says "Kylo-Ren, stand down." Kylo grabs the mic and yells "YOU TURNED THEM AGAINST ME!" Rey replies, "You have done that yourself."

[@joaquinwaters1810]

Oooh that’s a really cool idea! I do like the idea of Kylo trying to push his so-called “liberation” from TLJ and use it to control the Galaxy. And it would make a lot of sense how he could amass so much power and so many followers so quickly

[@bubbaboii7626]

Absolutely agree. I'm a big Star Wars fan, and I literally like everything that I saw/read/played from this universe. THE ONLY exception is The Rise of Skywalker. This first draft of a script is ALREADY better than that shitfest, like you said. And also, yeah, I really don't like Poe/Rey as well. It feels very forced and I think like Finn and Rey would make a better couple.

[@blackbirdmotionstudios7423]

Okay 2 hours now that's dedication ! Awesome project and work !

[@DriveThruReview]

Man oh man. Finally just watched this. Thank you for putting this all together like this. I know this is based on a draft version of the script, but even so… with a little punch up, this would have been bonkers good! I’m stunned. So many awesome moments that honestly has me welling up and laughing out loud. Kylo sacrificing for Rey was my only true gripe here, but that could have been taken care of by the acting and a couple of minor additions. The rest of the ending though… beautiful and personal and it felt earned.

[@spawncampe]

In my head canon, this is the official finale and now I'm overall satisfied with what we got in the sequel trilogy. Fyi I was on board with the first 2 movies but ROS was such a glorious disaster. But now we got a satisfying end

[@BlokHeadAnim]

Completely agree. I loved the first two movies, but ROS was just such a mess.

[@BiggestArtist-IncreaserGamer]

This helps me erase The Rise of Skywalker out my mind permanently FOR GOOD Thank You

[@isaiahjackson25]

Whew 2 hours and 35 minutes just tears

[@TheTatermeister]

The movie we deserved

[@jediryan9454]

Wow, this was actually really good. Thank you for this!

[@gmadden79]

Thank you for this. It was truly amazing! As a StarWars fan I appreciated this.

[@CountOfMonteCristo_]

Overall a solid finale to this trilogy, much better than TROS, even though that film wasn’t horrible this take certainly keeps the spirit of what the last Jedi set up. Man I wish this was the film we got, but we time goes by, i just hope more and more people can appreciate the good aspects of the sequel trilogy

[@cliffalexander2890]

Now, that is a script to a 1000 times better ending to the Skywalker Saga than what Disney sold us. Thank you for the production of the script.

[@Lord_Sarlix07]

It’s very good, what I also like is that the Charakter of Snoke would remain mysterious until the end

[@BlokHeadAnim]

Man... I know it would never happen, but the script DID have a ten year in-universe time jump. The actors are young enough... they could still make it 😅

[@LouGraziani]

Great work! You're cleaning up on the hits!

[@AlanAvis]

Rey getting seriously hurt and blinded is a major improvement. She loses. Not making her perfect is awesome.

[@nsmi28]

thank you for bringing this to life. a truly powerful ending to the saga that we all love 🫶

[@ClawdaddyGaming]

Thank you so so so so much for making this

[@TheParkerThirteen]

My favourite part is when right before hux commits suicide he proclaims "oh no, ive lost the star wars" 😂😂😂😂

[@rodtaylor5476]

This is 100x times better than TROS. A damn shame they didn't go with this.

[@BlokHeadAnim]

Ngl I think my most surprisingly satisfying moment here was C-3P0 finally listening to R2 and becoming independent enough to go against his programming. Like he's finally been "alive" with no memory wipes for long enough to think for himself instead of just doing what he's told.

[@jonathansodacan5769]

Damn the sequel trilogy wasn’t amazing, but this really would have been a much better ending to everything

[@mondriaa]

yep this is my head canon now

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

This script could've brought balance to the sequel trilogy. But Disney left it in darkness.

[@kevinx7015]

If this script became Cannon for Episode IX it would bring everything full circle to bringing back in a way the precursor to the Jedi Order that being the Jedai Rangers of Typhon back when even before the Old Republic started. The Jedai didn’t focus on just one aspect of the Force. They took in aspects of both the Ashla (light side) and the Bogan (dark side), and yet despite accepting both sides they still served the Typhon system much like the Jedi would serve the galaxy as a whole, much like what Rey would end up doing by the end of “Duel of the Fates”. instead of just Rey deciding to call herself Skywalker and just leaves the Star Was saga ending being up in the air. Duel of the Fates shows how through the Skywalker family and legacy brought about bringing balance to the Force.

