‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ trailer prompts wild theories, jokes and ideas on Twitter

‘Rise of Skywalker’ trailer dropped on Monday. Here’s how Twitter reacted

Published: Aug 26, 2019, 12:58 p.m. MDT

‘Rise of Skywalker’ trailer dropped on Monday. Screenshot, Star Wars YouTube

SALT LAKE CITY — The new trailer for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” debuted Monday morning, prompting quite a reaction on Twitter.

As I wrote earlier Monday, the new “Rise of Skywalker” trailer focused on the legacy of the “Star Wars” franchise, showing clips of all “Star Wars” films in the Skywalker saga — from “A New Hope,” “Empire Strikes Back” and ”Return of the Jedi” all the way through to the prequel and sequel trilogies.

Twitter had a number of reactions to the trailer. We’ve rounded up selected tweets below.

Rey’s red lightsaber was a big mood:

Dark robes + a double-bladed red lightsaber that flips open? Rey's trip to the dark side looks awesome.#TheRiseofSkywalker pic.twitter.com/kePfalMRye
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) August 26, 2019

C-3PO appeared in the trailer with red eyes. Red. Eyes. Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Activate Instant Kill #TheRiseOfSkywalker pic.twitter.com/HWxU88RSJo
— Jimmy Folino #WhoDey 🐅- BLM, StopAsianHate 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrNiceGuy513) August 26, 2019

Somebody downloaded Kazaa and Limewire on C-3PO’s mainframe. pic.twitter.com/aI8Rdif5pZ
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) August 26, 2019

Most people will focus on all those Star Destroyers or how Rey throws a light saber like Thor throwing a hammer, but don't sleep on C-3PO's eyes glowing red right before that monster blaster shot. I'm assuming he becomes all-powerful and, finally, kills his many tormentors. pic.twitter.com/ujJM1esDuV
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) August 26, 2019

WHY DOES C-3PO HAVE RED EYES pic.twitter.com/XLgA7ieZeM
— elisa (@dearskzive) August 26, 2019

I figured it out

Palpatine returns by possessing C-3PO pic.twitter.com/4gw3708C5i
— Patrick Willems (@patrickhwillems) August 26, 2019

Everybody's talking about that last shot in the D23 Star Wars #TheRiseOfSkywalker trailer, but does anybody want to discuss how C-3PO has finally embraced the Dark Side after eight movies of taking everybody's crap? pic.twitter.com/H7LvOuSXK1
— Justin Scuiletti (@JSkl) August 26, 2019

The trailer also includes a shot of Rey and Kylo Ren fighting in the middle of an ocean with lightsabers. It’s pretty epic.

rey vs kylo ren - the rise of skywalker pic.twitter.com/fGufmdX3TC
— jungkook (@JEONSGUCCl) August 26, 2019

And then there was my take:

When I read Twitter at 2am before I fall asleep: pic.twitter.com/GwEkTeVOlk
— Herb Scribner (@HerbScribner) August 26, 2019

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