The website Polygon had already received a version of The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in advance. According to the book, the story should one day run a little differently. So an oracle played an important role, for which a huge alien model was specially made. The monster's doll weighed 14 tons, but was never used
Spoiler warning: The news contains spoilers for Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker and the aforementioned art book. If you haven't seen the film yet and want to catch up, or want to read the book yourself, you should better stop reading at this point.
Ben's journey was supposed to be different
Instead of finding the Sith Pathfinder on Mustafar, Ben Solo was supposed to travel to a swamp planet and find a creature called "The Oracle" there. In the course of development, the artists of the film created various interpretations of the nature.
These ranged from a head sticking out of the water to a Cthulhu-like monster growing out of the head of a giant baby. According to J.J. Abram's final version was leaked in January 2020
-? Reylo & Army? (@JadoreReyBen) January 16, 2020
The monster was built
Building such a huge monster is not easy. According to the creative supervisor, it was about the biggest silicone cast they'd ever made
For comparison: Jabba the Hutt from The Return of the Jedi weighed "only" 2,000 pounds (one ton) and was operated by three workers.
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The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was originally scheduled to be released in December 2019. However, the appointment was postponed. Now the book will go on sale on March 31, 2020.
