įorty years after Star Wars first inspired a generation of moviegoers, the universe George Lucas built in his imagination is more relevant than ever. Whatever the case, Smith teased that the role was a “big thing.This article is part of a special series in honor of Star Wars ‘ 40th anniversary on May 25.
Others have theorized that Smith was going to play a young Palpatine, which could mean that either The Rise of Skywalker was going to feature flashbacks to the Sith lord’s origins or that the Emperor’s clone was originally going to appear as a younger, revitalized version of the villain, like in Dark Empire, the ’90s comic book series that inspired the Palpa-clone storyline in the movie. Indeed, one of the many theories concerning Smith’s mystery character is that he was set to play The Son, a celestial being from the Mortis realm and the physical embodiment of the dark side, presumably making an appearance in the final act of Trevorrow’s movie (although the character doesn’t exist in the first draft of Duel of the Fates). Abrams, Smith’s role was scrapped in the process. That script was called “Duel of the Fates,” and while it established much of the structure that we’d eventually see on screen in The Rise of Skywalker, it also had some stark differences, such as a final fight between Rey and Ren on a mystical Force realm called Mortis, the arrival of a monstrous new Sith master named Tor Valum, and even a battle on post-apocalyptic Coruscant.īased on Smith’s account, it’s possible he was being tapped to play a character in Trevorrow’s version of Episode IX, but when the director was replaced by J.J. For one thing, the movie lost its original director during the development stage, with Colin Trevorrow exiting the film due to creative differences after handing in a first draft of the script, which he co-wrote with Jurassic World scribe Derek Connolly. It’s true that plans changed drastically during the production of Episode IX.
I think the thing they were thinking of me for, eventually the part became obsolete and they didn’t need it and so I never got to be in Star Wars.” “We were close to me being in it, but then it just never quite happened.
“No, I didn’t,” Smith revealed to Horowitz. But just how far did those talks get? Did Smith actually film anything for the movie that was later cut? In an interview with Josh Horowitz of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Smith has finally said yes, he was up for a role in The Rise of Skywalker. It remains one of the biggest mysteries in Star Wars: who was Doctor Who veteran Matt Smith set to play in The Rise of Skywalker before plans changed? There were plenty of rumors and theories at the time as to whom Smith would play in the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga, but until now, the actor has never even confirmed he was in talks with Lucasfilm about the movie.
0 kommentar(er)
