Unbelievably, it looks like Star Wars ' final scene: Skywalker's Rise was stock footage-and it was also seen in the trailers.


Star Wars ' final scenes: The Rise of Skywalker actually appear to reuse stock footage. It was teased that Star Wars ' final scenes:  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker would be "mind-melting," but in fact they seemed pretty much par with the film's course; an appeal to nostalgia that left much more questions than answers.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker saw Rey ultimately head to Tatooine, the homeworld of both Anakin and Luke Skywalker. There, she buried the lightsabers of Luke and Leia Organa in the shifting desert sands, before seeming to make her home at the old Lars Homestead.

Abrams ended his film with a final scene in which Rey stared off into the distance, watching the double-suns set over Tatooine. It was meant to be reminiscent of a classic moment from the first Star Wars movie, which Lucas had considered as an ending for Return of the Jedi as a way of bringing the story full-circle.

Surprisingly, however, eagle-eyed viewers noticed that stock footage was used in the last scene. Abrams seems to have taken a number of Rey's generic shots standing in Jordan's Wadi Rum deserts, with visual editing then being used to alter places. Some of the shots were used in Pasaana while Rey was waiting for Kylo Ren to strike in his TIE Whisper, while others ended up being used. Even the way Rey's wind tugs are familiar, confirming the reuse. See Tweet Below;

No doubt this was necessitated by The Rise of Skywalker's hasty production schedule. It is rather surprising, though, that Abrams used this footage in scenes that were featured so prominently; the first in marketing, the second as the climax of the entire Skywalker saga.

Many viewers will have seen the Pasaana scene countless times, both on social media and on the big screen as a trailer that aired before another film. It was inevitable that someone would notice he was reusing the same stock footage.

As noted, all this is particularly ironic given Abrams really seemed to think he'd come up with the most impressive ending possible. When Kevin Smith visited the set while it was being shot, he was told it would "melt his mind," and later said some crew members wished they hadn't seen it being filmed.

Presumably he was referring to Rey's burying the lightsabers, rather than the generic stock footage of Daisy Ridley staring into the distance. It sounds as though this last shot was added late in the game, with Abrams feeling he needed one final touch of nostalgia to finish his story off.