New concept art for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reveals an alternative and far more savage mission for Kylo Ren in his search for Exegol. While Ren'southward mission to locate the artifact that will guide him to the hidden Sith globe opens the final film of the Skywalker saga, it'south a very short sequence and very rushed. That being said, this new concept fine art implies that initial plans saw the young antagonist'due south mission equally much longer and more than challenging, allowing more weight to be given to his journey with the nighttime side of the Strength.

InThe Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren is leading a campaign on Mustafar to locate a Sith Wayfinder. While there were warriors who put upwards a fight, the Supreme Leader of the First Order easily took them out before obtaining his prize. The wayfinder immune Ren to navigate the Unknown Regions of space until he reached Exegol, the subconscious Sith world where Emperor Palpatine had been revived, biding his time and edifice the Terminal Social club to reclaim the galaxy over again. However, from first to finish Kylo Ren's journey only takes up nigh two minutes of screen fourth dimension, from his battle on Mustafar to stepping foot on Exegol.

New fine art from Star Wars concept artist Jon McCoy has revealed that Kylo's Ren mission was initially conceived to be a longer and far more brutal affair. At that place's a handful of images that feature Ren on a long road battling legions of warriors on his own before he finds the Wayfinder. WhileThe Rise of Skywalker is a long film, this new art proves that a longer and more than challenging journeying would accept been worth information technology, setting the tone quite well for Kylo's character while focusing on his merciless decision to secure his rule.

Rather than a brief two minutes sequence, more weight could accept been given had Kylo Ren's journey been longer, making the payoff for his eventual redemption that much better by the film'southward end. Furthermore, the concept fine art from McCoy isn't the only glimpse into what Ren'southward road was originally envisioned to exist. Past art and a deleted scene fromThe Ascension of Skywalkerrevealed that Kylo was to run across the Eye of Webbish Bog, a mysterious creature who was actually repurposed for the canonical comics. Rather than Kylo Ren, Darth Vader faced the Centre earlierReturn of the Jedi and was granted the Sith Wayfinder for his own journeying to Exegol—which is why Kylo found the artifact at the ruins of Vader's castle on Mustafar.

At any charge per unit, these new pieces of concept art prove Kylo Ren should have had a more hard mission earlier he got to Exegol. While makingThe Ascension of Skywalker even longer may seem counter-intuitive, the journey equally it's seen on screen is far too rushed for any kind of touch on or emotional resonance to be felt. Kylo Ren's Exegol mission should have been as developed and fleshed out every bit the fine art implies it was meant to be, creating far more dynamic scenes for the showtime of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

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