The Force—it’s a power that Jedi have that lets them control people and make things float.

…Right?

As we learned in The Last Jedi, every word of that is wrong. With The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams said the movie will push that even further, showing Star Wars fans that the invisible cosmic power of the Force is capable of granting abilities far beyond mind tricks and lightsaber duels.

The Rise of Skywalker will reveal previously unknown Force powers. “It was really important that we not just redo the things you’ve seen, but add new elements—which we knew will infuriate some people and thrill others,” Abrams told Vanity Fair.

That doesn’t mean the December 20 film will ditch classic maneuvers. “Among those things are not just new ways of doing sort of traditional, must-have sequences, whether it’s chases or lightsaber battles, or what have you,” Abrams added. “We wanted to make sure that this picture also showed aspects of the Force in ways that go beyond what you’ve seen before.”

In The Last Jedi, almost all of Luke Skywalker’s lessons to Rey were about ways to connect with the Force and use it in ways that weren’t strictly about fighting. The psychic, visual connection between Rey and Kylo Ren—nicknamed “Force Skype” by fans—was one example of a new power, while Luke’s manifestation of himself across the reaches of space was another, although it appeared to be so exhausting that it ended his life.

In the trailer for The Rise of Skywalker, we see one possible new ability—at least for Rey.

As stormtroopers and Kylo Ren surround Rey, she leaps from the docking bay of the First Order ship toward the outstretched hand of Finn hanging on to the Millennium Falcon’s ramp as the ship hovers in space. Maybe it’s just a strong Jedi leap, but fans are calling it Force Flying (which echoes the way General Leia Organa saved herself in the previous film.)

Expect more powers to be revealed beyond that.

“The challenge on this film, being the end of three trilogies, was to tell a story that not only feels inevitable but also feels surprising,” he said. “There are some people who want to not like something—and they will, without question, find something to not like. And people who want to like it, will find the things to like. I feel like you get criticized for changing too much, you get criticized for not changing enough. And everyone’s opinion is valid.”

As we leave the Skywalker story, it may be important for the future of Star Wars to expand the boundaries of the Force, making way for fresh storytelling set in this galaxy.

“I can’t speak to what it means about the future of Star Wars, but what I can say is that you don’t want to come to this movie to see everything you’ve seen before,” Abrams said. “You want to come to it because you might love certain characters, and you want to see more of them. You might come to it because you love Star Wars and what it feels like, and what it looks like, what it sounds like. You want to see something that feels like it is moving, that it is shocking, that is also incredibly funny, that has got a big heart. But you want to make sure that you’re bringing elements that feel like it’s expanding the story, even as this brings it to a close."

Tomorrow—Chapter 4 of Vanity Fair’s Rise of Skywalker week: The Long Journey of Lando Calrissian.

Previously: Chapter 1: Finn’s Origin Will Also Be Part of The Rise of SkywalkerChapter 2: The Reylo Connection: How Rey and Kylo Ren Make Each Other Stronger

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