More than 5 years later, Star Wars will finally reveal more deleted scenes from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in a new comic miniseries. Since its launch, The Rise of Skywalker has been a controversial subject Star Wars film among many fans. Some issues they have with the film concern scenes that simply aren't in the film and probably should be.
This led to Star Wars content in recent times making up for those lost moments, although it always seemed like The Rise of Skywalker could have resolved this on its own by including these critical plot points. THE Star Wars TV shows The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Bad Batch both have done most of the work in this area, considering Emperor Palpatine's return from the dead as part of the “Necromancer Project” cloning project and showing its early stages. Now, however, The Rise of Skywalker You will have the chance to create your own story.
Marvel Comics has officially announced that the comic book adaptation of The Rise of Skywalker will be released in February 2025. Comic adaptations of Star Wars Films are not a new concept, however, and in fact go back even before the release of A New Hope. The comedic adaptation of this film featured some elements not included in the final film and now all these years later The Rise of Skywalker will finally receive the same treatment.
The First Really Deleted Scenes From Rise Of Skywalker Came From The Novelization
Details of the script cut during editing
Along with a comedic adaptation, each Star Wars The film also has a novelization, which always includes similar previously unseen elements from each film. The Rise of SkywalkerThe novelization of was released in early 2020 and revealed some selected deleted scenes for the first time. This included many obvious examples of more Leia scenes and, surprisingly, many more Kylo Ren story moments as well. Now, 5 years later, The Rise of Skywalker will finally have its own comic book adaptation by Jody Houser and Will Sliney.
We'll finally see more TRoS deleted scenes in the comic book adaptation
The saga ends (again) February 26, 2025
The wait is over for more deleted scenes from this notoriously confusing film, with the comic book adaptation due for release in February 2025. Marvel Comics posted the confirmation on X, along with more art depicting various events from the film and otherwise, announcing that the wait is finally over. This time, in addition to the novelization, we will be able to see these events visually, possibly giving more context to deleted scenes only described in the books, or visually portraying entirely new sequences.
The art that Marvel revealed contains some specific examples of expansion from the film that are worth noting. First, there's an interesting split page featuring Leia and Rey training on the same Ajan Kloss training course, followed by a wonderful panel of Kylo Ren in front of Vader's Castle on Mustafar, hopefully hinting at more elaboration on Ren's quest for Mustafar. Finally, there's a panel of the undead Emperor Palpatine on the operating table, which means the comic could show more about how Palpatine returned.
Why did Star Wars take so long to reveal these deleted scenes?
The Rise of Skywalker Comic Has Been Delayed
Of course, this comic adaptation is long overdue, as it's officially the longest gap between the release of a Star Wars film and its corresponding comic book. So why did it take so long? Well, in February 2020, Marvel announced that the series would be released next June. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that same year, however, the comic was shelved as Marvel halted releases and reorganized its schedule.. After that, the future The Rise of SkywalkerThe comic adaptation of seemed dark.
For years, fans considered him a lost piece of Star Wars media, as it was never mentioned after being removed from Marvel's schedule. The pandemic changed releases and the film's lukewarm reception by many didn't help hopes. Now, more than 5 years after the film's initial release, The Rise of Skywalker is finally getting her own comic book adaptation, bringing her together with everyone else Star Wars film and giving him a great chance to reveal many scenes that were unfortunately left on the cutting room floor.
Marvel The Rise of Skywalker hits stores on February 26, 2025.