Warning: Spoilers ahead for Beetlejuice 2!Beetlejuice 2 seemingly left Delores and Rory’s fate a mystery after a sandworm ate the pair, but that’s not the case. Before Betelgeuse was sent back to the afterlife in Beetlejuice 2At the end of, the “ghost with the most” helps defeat his vengeful ex-wife, Delores, and Lydia’s handler, Rory. Lydia was supposed to marry Rory, who has been exploiting her and her ability to communicate with the dead since the two met. Although Betelgeuse helps put an end to this potential marriage, the marriage between him and Lydia is put on hold when Delores arrives.
Beetlejuice 2The Italian flashback details more about Betelgeuse’s history, including how he met, married, and killed Delores, a leader of soulsuckers. She is resurrected at the beginning of the sequence and stalks her ex-lover throughout the film. After Astrid uses the Handbook for the Recently Deceased, the teenager manages to open a trapdoor in the church floor, allowing the sandworm to enter the kingdom. Betelgeuse uses its bullfighting skills to control the sandworm before making the creature eat it Beetlejuice 2new characters, Delores and Rory.
Beetlejuice 2 manual revealed what happened to Delores and Rory after they were eaten by the sandworm
Is Rory Really Dead in the Beetlejuice Universe
Once Delores and Rory are eaten by the sandworm, Beetlejuice 2 it does not delve deeper into its destiny. Instead, Betelgeuse is relieved that she no longer has to deal with her ex, while Lydia narrowly avoids marrying someone as despicable as Rory. However, Tim Burton’s sequel reveals what happened to Delores and Rory. As Astrid flips through the Handbook for the Recently Deceased at different points in the film, she looks at the page on how to summon a sandworm. The book not only explains how to do this, which it follows for the film’s church scene, but The Manual also reveals the fate of those eaten by a sandworm:
“Proceed with caution as sandworms can be extremely dangerous to both the living and the dead. If a deceased soul is eaten by a sandworm, they will remain in the afterlife. The same applies to the living ; they must live in the afterlife as a million little particles.”
While it can be assumed that Delores would have returned to the afterlife, the real question pointed to Rory, who was a member of the living before her encounter with the sandworm. End up dead in Beetle juice’The afterlife is one thing, but being forced to live in that realm like “a million tiny particles“is not the fate one could have predicted for a sandworm victim. Considering how terrible he was to Lydia and the Deetz family in his manipulation and scheming, it is unlikely that anyone would feel overcome with guilt even if they knew his true destiny.
What Rory’s Death Means for Her Fate in the Afterlife (and Justin Theroux’s Possible Beetlejuice 3 Return)
Rory’s arc likely came to an end in Beetlejuice 2
Considering how Beetlejuice 2 leaves unanswered questions about the characters’ fates, some may have hoped Justin Theroux’s Rory could return Beetlejuice 3 if the film happens. However, with the clarification of the Manual, it seems unlikely that Rory could reappear if he is trapped in the afterlife as small floating particles rather than a ghost. The franchise may have ways to bring back Delia, Delores, and others from the afterlife alongside Betelgeuse, but another sequel would have to put a new twist on the Manual’s rules in order for Theroux to reprise his role.