[@brams9431]

Yeah I can’t get behind embracing both sides of the force in either circumstance. Dark side corrupts plain and simple. It represents hate. Is the message that only if we embrace love and hate we can bring peace to the galaxy. It doesn’t add up

[@kevinx7015]

@@brams9431 But both sides exist both in the universe and within us. What makes who we are is what we do with what we are given and what we are exposed to. This goes for both light and dark . Also fear, anger and aggression can be applied to good use in certain circumstances. It’s doing those things while keeping balance love, calmness, and being passive that makes the difference when it comes to bettering ourselves and bettering the universe. After all, how can one even know what light truly is without also having been exposed to darkness? How can one know what happiness truly is without also experiencing misery? How can one truly know what goodness is unless one is also living in a world that has evil in it? There can be no action if there is no opposite reaction.

[@neonlost]

@@brams9431 exactly the dark side is hate, jealousy, selfishness

[@neonlost]

@@kevinx7015 the way the clone wars yoda visions episode explains it is perfect that everyone has the dark and you have to expect it, you can’t extinguish it but you also have to be mindful to never use it or it could consume you you have to be pure of heart

[@SupportTheLittleGuy]

them rejecting this story for damage control over the last jedi is the single greatest fuck up in star wars history

[@stevewmartist6182]

This is awesome, my only wish is that the artist added some filters to give it slightly off-register look like a vintage comic. It would have made it look more like a movie-adaption comic you would have seen back in the day!

[@littlegiogio8732]

2:25:00, that is utterly rediculous and I love it.

[@brianlucas7762]

This is what Star Wars Episode 9 should have been.

[@pktheviking]

I am a huge Star Wars fan, and I truly enjoyed this video. Good work!

[@LetsGetitBoah]

I really wish we would have got this version. I would like to have seen Kylo live and become Ben Solo again.

[@jediryan9454]

Could anyone really want to live or truly be forgiven after all the destruction he had done. He not only killed so many lives, which included his own father and the family of Rey. Sure he was a cool villain and character but coming back to the light as Ben Solo could not erase all the bad he had done. At least he would be imprisoned for life or put to death. Or be on the run, but that would not be a good ending to the Skywalker saga. Having Leia's son out there to continue the lineage. Disney needed to put to bed the Skywalkers and have Star Wars grow from that family.

[@LetsGetitBoah]

@@jediryan9454 yes he could have, it’s his path to true redemption. To at the very least go out and do all he can before it’s truly is time to go. We never truly have seen that sort of character in Star Wars. See the show Angel for a good example of how that concept could work.

[@jason_bellfort225]

​@@jediryan9454 That roadmap was still about post-TLJ planning and before that Director's resignation. The ending may change, as well as some events, contexts, Locations and Costumes.

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

It’s obvious JJ definitely used some tidbits of the Treverrow script.

[@SamuelMorales1]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG

[@nathanb1016]

We were robbed, this would have been a much better finale. Especially Finn actually having a character arc, starting a revolution. I know Carrie died, but they could have said (in the opening crawl) Leia died from her injuries (being in space), and had Mon Mothma took her place. A few things would need to be changed (have Luke's ghost convince Kylo to spare Rey) but anything's better than writing the story around extra scraps of Leia footage from ep7. Anything's better than "They fly now" and "Somehow Palpatine returned" and Emperor killing himself with his own lightning. Unbelievable that they just tossed this great script in the bin, even if they didn't want Colin to direct.

[@Wooki3]

This needs to be made into a live action FanFilm. Help me fanbase. You're my only hope.

[@darkphoenix_7759]

Hear me out Instead of a live action fan film, an anime fan film. It has much more possibilities.

[@BlokHeadAnim]

​@@darkphoenix_7759 Yeah, an animated version would be amazing.

[@acrovader]

That suited up Vader dueling with Kylo Ren is essentially an excuse to give us more Vader.

[@anotherskywalker3090]

10 times better than what we got.

[@aleks_v1]

50 times!!🤕

[@under_score3829]

"Like any development process, it was only in the development that we're looking at a first draft and realizing that it was perhaps heading in a direction that many of us didn't feel was really quite where we wanted it to go." -- Kathleen Kennedy, on Trevorrow's script Always remember that Lucasfilm rejected this BEFORE The Last Jedi backlash. People blame critics of TLJ for Rise of Skywalker but Trevorrow was fired before TLJ came out. TLJ critics did not ask for Rise of Skywalker. On behalf of all TLJ critics, we would have preferred Duel of the Fates too.

[@spritecut]

I wonder if the Finn Uprising arc was deemed too difficult for the Chinese market?

[@josephmiles1348]

Legit brought tears to my eyes. I can't believe they rejected this.

[@sorcerersupremekoby]

this literally would’ve been the best star wars movie ever

[@GioGattii]

Wow, this is so cool! Good job and thanks for the hard work!!

[@DravenBoone]

A pure work of art. Most definitely better than the original Rise of Skywalker, any day! What doesn't Disney see in the Star Wars community? Made my day and many more.

[@The3gg]

Disney you absolute FOOLS for trashing this script

[@jasonbethea7929]

Ikr 😞

[@BATJAX]

Perfect ending!

[@danebrass1946]

This was great!!! Wtf were they thinking not using this!?!? Fools!