The Resistance might have been able to successfully escape from the hands of the First Order in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but that doesn't mean things are going to be easier for the rebels in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Speaking in an interview with Yahoo! to talk about his upcoming Star Wars film, sequel trilogy actor John Boyega talks about the state of the Resistance in Episode IX saying that the group is still struggling to manage after the events of The Last Jedi.
"The Resistance are broke, they don't have weapons," the Star Wars star told the publication, "Not a lot of allies. You know how they were left after Last Jedi. It's not a great situation. ... Darkness, for the first time in a long time, has taken like 10 million leaps forward."
"It's just not easy for the Resistance," Boyega declared.
It never has been easy. Even during the Original Trilogy era when the fight was between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance, the rebels were always the scrappy underdogs who had to make do with the meager resources they had in every battle. Now, it seems like the odds aren't getting any better – in fact, the Resistance only managed to escape with their lives at the end of The Last Jedi.
But the battle against the First Order isn't the only thing that Boyega's character Finn and the rest of the heroes of the sequel trilogy have to think about in Episode IX.
"And for us to deal with that as Resistance heroes is a bit of madness," the British star pointed out, "And there's conflict between us, between ourselves, figuring out our past. And all of that is just approached in a magnificent way and I can't wait for it."
It looks like there's going to be a whole lot of conflict in The Rise of Skywalker – externally, and internally.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premieres December 20, 2019.
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