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Adam Driver (Kylo Ren in Star Wars) is an Ex-Marine and founder of Arts in the Armed Forces. The AITAF provide high-quality theater programming for active duty service members, veterans and their families.

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Have you ever come across an unused Star Wars scene and thought, “Why didn’t they include this?!” That was me when I found out about Kylo Ren’s deleted trip to an abandoned Coruscant in The Rise of Skywalker.

Picture this: Kylo walking through the ruins of a dead planet, dust everywhere, and giant wolves stalking the streets. It’s eerie, intense, and so unlike anything we saw in the final cut.

Let’s dive into this alternate take—it’s too cool not to share. 😍👇

Unused Sequence From The Rise of Skywalker Saw Kylo Ren Visiting an Abandoned Coruscant Which Is Now Overrun by Giant Wolves

The plot is that Ren travels to Coruscant to visit the Jedi Temple, apparently looking for something there. However, what he finds is a “dead” planet “full of dust” that is now “overrun by giant wolves.”

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I Had NO Idea That Some of the ‘Props’ Were Actually Paintings in the Original Trilogy (’77–’83)

We may not remember, but there was a time before CGI. The original Star Wars films had to rely on artist-created visual effects, instead of computer-generated imagery.

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In AOTC, Did the Guy Trying to Sell Obi-Wan Death Sticks Actually Go Home and Rethink His Life or Not?

Well, according to what I’ve found out after some deep dives into Star Wars comics, the answer is a surprising “yes!” 😆👇

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