Daisy Ridley Teases Epic Lightsaber Duel Between Rey And Kylo Ren In Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

there really are few movies we can think of that we're more excited about than the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Unfortunately, it's Star Wars, so that shows we're going to be teased with bits and pieces of data here and there about what the next installment will entail all of the way until it debuts.


That's fine! We can completely wait, however that makes almost every snippet we do find out about while doing so that much more exhilarating. Plus it looks like Daisy Ridley herself has let some very tantalizing specifics slip involving the holiday Star Wars release. Speaking on our own Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ridley teased a little bit about the epic lightsaber scene that will appear in the upcoming film between her character Rey and the nefarious Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).


"We have a good fight. A wonderful fight," mentioned Ridley. "And I was really happy that the Vanity Fair pictures did show a little bit of it. It’s an excellent fight. Like I’ve become such a higher class of fighter and so they made the lightsabers lighter, so it actually looks like we’re swinging light and not like heavy, heavy."


It wasn't much of a stretch to think there was going to be a lightsaber battle in this installment, nevertheless right now we know for certain there will be at least one with Rey and Kylo Ren, and we've actually already saw a glimpse at it thanks to the previous Vanity Fair article. And from the way Ridley intricate how filming went down with water crashing around her and Driver, it sounds like filming it was more than a little bit uncomfortable, though Ridley powered through just fine.


"This fight, we did, it was November, we had water being thrown at us, and I got a good deal of respect because I did not, I was 'I’m not gonna complain about the cold, I’m just not gonna do (laughs)—so it looked like a real thing of stamina," she explained. "It feels really epic, and it also felt epic even at the time. Imagine, we had the waves like this, and they're gonna make the waves bigger, and one can only imagine what it’s gonna look like."


Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will take place "some time" right following the events that unfold in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and will find Rey, Finn, Poe, and others setting off on their own journey with each other. The official movie teaser didn't issue as several specifics as we would have admired as soon as it debuted back in April, yet at least we do know right now a little bit more about one of the movie's pivotal scenes and what to expect from at least some of the lightsaber combat.


We'll have to wait up until the end of the year to find out how it all goes down. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters December 20, 2019.