Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was a huge letdown to Star Wars fans. Being the closing chapter to both Disney’s sequel trilogy, as well as the Skywalker Saga that had spanned four decades, it just didn’t come close to hitting the mark.
Personally, I had braced for this sort of impact due. Preparing myself based on the quality of the two films that came before it, but it still hurt. What’s done is done, as they say. While the film was disappointing, I thought I’d show you folks the following tweet from The Adam Driver Files, which depicts a scrapped scene from The Rise of Skywalker that was going to feature Kylo Ren torturing Chewbacca. You can check it out below.
Adam didn't talk at all during breaks, even though at this point the actors were otherwise friends. Joonas says Adam was so convincing in the deleted torture scene that he was at times actually scared & he believes the scene might have turned out too dark for the film. pic.twitter.com/Tw9hnJpYGh
— Adam Driver Central (@adamdrivercentl) March 4, 2021
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Even being a somewhat seasoned user of the Darkside, torturing Chewbacca would be frightening. Imagine if he broke loose what the Wookiee would do to you. This would have been a cool scene to include in The Rise Of Skywalker Scene. Though in my opinion, it wouldn’t have helped the film overall.
A summary of the tweets can be found below.
“My Life as a Wookiee (translation from Finnish), Joonas describes torture scene that was filmed as very intense & very tough for him both as Chewie’s actor & also mentally because Adam had ‘psyched himself to be a real monster through it all, w/ the cameras on or off.’ Adam didn’t talk at all during breaks, even though at this point the actors were otherwise friends. Joonas says Adam was so convincing in the deleted torture scene that he was at times actually scared & he believes the scene might have turned out too dark for the film.”
What are your thoughts on this scene that almost was? Let us know in the comments down below!
Source: The Adam Driver Files