Star Wars Rise Of Skywalker Trailer Theories, Leia Dies

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This is it: The final trailer of the final movie in the Skywalker saga.

After 44 years, fans have one last chance to whip up some Star Wars Episode 9 theories before these historic storylines come to a definitive end. However, there's one goodbye we'll definitely have to say in theatres this December: to General Leia Organa, played by the late Carrie Fisher. In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, she appears posthumously via unused footage from previous films, but fans are worried a darker fate awaits the longtime character.

We first get a glimpse of Fisher in the trailer sharing a hug with Rey (Daisy Ridley), which we've seen before. It's the end of this new trailer that has people losing it, when a voiceover of Luke (Mark Hamill) says "The Force will be with you," and Leia adds, "Always."

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LUKE: THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU
LEIA: ALWAYS pic.twitter.com/ncYdpYcqk2
— saulo (@generaIeia) October 22, 2019

REY'S LITTLE SMILE WHEN SHE HEARS LEIA'S 'ALWAYS' 😭 pic.twitter.com/rA2tC69HQD
— ever so ali (@EverSoReylo) October 22, 2019

Here I was so happy that C3PO delivered the most emotional line of the trailer and then Leia comes in and wrecks me with ONE WORD.
— Brian Lynch (@BrianLynch) October 22, 2019

Not only did it hit fans right in the heart, it also has their brains whirring for possible ways to end Leia's story. Unfortunately, many think Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will contain the character's death.

i’m not saying that leia is probably gonna die but leia is probably gonna die and rey is gonna be fighting for her and luke in the final battle pic.twitter.com/FXvMYCMqas
— ia (@poesthor) October 22, 2019

Predictions:

-Luke will appear as a force ghost

-Leia and 3PO will die

-Kylo Ren will finally redeem himself

-I will cry at some point while watching it https://t.co/pSE4ZO14rO
— ArchitronOverlord (@ArchibaldTweets) October 22, 2019

convinced that leia dies/leaves after that shot with rey bc they keep including it #TheRiseOfSkywalker
— ᗢ (@jvsyelle) October 22, 2019

Others think it's possible that, yes, Leia dies, but she remains alive in spirit (literally) as a force ghost alongside Luke to help guide Rey.

BRO WHAT IF THE LAST SHOT OF THE TROS TRAILER IS LEIA AND ANAKIN’S FORCE GHOST STANDING TOGETHER
— supercola (@thewitchman) October 21, 2019

TELL ME THIS IS ISNT LUKE, ANAKIN, YODA, QUI-GON, LEIA, OBI-WAN, AND A SHIT LOAD OF OTHER FORCE GHOSTS MATERIALIZING TO HELP HER AGAISNT THE EMPEROR pic.twitter.com/cdxR7GIplF
— 𝐣𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 (@MidtownThwip) October 22, 2019

My current #RiseofSkywalker theories:

• C3PO reprogrammed to be a spy
• deaths of Leia, Lando and/or Chewie
• force ghosts Leia, Luke, Obi Wan & Vader
• “Dark Rey” is a vision
• Knights of Ren total screen time: 10 mins.
• Millenium Falcon go BOOM
— The Spooky Pals (@parkpalstv) October 22, 2019

In a way, that would be a fitting end to Fisher's legacy as well — someone whose physical form is gone, but who will forever live on in the lives of those who love her (real or fictional).

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker comes to theatres December 20.

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