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What is this golden belt that is given to Chewbacca?
It is Medal of Yavin.
At the end of A New Hope, Han and Luke got medals for their role in the Battle of Yavin, but Chewbacca didn't.
This medal belongs to Han, which Leia was holding.
Image courtesy
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Who was the crowd around the villain at the end of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”?
While not a lot is yet known about them, they are considered to be,
Sith Loyalists and/or the Sith Eternal!!
Sith loyalists were men who served and aided Darth Sidious and were
strong supporters of ...
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Why did they have to board the command ship to take out the second control tower?
The command ship didn't have any planet crackers, if you remember when Finn got his 'feeling' there is a clear shot of the underside of the ship, no gun, so no easy gun exploding.
Simply flying above ...
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How were Carrie Fisher's scenes filmed in The Rise of Skywalker?
According to interviews with JJ Abrams, the Leia scenes are mostly compiled from footage that was cut during the filming of The Last Jedi. Scenes and dialogue were rewritten around this footage, and a ...
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Which Skywalker rises in The Rise of Skywalker?
I'm going to keep my answer relatively simple because I think it should be. I think there are several levels on which this can be interpreted.
Ben Solo
Kylo Ren is "killed" and is replaced by Ben ...
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How to be ready for The Rise of Skywalker?
TL;DR
Just watch the original and sequel trilogy and you'll be fine.
Long version:
It'd be nice if you watch the last 8 episodes and have deep knowledge about Star Wars characters to understand all of ...
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Does the ending of The Rise of Skywalker mean the Jedi prophecy was wrong?
No. It does not.
Near the end of the film, Anakin Skywalker's voice tells Rey:
"Rey... Bring back the balance, Rey, as I did... The Force surrounds you, Rey... Let it lift you."
So this ...
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What is this golden belt that is given to Chewbacca?
It's a Medals of Bravery aka Medal of Yavin.
The Medal of Bravery was an award given for heroic efforts by the Rebel Alliance.
Also Luke and Han with already got it in A New Hope but we didn't see ...
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Origin and purpose of the dagger in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
Objects like these are called Macguffins.
They are designed to move a plot along somehow, giving reasons for characters to go from one place to another, often times being mysterious.
A MacGuffin ...
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Who was Kylo Ren fighting against in order to acquire the first location cube?
From movieweb:
The Visual Dictionary. Author Pablo Hidalgo has given us some information as to why Kylo Ren is there in the first place. You can read an excerpt from the book below.
"Kylo soon ...
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Why did Darth Vader not try stopping the space shuttle at the end of Rogue One?
To first address the crux of the OP's curiosity:
The reason why the question popped in my mind is because Kylo Ren and Rey both were trying their best to let the First Order ship go and stop it from ...
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How to be ready for The Rise of Skywalker?
I recommend watching all of the previous The Skywalker Saga films: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force ...
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Where did Rey get this lightsaber?
Yes, most likely she made it herself per tradition...
While it is not shown on screen, it's often known by non casual Star Wars fans, that usually force users, such as the Jedi and the Sith, construct ...
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How do people really live on Exegol besides the emperor?
It isn't 100% clear yet if any natural corporeal beings were living (for long periods of time) on Exegol.
With the help of the Star Wars Visual Dictionary we can surmise that many of the people ...
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How do people really live on Exegol besides the emperor?
This cannot be answered within the context of the film directly, since none of that kind of stuff has been shown on screen.
Not even using the toilet.
This is kind of a trope that real life things ...
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Why was this character uncredited?
Cameo roles are often uncredited in films. Usually it's to help keep the appearance secret, so the actor's name doesn't appear in a published cast list. In some cases, an actor will agree to appear in ...
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Origin and purpose of the dagger in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
There are only a couple of possible conclusions...
Ochi, also known as Ochi of Bestoon, was a humanoid alien male who was
a Sith loyalist serving under the resurrected Dark Lord of the Sith
and ...
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Which Skywalker rises in The Rise of Skywalker?
There is a pretty good analysis present on screenrant for the title:
Rey then calls out and hears the voices of past Jedi who encourage her
that she has the power to defeat Palpatine. The various ...
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Were the Knights of Ren always working for THIS character?
So does this mean that The Knights of Ren were always aligned with Darth Sidious?
Yes, that's correct.
When Kylo Ren and Darth Sidious were speaking on Exogal, he explains how he had created Supreme ...
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Help identify ship in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
Per the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary: the ship is named the Night Buzzard.
The Night Buzzard was a modified Oubliette-class Transport used by the Knights of Ren during the ...
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Origin and purpose of the dagger in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
When Ochi was given his mission to fetch Rey, the dagger was created by the Sith to give him the information he needed to locate Exegol in order to deliver her.
The runic inscription has the GPS ...
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What planets are these witnessing the fall of Imperial Destroyers?
It's Bespin (more specifically Cloud City), which is included because it played a major role in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
This is the home of Lando Calrissian who had a major role ...
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Was Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker censored in India?
The film passed the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on the 13th December 2019 with no changes.
Rise of Skywalker is available to download in India on streaming channels like Netflix ...
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Why did Darth Vader not try stopping the space shuttle at the end of Rogue One?
First, it's a movie where everything needs to be exciting, so that would rob us of the epic ending from a storytelling perspective. Otherwise here's a few ideas...
When trained in the Jedi temple, ...
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Why was the main antagonist so open about his plan?
Palpatine seems to think that Rey has no choice at this point. His fleet and Sith lightning is about to finish off the Rebellion once and for all, making him an unassailable ruler of the galaxy. Rey ...
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At what point in the Star Wars timeline did this character become a parent?
[This discusses events in older Star Wars movies without spoiler space. Spoiler space is used for The Rise of Skywalker spoilers.]
When was Rey born?
From Wookiepedia, I'm piecing this together:
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At what point in the Star Wars timeline did this character become a parent?
When we first see
In The Phantom Menace, he is already old enough (50ish) to have had a family, so not impossible for him for having one or more childs.
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Help identify ship in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
The Knights' of Ren ship is as yet, un-named on any official source.
Sources:
Starwars Databank
Wookiepedia
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Were Rey's parents Force-sensitive?
The film very quickly shows a flashback (or Force vision) sequence of her parents and what happened to them, but nothing more.
During that flashback scene Kylo Ren has a voice-over and mentions that ...
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Were Rey's parents Force-sensitive?
Pending an explanation in some comic or novel, it’s unlikely an answer will ever be shown in film form.
The reason for this is that it’s entirely unimportant to the story. It explicitly stated that ...
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