The director of Episode XI confirms the total footage of the closing of the current trilogy; Lucasfilm shares a new extended scene unpublished so far.
J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has confirmed the total duration of the closure of the current film trilogy and the Skywalker story arc; Thus, its head of responsibility and also director of The Force Awakens, has ensured that Episode IX reaches 2 hours and 21 minutes, minute up, minute down if we consider the final credits. This was stated by the filmmaker in a recent interview for EWLive.
New unpublished extended scene
Until now, Skywalker's Rise was expected to be the longest Star Wars movie, surpassing even the previous episode, The Last Jedi; finally it will not be like that, staying just below the Rian Johnson movie and just a minute from The Attack of the Clones. Below you can check the duration of all Star Wars movies so far.
- Star Wars: A New Hope | 121 minutes
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | 124 minutes
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 131 minutes
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | 136 minutes
- Star Wars: Attack of the clones | 142 minutes
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith | 140 minutes
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 138 minutes
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 133 minutes
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 152 minutes
- Han Solo: A Star Wars Story | 135 minutes
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | 141 minutes
On the other hand, Lucasfilm has shared an unprecedented extended scene so far, part of which we have already seen in the different teaser trailer, although this time in full and without any cut; 30 seconds of film available to everyone before its premiere scheduled for December 19, 2019 in Spain.
Source | EWLive
