A new featurette for the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker focuses on friendship in the beloved sci-fi franchise.
Revealed at the Rise of Skywalker panel at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience 2019 in São Paulo, the featurette is titled "Friendship," and shows various members of the cast talking about the role the title subject has played in making Star Wars. Footage from filming on the original trilogy is interspersed with that of the sequel trilogy and various behind-the-scenes shenanigans are shown in the video.
The Rise of Skywalker will bring to a close both the "Skywalker Saga" and the sequel trilogy. Although much is still unknown about the film, the first teaser revealed that Emperor Palpatine, believed dead at the end of Return of the Jedi, will return in Rise of Skywalker. The movie will also mark the final performance of Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, with the deceased actor returning via unused footage.
Directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Keri Russell, Matt Smith, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams and Carrie Fisher, with Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant. The film arrives on Dec. 20.