As you may recall, in The Rise of Skywalker, we only get to see Rey’s lightsaber in the very last scene, during which she activates it near Luke’s old farm home on Tatooine. Revealing this new lightsaber at the tail end of her journey did seem a bit odd. But, apparently, it had a much larger part to play in The Rise of Skywalker, according to Lucasfilm art director Phil Szostak. Here’s what he had to say on social media:
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