The Rise of Skywalker–The End gets closer as Disney releases final trailer for the Star Wars episodic saga

It started in the Summer of ’77 and ends this December. Until someone makes an Episode X, XI, and XII. (You know they will.) Until then, we have Disney’s last trailer ever for the Skywalker saga. If you don’t like that, Disney is ready for you with the very different looking series The Mandalorian in November. You can’t… resist… the Dark Side (er, we mean Disney).

Lots of questions need answered in Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, like:

Will the loose ends J.J. Abrams created for Episode VII get addressed?
Will the ultimate villain of the final trilogy (Snoke) return or is the Emperor really the surprise villain of Episode IX? Or is it Kylo? Or Rey? Or C-3PO?
How is Rey related to the Skywalkers, and if she isn’t related, why the three-film red herring?
Will Rey finally get a wardrobe change?
How much of Episode IX will Disney spend planting seeds for future movies?
Will Chewbacca and the Falcon survive?
Will there be an Emperor Rey action figure?

In August Disney rolled out a two-minute clip relying primarily on the nostalgia fans have for the original trilogy, but also carefully selecting other bits from the franchise’s past to get audiences ready for December’s last chapter, with lots of callbacks aimed at your heartstrings. But don’t forget the last trailer, with that image of Rey with her Darth Maul/Count Dooku/Swiss Army Brand™ lightsaber, and those red lenses on C-3PO, seeming to illustrate Luke stored Darth Vader’s katra in good ol’ ‘3PO all those years ago at a secret off-camera/deleted scene rendezvous on Endor. Or maybe we’re mixing our franchises.

Another official poster for the movie reveals more in what it doesn’t show: the heroes of the past replaced with the young trio of Rey, Finn, and Poe. The poster includes some supporting characters from the original trilogy and new faces (or in Keri Russell’s case, masked face) from this last chapter. Sorry, Merry the Hobbit did not make the poster, but if you look closely he did make the trailer.

Take a look for yourself: