Star Wars Episode IX: Duel Of The Fates

by Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly

The iron grip of the FIRST ORDER has spread to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Only a few scattered planets remain unoccupied. Traitorous acts are punishable by death.

Determined to suffocate a growing unrest, Supreme Leader KYLO REN has silenced all communication between neighboring systems.

Led by GENERAL LEIA ORGANA, the Resistance has planned a secret mission to prevent their annihilation and forge a path to freedom...

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Screenwriter Derek Connolly and director Colin Trevorrow, the team behind "Jurassic World" and "Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom", present their own version of the last chapter in the Skywalker Saga, in this first unpublished draft of the movie that delivers a very different story than the one we saw onscreen.

Cover from the filtered conceptual art created for the movie.

Genres: Star Wars, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Plays, Fiction

128 pages, ebook

Published December 16, 2016

Reviews

[Mickey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not the perfect Star Wars story. But it is a significant improvement over the Episode IX that was filmed.

I'm glad we have access to this. With the script and the comic book adaptation, we can at least fantasize about having a conclusion to the series that satisfied. But this story really has a lot of rough spots still left in it. I imagine that it would have gone through at least 2-3 more revisions prior to filming, at which point it really might have become a great Star Wars story.

Maybe my favorite part is the philosophical treatment of the Force and its two main expressions: the light side and the dark side. Trevorrow's approach transcends the struggle of the first eight movies and suggests an actual application of the constant refrain of "balance." I think that part was really cool and probably the most developed idea in the script.

The characterizations (and the romantic relationships blech) were pretty basic, veering toward silly at times. Had future revisions followed, I'm sure the characters and dialogue would have improved.

I think some of the set pieces read well and others, not so well. Gosh though, imagine how satisfying that giant hologram of Leia asking for aid would have been.

The callbacks to the PT were nice and would have been a blast to see on the big screen. Kylo finding Darth Plagueis' master was pretty goofy. Finn leading a Storm trooper revolt would have been amazing on screen. Luke's final narration of Obi-Wan's description of the Force would have brought the house down.

In general, the reason I think this version works better than TROS comes down to the fact that this script is truly a sequel to TFA and TLJ. Threads from both movies are resolved in this script. Not perfectly, not even necessarily entertainingly. But they're resolved. There's at least an acknowledgement that this is the final entry in a trilogy and therefore it bears some responsibility to conclude the story.

[Adam McPhee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really interesting. Not without its own flaws but it could have redeemed the failed trilogy, and at the very least was lightyears better than that awful third film. But I guess Disney got cold feet when Solo was a disappointment, which is actually kinda funny because Solo was one of the better Disney Star wars products.

[Elon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, I liked this much more than I expecte I would. It actually builds on both Force Awakens and Last Jedi, and brings something of its own.
It's more straightforward than the movie we got instead, Rise of Skywalker, but that's not neccessarily a problem.

[Pablov95 · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, is "Duel of the Fates" better than JJ's TROS? Yeah, probably.
Tremorrow's script has a lot more cool moments that take advantage of every character's backstory and personality. And the narrative as whole is far more compelling than JJ's "Oh, we ve got to look for McGuffin 1, and that will lead us to McGuffin 2, and that will lead us to McGuffin 3..." nonsense.
An also, there is no Palpatine to be seen in here, thank God (he appears in an old holographic message, but that could've been a cool cameo). Finn's subplot is a bit rushed, but it shows what makes him a unique rebel leader, and Rey gets a much more interesting character arc about redefining the meaning of "bringing balance to the Force".
And then, there's Poe. He... falls in love with Rey? And she... feels the same way? This subplot comes out of nowhere a gets dropped midway through the movie, never to be mentioned again. It's... uh... not good.
It's hard to criticize a draft that was sure to change a lot over time. This was written before Carrie Fisher's death, and Leia is in a LOT of important scenes, she even gets a short subplot regarding Lando's recruitment to the rebel cause. This can also explain Lando's clumsy introduction in TROS, but the dialog in this version... it isn't better. All scenes here need some work, but as a draft, I guess it does what it needs to do.
In my opinion, the biggest problem with both versions of Episode IX really come from Episode VII. A good third act pays off what a good first act has set up, and, although TFA gave us a lot of interesting characters and cool new worlds to explore, if it has the same exact conflict as Episode IV, you're gonna end up recreating moments from Episodes V and VI when you're making the sequels. If the protagonists want to defeat an evil empire in Part 1, and you want the story to have a happy ending, you need Part 3 to be about defeating the evil Empire, and that story has already been told in this franchise.
Still, the conclusion of "Duel of the Fates" is the superior one, because it leaves you with the feeling that the Force has changed significantly. Perhaps in future sequels there is no Light Side, or Dark Side. Maybe in future sequels, there's a new kind of magic that allows new stories to be told. Maybe.
But I also thought the same thing at the end of TLJ, and here we are, two years later, trying to compare the two mediocre versions of a much less interesting movie.
Who knows what the future will bring? I remain optismistic, though.

[Isiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the script version of Duel of the Fates and in comparing it to Episode 9, both had good points and bad points, but overall this was a much more interesting and satisfying story with a more epic ending, and is absolutely worth a read!

(Although, just to make it clear, it still reads more like fanfic than Star Wars, and there are plenty of Episode 9 fix-it fanfics where you can find exactly what you want to see.)

The Good:
-Luke's characterization and inclusion. Loved his quote: "We are one, bound by the force, and we will not be broken."
-Rose absolutely killed it. It was so good to see her skills being put to use. Also her ending with Finn and broom boy was so good.
-Finn rallying the stormtroopers was the most beautiful and epic scene ever written for him and I'm so angry they didn't keep it.
-Rey Solana!
-Best quote in the entire thing: "Hux realizes the tragic truth. He lost the star wars." (I lost my freaking mind.)
-R2 getting all the love AS HE DESERVES.
-Leia getting to actively participate in the action and show her skills as a commander.
-Rey's lightsaber actually suits her and makes sense considering she used to fight with a staff.
-Mortis!!!! Bring the end where it all began- it rhymes like poetry!
-The epic final fight with Rey and Kylo
-The Old Republic mentions and Kylo basically becoming Darth Nihilus.
-BOSSK


The Bad:
-Poe. You know how in Episode 9 Finn just ran around chasing Rey screaming her name? That's basically Poe. He's just a love interest, he has no skills, no value, he goes out to find Rey and can't even do that- she literally comes back on her own. What was the point of him? Where did this romance even come from when they only just met at the end of Episode 8? I guess since Leia can be the commander, the author no longer had anywhere to go with his story, so they went with the blandest possible path?
-Ben's memories & characterization. First, there's the ridiculous background between Ben, Rey, and Rey's parents. I get that they wanted to push the Ben is evil plot to cancel out episode 8, but if they had really met sooner why wouldn't it have activated their dyad? Second, he joins the Knights of Ren and THEN goes to tell his dad he isn't coming home anymore? Why bother at that point and how is that even the memory that hurts the most or makes him question his choices? His memories and background in the novelization of Episode 9 were better tbh. The real issue with his story in “Duel of the Fates” is that in just a few lines at the end, they still have him turn good again after setting him up as this irredeemable baddie who only wants power for no real discernible reason. Honestly, I think this leads to one of the core issues in the sequels which is that everyone who touched it had a different idea of Ben Solo/his life/his goals/his feelings/his family etc. and so he ends up all over the place.
-The waste of their theme. They had such a good conversation about what the Jedi should be moving forward. Based on that conversation, this story is clearly aiming to show the idea that there is light and dark in everyone and everything, and the balance doesn’t just need to be on the universal level, but the individual level too. It’s the idea that there is room for both passion and truth. Adding in Ben-demption could have been a reminder that people can fall to their darker sides, but they can also get back up, and that those struggles make us human and make us strong, but they wasted it by just killing him off. It makes it hard to believe that their theme is actually true. As another option it would have been amazing to see Rey and Ben become the new avatars of the Light and Dark side of the force, creating the balance between them through their dyad. Ah well, tbh the whole theme is a little tricky to begin with when you think about how the Jedi beliefs are based on Buddhism and "balance" isn't actually about balancing light and dark, but about balancing the mind within the truth of interconnectedness and impermanence and getting rid of selfish attachments, delusions, and obsessions. I'm not sure this author understood that though (or the founding Jedi beliefs tbh).

[Adam Fowler · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was fascinating to read this leaked script for Star Wars Episode IX - the one we would have got if Lucasfilm hadn’t decided to can it and come up with Rise of Skywalker at the last minute.

It’s naturally tempting to say this is much better than the film we ended up seeing in cinemas… but it is also true. Gone are the endless fake-out deaths (phew, he/she/it is alive after all), the ridiculously implausible return of the Emperor, the kiss between Rey and Ben (who has killed millions by this point, but market research says he is fit and kisses are nice).

All this type of nonsense is not in this script.

Instead you get a much more cohesive story that manages to build on what was set up earlier in this trilogy, as well as callbacks to things that happened earlier in the saga as well. Remember Finn used to be a storm trooper? Well instead of that never being mentioned again, it’s built upon here. Rose is given important things to do. We find out Rey’s full, real name.

It’s quite dark, from BB8 being covered in gun metal grey paint on an undercover mission at the beginning, to a climax in the hellscape realm of Mortis.

I don’t want to say too much about the plot. The only disappointment I did have is that there is a single moment in this that if it happened in the cinema I think would have led to a collective groan. For me it was up there (or down there) with Batman and Superman not fighting anymore because they find out they both had mums named Martha, or Padme dying in the Phantom of Menace because she just “lost the will to live”.

It’s a ridiculous moment but I like to think they would have fixed it before filming began because the rest of it is excellent. A dramatic, dark adventure that would have been a worthy successor to the Force Awakens and Last Jedi. Certainly better the dribble we got.

I read the leaked script but there is also a fan comic adaptation of this by Andrew Winegarner which is freely available online. I’ve only had a skim of it so far but it looked excellent and would be another fun way to enjoy a story denied to us by the wise bean counters at Disney.

Now someone leak Batgirl!

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Huge spoilers ahead)

Unlike many (most?) people, I decided to read this, not as an alternative to J. J. Abrams' "The Rise of Skywalker", but simply as a different story that could be understood in the context of Legends. First of all, because it's impossible to determine whether this would have made a better film (it was an early draft, and not everything that sounds cool on script will be cool on screen); second, because that way I could enjoy it more.

That said, it's almost impossible not to compare both stories, as they share many elements. I felt that "Duel Of The Fates" draw heavily from elements presented in Episodes VII and VIII, and thus, the trilogy woul've been more cohesive. Still, many elements here seem out of place. What the hell was that about a romantic relationship between Poe and Rey (that disappear halfway through the story)? Why does C-3Po feel so unnatural (I mean, viciously damaging another droid? Ok, yeah, he's in a battle and doesn't want to do it, but still... he would've never done something like that)? Why... why things?

Tor Valum, for example, made for an amazing character, so interesting and such a great alternative to Palpatine (that even in the Dark Empire trilogy I felt like a less compelling move... thought I don't hate it either), and it's really sad and stupid that his time on screen is so short and ends so abruptly (especially when Vader had just beat the crap out of Kylo). I did like so much the introduction of characters, and the subplot of Mortis, but then again, I felt like many things were rushed and incoherent. Also, I have to say the role of Leia is amazing here, but of course, this was written prior to Carrie Fisher's death (just a couple of weeks, actually).

Overall, the story is nice, it has really interesting ideas and subplots, and the concept art filtered delivers amazing scenes; however, not everything is perfect, many bits make little sense, and it's impossible to know what would've been the final resault.

If you are a diehard fan of Star Wars, it's worth a read. And I suggest trying to detach yourself from the "this would've been so much better / worse than the actual film", as it's a stupid thought that leds you nowhere. Then again, I'm not a cop, do as you wish.

[Graham Barrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Read in 2020, review from 2023)

“The Rise of Skywalker” is easily my least favorite Star Wars film, yet it almost wasn’t the film we got. Before he left the project, Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow had co-written a different version of Episode IX, “Duel of the Fates” which was much different than the Episode IX we got. Right after Rise of Skywalker came out, someone leaked the script for Duel of the Fates online which I managed to track down and read.

There’s definitely similarities between the two stories but there’s plenty of things that Duel of the Fates did that I approve of - Rey not being a Palpatine/Skywalker, no “somehow Palpatine has returned” (but still cameoing), Rose having a bigger role, Luke having a bigger role, and Finn actually having a story arc/culmination to his decision to desert. Leia also has a much bigger role but that’s a change that’s bound to be there considering it was written before Carrie Fisher’s death (RIP). Trevorrow likewise seems to have more reverence for Star Wars content beyond the films as there’s references to Mandalorian beskar, the Eclipse Star Destroyer and the planet Mortis. All that said, the draft does feel pretty crowded with all this content and I’m not sure how Trevorrow would have fit everything in. Likewise the script does seem to suggest it would have still have been a bit too dependent on nostalgia for my liking (hard to escape that from Disney’s intent with the Sequel Trilogy). Yet at the very least it feels like a much more original Star Wars story instead of JJ Abrams deciding to replicate everything from the OT but with a shiny coat of paint slapped on.

Would “Duel of the Fates” have been a better Star Wars movie than “Rise of Skywalker”. Maybe, maybe not. But all the same, reading the script for the film was at least an entertaining experience.

[James Sheaves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Anyone who thinks the Duel of the Fates script is some sort of lost gem or tragic missed opportunity, in my view, does not have excellent taste. It's only really an improvement on The Rise of Skywalker insofar as it doesn't contain as many offensive elements that insult the intelligence of the audience. It doesn't possess any sort of spark of its own though, it's an entirely perfunctory, rote, mechanical conclusion to the trilogy, in a way just as disappointing as the conclusion we actually got. It still features an eye-rolling reversal of The Last Jedi's "you're nobody" twist, albeit a different version, and it features some very half-assed "balance between light and dark" philosophy that's nowhere near as satisfying as Return of the Jedi's message that love can redeem the irredeemable and save the galaxy.

I've had some thought about how I would have approached writing Episode IX, and Duel of the Fates shares one idea with my approach: being the capstone to the entire saga, I thought that an attempt should be made to tie Episode IX conceptually to events from the earlier episodes, and that one good way to do that would be to explore Vader's quote that "the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." I figured that, since the Emperor was Vader's master, he would have shared that perspective, making it curious why he seemed so monomaniacally focused on making Death Stars. Accordingly, I thought there must have been a next step to the Emperor's master plan that we never got to see, where he would gain some terrifying power that would make the Death Stars seem insignificant, and that this would be the threat of Episode IX. I never got up to the part where I figured out what that threat was, however, and Duel of the Fates' decision to make it the world of Mortis, from one of the goofier arcs of the TV series The Clone Wars, is not the choice I would have made.

I listened to this via an audio dramatisation by a podcast called the Cancelled Movie Report, and I have to commend that production. There's a voice cast of mostly pretty good impersonators, and a lot of sound effects and music almost on a par with the very high quality official audio productions (a lot of Holst's The Planets for the score though, which I can't begrudge them since it probably does help avoid copyright strikes).

[Lukerik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the shit they sold us. It has several elements that appear in the ‘finished’ film, but also has a coherent story, mainly because it’s a re-write of Return of the Jedi. I can see why Disney rejected it. For a start, the death of Carrie Fisher would require a massive re-write, but there are a number of other problems. The best of the dialogue is repurposed quotations from earlier films, but the interactions between the characters are woefully badly written. There’s no real feeling there, just flippancy. Most of the characters are poorly handled.

One of the big problems is when Finn and Rose go off on their adventure to the Jedi temple. Their success is fundamental to the rebel’s big plan, yet their approach is so incompetent it completely suspends your suspension of disbelief, not only that they would do things that way, but that they would succeed. This occurs just before Rey’s set-piece battle with the Knights Who Say Ni. This is so vivid even in the script. It could have been amazing if they’d filmed it. But you cannot have something like this immediately following such a massive mis-step.

I think the main problem is that this script ignores all those mysteries and possibilities that were set up in the first two films. These are the things that were making the trilogy something special, something more that just a soft reboot. What I cannot fathom is why Disney didn’t fall back on this script when they realised they didn’t have anything better.

[Desmond Shepherd · Rating 4 out of 5]

What might've been....

For any Star Wars fan, this is a must-listen. What if Episode IX had been the vision of Colin Trevorrow instead of JJ Abrams?

This audiodrama production (fabulously produced by the way) gives us a glimpse of that. In some ways, this is better than the Episode IX we got. In other ways, not so much.

There's no Emperor, so that's a plus. This script fits more naturally into the progression of the stories from Episodes VII and VIII. I do wish that Lucasfilm stuck with Trevorrow's script and it got fined tuned.

Hey, Force Ghosts are dumb. I don't like them. This has too many of them that are more cringe-inducing than the Force Luke we got in the final Episode IX or the updated Force Anakin Skywalker at the end of Episode VI.

It's cool that there are some common themes and story choices between the two scripts.

The ending is much more emotional and impactful than the version we got. But I can't help thinking it would have been super-cheesy when put into video form.

Overall, very enjoyable and I highly recommend you take the 2 hours and 40 minutes to listen to this.

[Nick LeBlanc · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like 3.5 stars. I read it from the .pdf which can be found with a simple online search. Plot-wise it was much better than TROS and had a less clunky title. It's tone is closer to that of TLJ--which is a GOOD thing, don't let anyone tell you differently. Best of all there is no Palpatine nonsense, which for my money is one of the biggest sins committed in any Star Wars story. Kylo's arc makes sense, there's no lamebrained last minute redemption or ridiculous stadium full of Sith acolytes. Obviously, you never know how well scripts translate to film, but as far as the story beats were concerned, this seems to be a lost opportunity. But, this is coming from a guy who really hated TROS and thinks that TLJ was one of the top 3 Star Wars movies. Definitely worth a read (at least for the head canon).

[Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whatever “problems” this script may have, they’re not enough to diminish its strength, which I would have LOVED to see on the big screen—or at LEAST have them keep some more of the strong emotional elements in “Rise of Skywalker,” like 3PO’s emotional scene with R2, or the budding romance between Finn & Rose (who was all but forgotten about in the movie).

The darker tones throughout would have surely been a hard sell for the large market Disney audience, but they could have changed up a few things and still kept the main plot the same. Ah well, guess that’s what “creative differences” gets us. Glad I found a way to read this script, and I would recommend it to any Star Wars fan who wasn’t quite satisfied with how Rise of Skywalker ended the saga.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fan comics adaptation of the first draft of Colin Trevorrow’s script for episode 9. Flaws and all it’s still better than The Rise Of Skywalker, finally giving Finn and Rey their own agency (Poe, alas, not so much.) Best of all, it acknowledges how awful the Jedi were, and how they’d fallen from the original path, and it honors Lucas’ idea about bringing balance to the Force — yes, it’s blindingly obvious, but at least they got there. Add to that Finn and Rose being un-nerfed, and the pay-off to the stable boy at the end of Last Jedi and you have the makings of a solid film that wouldn’t pass off the entire major cast enough to make them steer well clear if Lucasfilm in future.

The art is often questionable but reading it as storyboards works.

[S D]

Palpatine: “Take him to Tor vallum, my teacher”

Darth Plagueis: Am I a joke to you?

Poe: I love you, Rey!

Finn: Oh well. Rive la résistance

Rose: I’m a badass now.

Hux: And I use the force now! (poops his pants) Was that the force?

Kylo: I’m going to be a great villain until the end when I become good or something.

Leia: So all I needed to do was talk to Ben and he’d turn into a good guy?

Han: I’m still dead and in this script. And I don’t care.

Chewie: I get a medal here too!

C3PO: I kill a droid and feel bad about it.

R2D2: I’ve recorded everything like it’s 1984.

Rey: I am Solano. Happy now, fans?

Anakin: Where was I during all this?

Jar-Jar: Messa ed or messa liv’a?

[Lyndsey Asgard · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are so many aspects of this story that I really enoyed (especially the way it built on the issues with the stormtroopers and that Rey's grandpa wasn't you know who), but I still have to say I preferred the one we got instead. I could write 500 essays on the character realtionships and themes in TROS that I feel I couldn't really do with the DOTF story.

Honestly, both of the scripts/stories disappointed me in some way.

I wish we could have gotten a movie where they took the best aspects of both scripts and merged them together, because there was a lot of great stuff in both stories. And a lot of crappy stuff that could have fallen by the wayside.

Either way, it's a really fun read.

