Over 5 years later,Star Warsis finally going to reveal more of the deleted scenes fromStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerin a new comic miniseries. Ever since its release,The Rise of Skywalkerhas been a controversialStar Warsmovie among many fans. Some issues they have with the film are in regard to scenes that just aren’t in the movie and probably should be.
This has led toStar Warscontent in recent times making up for these missing moments, though it’s always seemed as ifThe Rise of Skywalkercould have resolved this itself by including these critical plot points. TheStar WarsTV showsThe MandalorianandStar Wars: The Bad Batchhave both been doing most of the work in this area, deeming Emperor Palpatine’s return from the dead as a part of the cloning project “Project Necromancer” and showing its earliest stages. Now, however,The Rise of Skywalkerwill have a chance to elaborate on its own story.
Marvel Comics has officially announced that the comic adaptation ofThe Rise of Skywalkerwill be coming out in February 2025. Comic adaptations of theStar Warsmovies are not a new concept, though, and actually hearken back to even before the release ofA New Hope. That film’s comic adaptation featured some elements not included in the final movie, and now, all these years later,The Rise of Skywalkerwill finally get the same treatment.
Rise Of Skywalker’s First Real Deleted Scenes Came From The Novelization
Details From The Script Cut In Editing
Along with a comic adaptation,everyStar Warsmoviealso has a novelization, which always includes similar previously unseen elements of each film.The Rise of Skywalker’s novelization came out at the beginning of 2020, and revealed a few select deleted scenes for the first time. This included lots of obvious instances of more Leia scenes, and, surprisingly, many more Kylo Ren story moments as well.Now, 5 years later,The Rise of Skywalkerwill finally get its own comic adaptationby Jody Houser and Will Sliney.
We’re Finally Going To See More TRoS Deleted Scenes In The Comic Book Adaptation
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The wait is now over for more deleted scenes from this notoriously messy film, though, with the comic book adaptation releasing in February 2025.Marvel Comicsposted the confirmation on X, along with more art depicting various events both from the film and not, announcing that the wait was finally over. This time, separate from the novelization, we’ll be able to see these events visually, possibly giving more context to deleted scenes only described in the books, or visually depicting totally new sequences.
The art Marvel has revealed contains a few specific instances of expansion on the film that are of note. First, there’s an interesting split page with Leia andRey trainingon the same Ajan Kloss training course,followed by a wonderful panel of Kylo Ren in front ofVader’s Castle on Mustafar, hopefully hinting at more elaboration on Ren’s quest to Mustafar. Finally, there’s a panel of the undead Emperor Palpatine on the operating table, meaning the comic could show more about how Palpatine returned.
Why Has Star Wars Taken So Long To Reveal These Deleted Scenes?
The Rise Of Skywalker Comic Was Delayed
It’s clear that this comic adaptation is long overdue, as it’s officially the longest gap between the release of aStar Warsmovie and its corresponding comic. So, what took so long? Well, in February 2020, Marvel announced that the series would be released that coming June.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that same year, however, the comic was shelved as Marvel halted releases and rearranged their schedule. After that, the future ofThe Rise of Skywalker’s comic adaptation looked bleak.
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For years, fans regarded it as a lost piece ofStar Warsmedia, as it was never mentioned after being removed from Marvel’s schedule. The pandemic had shifted releases, and the film’s lukewarm reception by many didn’t help hopes. Now, over 5 years after the film’s initial release,The Rise of Skywalkeris finally getting its own comic adaptation, reuniting it with every otherStar Warsfilm and giving it a great chance to reveal lots of scenes that were unfortunately left on the cutting-room floor.
