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Frequently asked about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Common questions people search for, with answers written by us at MoviesPack.

• Is The Rise of Skywalker the final movie?▾

  The Rise of Skywalker is the final film in the Skywalker Saga, concluding the nine-episode arc that began with the 1977 original. It is not the final Star Wars film overall, as additional theatrical and streaming projects have followed.

• Is Poe Dameron Leia's son?▾

  No, Poe Dameron is not Leia's son. His parents are Kes Dameron and Shara Bey, both Rebellion veterans introduced in Marvel's Star Wars: Shattered Empire comics.

• Who is Palpatine's granddaughter?▾

  Rey is revealed to be Emperor Palpatine's granddaughter in The Rise of Skywalker. Her father was a failed clone of Palpatine, making Rey his biological descendant.

• Why did Mark Hamill not like the last Jedi?▾

  Mark Hamill publicly disagreed with director Rian Johnson's characterization of Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, saying he fundamentally disagreed with nearly every choice made for the character, including Luke's cynicism and self-imposed exile. He later softened his comments and praised the film overall while standing by his concerns about Luke's portrayal.

• How did Emperor Palpatine survive Return of the Jedi?▾

  The film states simply that "the dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural," implying Palpatine used Sith alchemy or essence transfer to cheat death, a concept rooted in Legends-era lore about the Sith technique called "Essence Transfer." The film never depicts the exact mechanism on screen, leaving the precise method deliberately vague. A tie-in comic later clarified that a Palpatine clone body was prepared on Exegol, into which his consciousness fled after his apparent death.

• What is the Dyad in the Force, and why does it matter to the plot?▾

  A Dyad is described as two Force-sensitive individuals so closely bonded through the Force that together they constitute a single, uniquely powerful entity — something that occurs only once in many generations. Rey and Kylo Ren form this Dyad, which is why they can communicate across vast distances and even physically interact through their Force-bond. Palpatine plans to drain their combined life-force to fully restore himself to power, making their bond the linchpin of his resurrection scheme.

• Why does Ben Solo sacrifice himself to resurrect Rey?▾

  After Palpatine drains the Dyad's energy and Rey expends everything to destroy him, Ben finds Rey dead on the floor of the Sith throne room. Using the same Force healing technique Rey previously used to heal others, Ben transfers his own life-force into Rey, bringing her back at the cost of his life. His act completes his redemption arc — mirroring the sacrifice his father Han Solo symbolically offered earlier — and closes the Skywalker bloodline's story on a note of selfless love rather than power.

• Why does Rey call herself Rey Skywalker at the end of the film?▾

  Rey is biologically the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine, a lineage she explicitly rejects. When a Tatooine local asks her name at Luke's old homestead, she chooses "Rey Skywalker" to honor the two Jedi masters — Luke and Leia — who trained and believed in her, declaring that identity is defined by chosen family and values rather than bloodline. The gesture also frames the Skywalker saga as ultimately about the found family of the Resistance rather than the Palpatine or even Skywalker bloodline by birth.

• What are the Wayfinders, and why are they crucial to reaching Exegol?▾

  Wayfinders are Sith navigation devices — dark-side artifacts that encode the secret hyperspace path to Exegol, the hidden Sith world where Palpatine has rebuilt his fleet of Star Destroyers. Only two are known to exist: one owned by Darth Vader (held at his fortress on Mustafar) and one belonging to Ochi of Bestoon, eventually recovered on Pasaana and then Kef Bir. Without a Wayfinder, the unstable and uncharted nature of the Unknown Regions around Exegol makes navigation impossible, which is why Palpatine's return went undetected for so long.