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Still confused after watching The Rise of Skywalker? There's a reason for that. According to The Rise of Skywalker co-writer and director J.J. Abrams, some of the more prescient details within the final film of the Skywalker saga were left vague on purpose.

With the release of The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams has finally delivered to both its keen, hawk-eyed obsessives and general audiences the final answer of who and what Rey really is. The writer-director recently opened up to explain the meaning behind the big Rey twist.

The Star Wars film franchise has featured its share of iconic romantic moments, but fans hoping for a specific budding romance in The Rise of Skywalker likely ended up disappointed. Here's why one fan-favorite pair never became anything more than friends.

Some eye-popping news has surfaced about how actor Henry Cavill tackled the intensive role of mutated monster hunter Geralt of Rivia for Netflix's highly anticipated The Witcher adaptation. Here's how filming the series could have blinded the actor.

Two characters in the Skywalker Saga are apparently tied together in an unexpected way. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Visual Dictionary contains a passage which suggests that Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) and former Stormtrooper Jannah (Naomi Ackie) are father and daughter.

Well, that explains that... sort of. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker writer/director J.J. Abrams was recently captured on video explaining to a group of fans the oddly undefined relationship between Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the sequel films.

Hated The Rise of Skywalker? J.J. Abrams actually agrees with you — kind of. During a Q&A after a screening of the film at the Academy, Abrams addressed the widespread criticism of his latest film and the final movie in Star Wars' long-running Skywalker saga.

It's been three years since the world lost Carrie Fisher, the actress who played Princess Leia (later General Leia Organa) in the Star Wars franchise for nearly 40 years. She left behind an immense legacy — and an after-death letter that her brother, Todd Fisher, recently discovered.

Get ready for a bit of a bummer, true believers. Mighty Marvel might be running like a well-oiled machine, but according to writer/director James Gunn, it's going to take a little longer than we might like for that machine to pump out Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Well, isn't this ironic? Just days after Donald Trump not-so-humbly bragged about his appearance in a much-loved Christmas classic, it was reported that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation removed the disgraced politician's cameo from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Here's why.

To exactly no one's surprise, director J.J. Abrams' The Rise of Skywalker is proving to be quite the divisive saga-closer. Fans are already debating about many elements of the film, but it's one of The Rise of Skywalker's lesser twists that has people flipping out.

Cats, which had drawn fire for its unsettling visual effects long before its release thanks to its insane trailers, is continuing to do so for the fact that it was apparently shipped to theaters with those effects unfinished. One egregious example of this in particular has turned some heads.

Most actors might find the idea of helmet hair horrifying, but The Rise of Skywalker actress Keri Russell so fully embraced the mystery ⁠— and heavy headgear ⁠— of her new character Zorii Bliss, her cast mates and director didn't see her face for two whole days during filming.

For one to rise, another must fall, and now we know precisely what befell Luke in 2017's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The recent release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Visual Dictionary reveals Luke Skywalker's precise cause of death.

One important character was left out of the action in The Rise of Skywalker, and fans are rising up to defend her. The film's co-writers J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio basically sidelined Kelly Marie Tran's Rose Tico, a character whom Rian Johnson introduced in The Last Jedi.

One day soon, Star Wars will return to the big screen — but when that day comes, J.J. Abrams will be far, far away. The Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker director recently told Variety that he believes his time working with Lucasfilm to be well and truly over.

Dying to snuggle a plush Baby Yoda of your very own? Sad that that you can't order one online or pick one up at Target yet? Blame Beyoncé. That's right, it's all Queen Bey's fault that you won't be able to get your hands on any Baby Yoda merch for months. Well, sort of — it's a funny story.

As light and dark forces finally finished their battle for supremacy in the galaxy in The Rise of Skywalker, one of Star Wars most surprising moments brought this particular saga to a stunning close. It's time to talk about that major Rey and Kylo Ren scene at the end of The Rise of Skywalker.

Geek Supreme Kevin Smith is in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker — not that anyone but him would notice. Following through on a promise he made to Smith, writer/director J.J. Abrams gave the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot filmmaker a small onscreen cameo in the final installment of the Skywalker Saga.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gave fans plenty of answers to long-burning questions, but it didn't end without leaving a few mysteries unsolved one of which involved two of the sequel trilogy's most important characters. Here's what Finn was going to tell Rey in the film.

Don't hurt 'em, Jake. In a jaw-dropping series of Instagram posts, actor Jake Cannavale — who recently guest-starred on The Mandalorian, the Disney+ series set in the Star Wars universe — absolutely excoriated Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth and final film in the Skywalker Saga.

Star Wars fans went to great lengths to ensure that their opening-night screenings of The Rise of Skywalker would be as perfect as possible. Unfortunately for two viewers, the night didn't go as planned, as one man was allegedly punched mid-showing.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may not have given all of the fans everything they wanted, but it did give a certain subset a cameo that they desperately wanted. A sequence during the film's climax featured the voice of Ahsoka Tano, a Force user and fan favorite character from The Clone Wars.

On December 21, 2019, Saturday Night Live pulled out all the stops for its holiday show, bringing host Eddie Murphy and musical guest Lizzo to Rockefeller Center. The evening featured plenty of great sketches, but one that didn't make it to air is an absolute must-see.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens left fans of the franchise with one burning question about the main heroine, Daisy Ridley's Rey. It's now four years later, and that question has finally been answered with The Rise of Skywalker.

In an alternate universe, Star Wars fans were divided by a totally different movie. George Lucas had his own plans for the sequel trilogy before selling Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, and his conclusion to the Skywalker Saga would have borne little resemblance to The Rise of Skywalker.

Henry Cavill's fans aren't the only ones who are thirsty. The new face of Geralt of Rivia recently sat down with the inimitable Graham Norton back in his native England to talk about his role on Netflix's The Witcher. During their chat, Cavill revealed the worst part of playing Geralt.