"Yes, That Leaked Colin Trevorrow ‘Star Wars 9’" Topic

…Script Is Real.

"It was only a matter of time. While J.J. Abrams is the director and co-writer of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, we know that he wasn't the film's first director or writer. Those honors went to Colin Trevorrow, who was tapped to take the helm way back in 2015. He developed the Star Wars 9 script with his frequent collaborator Derek Connolly over the next few years, but in 2017 Trevorrow departed the project due to creative differences. That's when Abrams came aboard and set about reworking the story, with the final credits on Rise of Skywalker giving Abrams and Chris Terrio "screenplay by" credit and Trevorrow and Connolly "story by" credit.

But since Trevorrow was on Star Wars 9 for so long, we knew that he had certainly developed at least one draft of a screenplay, which meant that somewhere out there was an alternative version of Episode IX. And now the major plot beats of one of Trevorrow's drafts has leaked online…"
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Amicalement
Armand

No resurrecting Palpatine in this version, and no redemptive arc for Kylo Ren as he becomes the undisputed leader of the First Order and nemesis of Rey after Snoke's death.

Did anyone else, when they saw Palpatine at the end of that machine, think of the Emperor in WH40K? :)

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Amicalement
Armand

Scott, I was just glad it seemed to be moving to some sort of ending. Between that and the Avengers movie, this year I've seen enough useless plot--incidents which could have been left out with no effect on the outcome--to make at least two more movies.