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50 free Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Rise of Skywalker closed a nine-film saga under unusual pressure: its original director left over creative differences, its general had died three years before release and survived only through unused footage, and its script turned up on eBay after a star left it in a hotel room. It cost around $490 million, became the lowest-rated Skywalker film on Rotten Tomatoes, and still crossed a billion dollars. These 50 questions cover the whole of Episode IX: the plot from Exegol to the Lars homestead, the Knights of Ren, Babu Frik and Zorii Bliss, the cast and the cameos (a composer tending bar, a Hamilton creator in a Resistance uniform), Colin Trevorrow's abandoned Duel of the Fates, the Pinewood and Wadi Rum shoot, John Williams's final score, the box office and the reviews. Easy questions stick to Rey, Ren and the big reveals; the expert tier asks about stormtrooper serial numbers, working titles and who recorded dialogue in a closet. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo, send it to a friend, or print it for a Star Wars night.
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Q 01In which year was The Rise of Skywalker released?
2019
It premiered in Hollywood on December 16 and opened in the US on December 20.
Q 02Who co-wrote the screenplay with J. J. Abrams?
Chris Terrio
Terrio had sworn off big-budget films and did not know Abrams socially before agreeing to write it.
Q 03Which director was originally hired to make Episode IX before leaving in 2017?
Colin Trevorrow
His working relationship with Kathleen Kennedy reportedly became unmanageable after several drafts.
Q 04What was the title of Trevorrow and Connolly's abandoned script?
Duel of the Fates
Ideas from it survived, including Lando leading a galaxy-wide fleet and a superlaser Star Destroyer.
Q 05What working title was adopted in 2018 so the numeral IX would appear in it?
TrIXie
The earlier working title had been Black Diamond; the real title was revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago.
Q 06On which hidden planet does Palpatine reveal himself to Kylo Ren?
Exegol
The Sith wayfinder that leads there is one of only two in existence.
Q 07On which planet does the group find the dagger inscribed with Sith text?
Pasaana
They arrive during a festival and get help from an old friend living there.
Q 08Which tiny droidsmith extracts the wayfinder coordinates from C-3PO's memory?
Babu Frik
The procedure wipes C-3PO's memory, which R2-D2 later restores from a backup.
Q 09Zorii Bliss is an old acquaintance of Poe's from which planet?
Kijimi
Palpatine later destroys her world with a Sith Star Destroyer to draw Rey out.
Q 10Which actress plays the helmeted smuggler Zorii Bliss?
Keri Russell
She was first reported in talks for a part with some action-heavy fight scenes.
Q 11Who turns out to be the spy inside the First Order?
General Hux
He admits he did not care if the Resistance won, he only wanted Kylo Ren to lose.
Q 12Who kills Hux after his betrayal is discovered?
Allegiant General Pryde
Pryde is a veteran of the old Galactic Empire and later commands the Sith armada.
Q 13Which actor plays Pryde, the officer who ends up commanding the Final Order fleet?
Richard E. Grant
Grant's character is the First Order's second-in-command and a former Imperial.
Q 21What does Rey bury in the sand at the Lars homestead?
Luke and Leia's lightsabers
She then ignites her own yellow-bladed saber for the first time.
Q 22Which Killing Eve star briefly appears as Rey's mother?
Jodie Comer
Billy Howle plays Rey's father, whom the novelization reveals as a failed clone of Palpatine.
Q 23What is the name of the Sith assassin who killed Rey's parents?
Ochi
His ship becomes the group's transport after they believe Chewbacca is dead.
Q 24On which planet did Rey's parents hide her from Palpatine?
Q 14Who plays Jannah, the former stormtrooper living on Kef Bir?
Naomi Ackie
Jannah leads a band of fellow deserters who ride orbaks into battle.
Q 15What was Jannah's stormtrooper designation?
TZ-1719
Finn's own number, FN-2187, echoes the cell block from A New Hope.
Q 16In the wreckage of what does Rey locate the Sith wayfinder?
The second Death Star
The ruins lie on a moon in the Endor system, where Rey duels Ren on the crashing waves.
Q 17Whose Force spirit hands Rey Leia's lightsaber on Ahch-To?
Luke
He also raises his sunken X-wing from the sea so she can fly to Exegol.
Q 18What surname does Rey claim when asked her name at the Lars homestead?
Skywalker
She sees the Force spirits of Luke and Leia looking on as she answers.
Q 19A memory of which character persuades Ren to throw away his lightsaber?
Han Solo
Harrison Ford returned for the unbilled scene, mirroring their exchange on Starkiller Base.
Q 20What term does Palpatine use for Rey and Ben's shared Force connection?
A dyad
He drains their combined power to rejuvenate his withered body.
Jakku
Ochi killed them after they refused to give her up.
Q 25Who voices the droidsmith who tinkers with C-3PO's memory?
Shirley Henderson
The character became an instant fan favourite despite only a few minutes of screen time.
Q 26Director J. J. Abrams provides the voice of which droid?
D-O
The cone-headed droid is found aboard Ochi's ship and adopted by BB-8.
Q 27Which composer cameos as the bartender Oma Tres?
John Williams
The name is an anagram of Maestro, a nod to his final Star Wars score.
Q 28Which Pixar and Marvel composer cameos as a Sith Trooper?
Michael Giacchino
He is a frequent Abrams collaborator and scored Rogue One.
Q 29Which actor returned for the first time since Return of the Jedi in 1983?
Billy Dee Williams
The 36-year gap is one of the longest between portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film.
Q 30Denis Lawson briefly reprises which Rebel veteran?
Wedge Antilles
Lawson is Ewan McGregor's uncle, which makes him kin to Obi-Wan off screen.