Star Wars Episode 9 Trailer Breakdown: 16 Things You Need To See

3. Death Star II

Star Wars 9 Trailer
Lucasfilm

Ever since J.J. Abrams was announced as the director of Episode IX, there have been jokes about him doing yet another Death Star, given in The Force Awakens he delivered Starkiller Base, which was essentially just another version of the superweapon.

Lo and behold, Abrams has given us yet another superweapon, just not in the way anyone predicted.

We find Rey, Poe, Finn, Chewie, and Threepio standing on the cliffs overlooking a sea (and just how great is it to have everyone together on a mission?!), and right there before them is the remains of the second Death Star, which was destroyed in Return of the Jedi.

That means the location here is almost certainly Endor - making that the locale of Kylo more likely too - which fits with unused concept art from the Force Awakens showing part of the Death Star II submerged underwater.

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