Kylo Ren On The Rampage
Speaking of Kylo, he makes his debut in the trailer at the 1:15 mark as we see him going on a rampage. In a red-tinted forest, the new Supreme Leader of the First Order viciously takes down a cloaked figure in his way with a Stormtrooper standing to the side. As ever, the corrupted son of Leia and Han is not someone to mess with.
The next clip sees Kylo busy at work repairing his helmet, which he smashed himself in The Last Jedi. After Snoke mocked him for hiding behind it, Ren destroyed it in a fit of rage. The loss of it symbolized his wavering loyalty to the dark side in the movie. However, seeing as he seemingly cemented his allegiance by the end of that film, it makes sense that he would repair his mask as he resumes his place as the successor to his grandfather Darth Vader’s legacy.
The question of whether he’ll switch sides again, though, is one that fans can’t agree on. The saga’s history would dictate that he will, but time will tell whether this Skywalker will rise or not (more on that later).
Lando’s Flying The Falcon Again
The producers have made no secret of the fact that Rise of Skywalker will see the long-awaited return of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian. Though many of the stars of the Original Trilogy have already returned in the past two films, they’ve saved Lando until now. So, when he makes his thrilling debut in this trailer, it really has an impact.
And where else does he appear first but in the Millennium Falcon, piloting the ship alongside Chewbacca. The delight on Lando’s face as he takes the vessel through warp-speed mirrors the expression on the face of the fans watching this scene for the first time. No doubt Lando misses his old pal Han, but it’s clear that he’s happy to be back in the cockpit of the ship that used to be his. As we recently saw depicted in Solo, Han won it off him in a game of Sabacc, after all.
We don’t know exactly what role he’ll play in the movie, but it seems like there’s a good chance that we could be meeting another member of the Calrissian clan as well. Naomi Ackie is joining the franchise as Jannah. When asked at the Episode IX panel if she was playing Lando’s daughter, Ackie said: ““Lando is a very charming man. He could have daughters everywhere!”
