Star Wars' Episode IX Rise Of Skywalker sees evil emperor Palpatine return


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The ninth film in the original Star Wars saga will be called The Rise Of Skywalker and will see the return of the evil emperor Palpatine to threaten the young heroine Rey and the Resistance, Walt Disney revealed on Friday (April 12).

Disney showed fans at the Star Wars Celebration convention in Chicago the first footage from the movie, which will be released in theatres in December and will conclude the saga that began in 1977.

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