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'Star Wars': How That Lightsaber Moment in 'Ascension of Skywalker' Ends the Saga

The closing chapter of the Skywalker Saga has sparked heated debates about what the movie ways — and fifty-fifty about what it should have been. But most tin can hold the final moment of 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' was a fitting end to the story, 1 that feels very George Lucas in nature.

'Star Wars': Rey's Lightsabers in 'Rise — *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker*
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[This story contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.]

The closing chapter of the Skywalker Saga has sparked heated debates virtually what the flick means — and even about what it should have been. Some viewers were looking for more fan service, while others were seeking a film that focused more on the characters of this trilogy, rather than one that would serve as a conclusion to a nine-film story. Despite these conversations, most tin concur the last moment of Star Wars: The Ascent of Skywalker was a fitting end to the story, 1 that feels very George Lucas in nature.

At the heart ofStar Wars, there is the Skywalker family. The discussion "Skywalker" has become synonymous withStar Wars,and regardless of how vast this galaxy far, far abroad has become, audiences will always come back to this one bloodline as the soul of the franchise. The end of Rise of Skywalker featured Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) fulfilling their destinies and continuing side-by-side confronting Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). It's plumbing equipment that the grandson of Anakin Skywalker and the granddaughter of Sheev Palpatine stood together against the one Sith that has been responsible for much of the bad in the galaxy for the by three generations.

Rey, heir to the Sith throne, came to terms with her past and stood firm as a Jedi. Kylo, redeemed every bit Ben Solo and property his granddad's lightsaber, stood with her, armed with the decision that his female parent Leia (Carrie Fisher) left him as she sacrificed herself. Rey eventually tapped into the Forcefulness, calling out to the greatest Jedis of all fourth dimension to give her life free energy. Hither, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker all gave her the strength to rise and finally defeat the Emperor in one case and for all.

For a motion-picture show called The Rising of Skywalker, perhaps more Anakin Skywalker could have taken the moment to even greater heights. Nonetheless, a skillful consolation prize was Anakin prequel histrion Hayden Christensen speak multiple times to Rey, telling her to bring balance to the Forcefulness as he in one case did.

In the terminal sequence, Rey returns to the place that started it all, Tatooine. It was the planet on which Anakin Skywalker was born. In the wet farms were the ruins of the Lars Homestead, the place where Luke Skywalker was raised with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. It is the place where Luke Skywalker looked out to the binary sunset over Tatooine's vast deserts, brimming with a sense of adventure and the destiny that awaited him.

It is fitting that the Skywalker Saga comes to an terminate hither. Rey walks around Luke'due south one-time home, with the same sense of take a chance that was instilled in her equally she scavaged through Jakku when we first meet her in The Forcefulness Awakens. She finally unveils the two Skywalker lightsabers: i belonging to Anakin and Luke Skywalker, the other to Leia. She wraps them upwards and uses the Force to coffin them on the planet that will serve as their final resting place. Leia's lightsaber was fundamental to Rey's journey, a journey that Leia foresaw during the final months of training with Luke. She knew someone would finish her journeying, and Rey somewhen did.

The Skywalker lightsaber has had a long history as well. Information technology served Anakin Skywalker throughout the Clone Wars; it was the blade he used when seduced by the dark side during Society 66. It was the lightsaber that was used to fight Obi-Wan Kenobi, ultimately coming into his possession before Obi-Wan passed it on to Luke Skywalker. The blade was used by Luke to boxing his father, Darth Vader, on Cloud City. Finally, it was used by a Palpatine, Rey, to bring rest to the Force once again by defeating her grandfather, the Emperor.

The last scene ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerserves as the final word of the Skywalker story. Rey ignited her own new lightsaber, with a golden-yellow hue, signifying a new first alee for the Jedi. A woman asks Rey who she is, perplexed with how long information technology'due south been since someone has come to the Skywalker home. Rey looks out into the Tattoine distance, seeing the Force ghosts of Luke and Leia smiling back at her. Hither, she takes the advice that Luke gave her, that she is not tied down by her bloodline. She also takes in the lesson of Leia, who trained her despite knowing she was the granddaughter of Palpatine.

Destiny and fate are two concepts Lucas played within his Star Wars story. Are you tied down by destiny? Is your bloodline that final say in what yous can become? Anakin Skywalker was the Chosen I. Luke Skywalker redeemed his male parent. Leia sacrificed herself to redeem Ben Solo. Skywalkers are meant to be redeemed. Rey could accept been doomed due to her bloodline, signifying the worst of the Sith. Palpatines and Skywalkers have been inherently tied together since Sheev Palpatine manipulated the Midi-chlorians to create Anakin inside of Shmi Skywalker. At the terminate of the Skywalker Saga, Rey both atones and abandons the name and legacy of the Palpatine bloodline, choosing one that she respects and truly honors, the one her surrogate parents Luke and Leia died for, and one that truly signifies the legacy ofStar Wars. "Rey Skywalker."