Star Wars: 8 Ways The Rise Of Skywalker Sets Up Episode 10

8. Cleaning Up The Remnants Of The Final Order

The opening crawl for Episode VII mentions that the First Order rose "from the ashes of the Empire", with the implication being that even though Vader took down Palpatine and the second Death Star was blown up, there were still hundreds - if not thousands - of Empire staff, soldiers and engineers strewn throughout the galaxy.

And that makes perfect sense. Think about how massive the Empire is - it produced two planet-sized weapons in a matter of years! It's not like their entire force was wiped out when the second Death Star went boom, and the scattered remnants of the organisation coming together to build something new was an inevitability.

All of this in mind, it's highly likely that something similar would happen with the remains of the First Order/Final Order, which could be explored in Episode X. Based on the fact that the First Order crafted a weapon that dwarfed the Death Star and the Final Order built an insanely powerful fleet of Star Destroyers, they're clearly huge organisations, and will have lots of pockets of support in various corners of the galaxy.

And what are these pockets going to do? Just sit there and accept defeat? Probably not. The Final Order is so impossibly big that there are bound to be enough people left with the power and the willingness to rebuild it, and all it would take is a few rich officers making a few more of those Star Destroyers... and chaos would ensue.