“Star Wars” superfan Stephen Colbert moderated
the panel, doing his best to get the tight-lipped
cast and creators to reveal anything about the
film. Although no one cracked under pressure,
Abrams did reveal some previously known
details, like the fact that “The Rise of Skywalker”
will pick up “some time” after the events of “The
Last Jedi.”
“This is an adventure that the group goes on
together,” he teased, although he wouldn’t
reveal whether or not that meant the group on
stage or some other combination.
“This movie is about this new generation and
what they’ve inherited, the light and the dark,”
Abrams added. “As they face this greatest evil,
are they prepared?”
Besides Hamill, another person who wasn’t in
attendance was Kylo Ren actor Adam Driver. Ren
is the son of Han Solo and Leia, making him and
his mother the only known Skywalkers left.
When prodded about what will happen with
the complex relationship between Kylo and Rey,
Ridley demurred, “I guess the Kylo and Rey thing,
we’ll have to see.”
She added: “I think I can confirm there are no
more semi-naked Kylos.” That’s a reference to the
scenes of a shirtless Driver in “The Last Jedi” that
surprised fans.
Although fans are salivating for any morsel of
information, the panelists stayed as vague as
possible, and kept things light-hearted debating
questions like “who’s a better pilot: Poe or Han”
and even taking a break so that the audience
could sing an unprompted Happy Birthday to
Ridley, who turned 27 on Wednesday.