Rise of Skywalker's Brutal Alt Kylo Ren Exegol Mission Would've Been Better
New concept art for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reveals an alternative and far more brutal mission for Kylo Ren in his search for Exegol. While Ren's mission to locate the artifact that will guide him to the hidden Sith world opens the final film of the Skywalker saga, it's a very short sequence and very rushed. That being said, this new concept art implies that initial plans saw the young antagonist's mission as much longer and more challenging, allowing more weight to be given to his journey with the dark side of the Force.
In The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren is leading a campaign on Mustafar to locate a Sith Wayfinder. While there were warriors who put up a fight, the Supreme Leader of the First Order easily took them out before obtaining his prize. The wayfinder allowed Ren to navigate the Unknown Regions of space until he reached Exegol, the hidden Sith world where Emperor Palpatine had been revived, biding his time and building the Final Order to reclaim the galaxy once more. However, from start to finish Kylo Ren's journey only takes up about two minutes of screen time, from his battle on Mustafar to stepping foot on Exegol.
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New art from Star Wars concept artist Jon McCoy has revealed that Kylo's Ren mission was initially conceived to be a longer and far more brutal affair. There's a handful of images that feature Ren on a long road battling legions of warriors on his own before he finds the Wayfinder. While The Rise of Skywalker is a long film, this new art proves that a longer and more challenging journey would have been worth it, setting the tone quite well for Kylo's character while focusing on his merciless determination to secure his rule.
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