[Casey Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

dramatically better than the movie we received.

not without its flaws, but no work is without issue.

this is what i choose to commit to memory as the canon version of episode IX.

even if you're the kind of person who looks at this and thinks "why would i want to read a script? moreover, why would i want to read a script for a movie that didn't and will never get made?", i appeal to you to read it.

if you watched the real last star wars movie and were struck by the realization that it sucked, i humbly submit that you will find this script worth your time.

[Mark Nevitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this script, I'm not about to take anything away from The Rise of Skywalker, but I was really able to engage with everything that was going on. It plays into the other previous books, The Last Jedi, The Force Awakens, and has a much more impactive tone to it. The opening crawl for the story hooked me right in. Full of action from the get go and much more in tune with the books that precedes it. Spark of the Resistance and Force Collector plus the comics STAR WARS ALLEGISNCE 1-4

[Ian Sharman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't hate The Rise of Skywalker but it disappointed me in many ways that this wouldn't have. While not perfect, I would have loved to have seen this get made and expect that many of the issues with the script would have been ironed out during production. This script is definitely a good starting place and would have provided a more satisfying end to both the sequel trilogy and the saga as a whole.

[Marcus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the ideas here are good, and better in some ways than what TROS chose to do (particularly regarding Finn). But I think it shares TROS' problem of being a shallow action movie wrapping up the series sort of perfunctorily, without many significant ideas to it or anything to say really. And had the released film reflected the exact writing of this draft, I think it would've damaged the series more than TROS did.

[Scot Eaton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the fan-made graphic novel adaptation of this script. This is by no means a perfect script, but it is leagues better than "The Rise of Skywalker". It does crazy things like following through on themes established in Episodes VII and VIII, and giving characters an end to their arc. As far as I'm concerned, this is the canon end to the Disney trilogy. Not great, but good enough on its own merit.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although there were elements of it I liked, I don't know if it would have been all that much better than the version we got in the theaters, but it's tough to say since this version would have been unfilmable as written due to Carrie Fisher's death, so we don't know what the end product would ultimately have looked like. In any event, it's an interesting window into what might have been. Nice job by the comic artist in bringing the script to life.

[Ruben Monteiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this since I was curious what Trevorrow had planned for EP9 (even though, this is more an interpretation of the script and collected information on that version of the movie's production).
I was not disappointed, it is better in many ways than the actual movie that came out, but it's still not amazing. Furthermore, I miss the motivation of several characters. People do things and things happen, just because they need to happen.

[Kavinay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is it perfect? No. But is it a sincere attempt at telling a story the moves the characters and franchise forward? Yes. Unlike what Abrams and Terrio eventually cobbled together, there are some real moments of genuine thought and emotion in this script that would have been a fitting end to the trilogy.

[mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

i've read this before but i wanted to read it again because i think about it constantly. it's just so fascinating to me to read what could have been episode ix and to see how different trevorrow's take was. while this screenplay isn't perfect (granted, it's a first draft), i like a lot more of what they're doing in this than what actually ended up happening as it makes more sense and tells a more cohesive story that isn't episode 7.5. two of the things that have stuck with me the most are how dark this seems to be in comparison to the previous two episodes and what is done with rey; the entire thing about looking at bringing balance to the force with a completely different perspective and her lightsaber being double bladed (which makes so much sense because of the staff) is so interesting and would have made her character more compelling. nevertheless, i love both takes on the story and just find reading this almost completely alternate ending to the skywalker saga riveting.

[Tim Armstrong · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's ultimately much better than the movie that was released, but it's still not great. Granted it's only adapted from the first draft of a script. I would be interested in seeing adapted in an animated film or something like that someday, as it had some very interesting concepts.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

In hindsight, it’s strange that we never got a First Order capitol battle. Strange that we didn’t get a lot of these things. Not sure it’s a great script, but it makes a heck of a lot more sense than what we got.

[Caleb Barron · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be honest, it probably would have been a quite middling conclusion to the Skywalker Saga but it makes for a great read in comparison to TROS.

[Gigi · Rating 1 out of 5]

insane amount of fan service. except for poe and rey because absolutely no one wants them together.

[Randall Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. Better than the movie we got that's for certain, but still not properly Star Wars in my opinion.