A “Special Edition” of The Rise of Skywalker using the TROS Extended Edition Novelization by Rae Carson with some changes from Hal 9000’s TROS Ascendant movie fan-edit, lore from supplementary materials, and a few minor additions of my own to create what I hope will be the best version of TROS possible. I give credit to both creators throughout, as I DO NOT claim this as an original work but more of a “fan-edit”.
When it’s discovered that the evil Emperor Palpatine did not die at the hands of the reformed Darth Vader, the rebels must race against the clock to find out his whereabouts. Finn and Poe lead the Resistance to put a stop to the First Order’s plans to form a new Empire, while Rey anticipates her inevitable confrontation with Kylo Ren.
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When I first saw the theatrical version of The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, I was very disappointed and immediately set upon rewriting/fixing it with fanfics such as Star Wars: Rise of the Order, a role-reversal au called Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, and a WIP called Star Wars: Prophecy of the Dyad– a combo of TROS and Duel of the Fates with a happy ending.
Then I saw a fanedit of the movie called The Rise of Skywalker Ascendant. It was a tremendous improvement of the theatrical, improving pacing, trimming bad dialogue, saving the moment Chewbacca’s revealed to be alive for when Rey finds out, adding Force Ghosts at the end battle, and making the Tatooine sequence so much better, most notably adding Ben’s Force Ghost with Luke and Leia.
While I still wish Rey and Ben could have lived happily ever after, I believe my own “fanedit” of novelization with some of the changes added from TROS Ascendant and my own changes (like changing Rey’s terrible line “I will earn your brother’s lightsaber, one day.” to “I will be a Jedi, one day.”) will be the best version it could be, improving characterization, clarifying plot lines, and adding the closure of the Reylo story that the theatrical version and the original novelization never did.
