Colin Trevorrow's Episode 9 script leaks
FYI: Colin Trevorrow's #StarWars' Episode IX' Was Called #DuelOfTheFates' & It’s True, All Of It https://t.co/PW6sItNG5h
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Colin Trevorrow was set to write and direct the final installment of the Star Wars saga before he left and JJ Abrams took back over. Colin's script just leaked out via Reddit (and confirmed real by Source).
Details below:
OPENING CRAWL
The iron grip of the FIRST ORDER has spread to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Only a few scattered planets remain unoccupied. Traitorous acts are punishable by death. Determined to suffocate a growing unrest, Supreme Leader KYLO REN has silenced all communication between neighboring systems. Led by GENERAL LEIA ORGANA, the Resistance has planned a secret mission to prevent their annihilation and forge a path to freedom…
-- The film would have been called "Duel of the Fates"
-- Finn and Rose are given lots to do. They head to Coruscant to light a beacon at the old Jedi Temple to signal the galaxy to war against the First Order. From there they steal an old Star Destroyer and are captured and sent to a POW camp. Finn connects with a old Stromtrooper friend and together he and Rose led an uprising with other Stormtroopers in the final battle on the ground while Poe fights in the sky.
-- Turns out Kylo killed Rey parents. She isn't related to Palpatine at all (he isn't even in the film). The force ghosts of Luke, Yoda, and Obi-Wan assist Rey against Kylo and they try to bring Ben back to the light but its unsuccessful and he dies.
-- Leia isn't as featured as much. The script was turned in before Carrie passed. While there were stories about there being a version of the script where Leia fights Kylo, this isn't it.
-- In the end, Finn and Rose take force sensitive children (including broom boy from TLJ) to a remote planet so Rey can train them as the new generation of Jedi.
Source