Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - 8 Burning Questions Left By The Trailer

4. Is This The Same Ship That Left Rey On Jakku?

If that assessment about Abrams undoing some of Johnson's story decisions and implementing his original ideas is true, then the trailer might have just given us a big hint about what one of those ideas is.

In the middle of the trailer we're shown a quick shot of a ship approaching a settlement at night. This looks like your typical Star Wars-y setting and your typical Star Wars-y ship (this one resembles an A-wing), but one interesting thing to note is that the ship looks remarkably similar to the one that left Rey on Jakku, which we first saw during a flashback scene in The Force Awakens.

Star Wars The Force Awakens Rey — Lucasfilm

Notice the dual blue jets at the back, and that distinct shape.

Could The Rise Of Skywalker be revisiting the Rey's parents plot thread, retconning The Last Jedi's reveal about her family? Remember, it was Kylo - hardly a reliable source of information - who told Rey her parents were nobodies, so this would be an easy narrative choice to alter in the new film.

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