With the film only just over 2 months old and heading our way on home video next month, it’s very early days for The Rise of Skywalker. With $1,069,285,821 in the global bank (14th all-time domestic, 33rd worldwide) the film nears the final days of its box office run, but as with all things Star Wars the deep-diving, investigating and spin-offs are just beginning and over at StarWars.com the Visual Dictionary is looked at, bringing us 5 things previously unrevealed from the book.
1. We learn exactly how the First Order gave way to the Final Order.
The First Order made its full presence known to the galaxy when Starkiller Base destroyed the New Republic capital of Hosnian Prime, but the seeds of its creation were planted after the Battle of Endor and the Emperor’s death. In the first chapter, we get timelines laying out the key events in the formation of the First Order and its planet-destroying power, including confirmation that the icy planet of Ilum, home to the kyber crystals Jedi harvested for their lightsabers, was slowly turned into Starkiller Base to tap a nearby star’s quintessence energy into the planet’s kyber core. As the First Order merges with the resources of the Sith Eternal on Exegol, we see a fuller picture of Palpatine’s contingency plans — the decades-long preparations for the Final Order.
