10 Times Star Wars Refused To Give Fans What They Wanted

10. The Jedi Force Ghosts Assembling - The Rise Of Skywalker

Despite The Rise of Skywalker sitting as the most blatant example to date within the Disney Star Wars universe of unlimited (!) nostalgia not always being the recipe for big-screen success, J.J. Abrams' attempt to go out with a crowd-pleasing bang still somehow found a way to not deliver a visual fans the world over were waiting on the edge of their seats to see come to life in the film's closing stages.

But at least we got a zombified Palpatine, eh?

It was during said resurrected Emperor's final moments, though, that the table seemed to be set for the return of many an iconic Jedi face from the past in Force Ghost form, with Rey channelling all the power of the fallen space wizards in order to overcome her grandPalps.

Yet, instead of gifting audiences with an instantly iconic shot of the likes of Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ewan McGregor backing up Rey on the big-screen, the call was made to have Daisy Ridley's leading light simply hear those voices.

Making matters that little more painful, it was reported that this alternate crowd-popping visual of the returning Jedi stepping back into the universe as Force Ghosts was actually shot before ultimately being cut later down the road.