The circle is now complete: Vanity Fair has published the first print scoop for a new Star Wars movie for the last and final time. (Well, for the Skywalker saga anyway).
Per tradition, the iconic style-and-culture magazine was given exclusive first look access (with its writers and favorite photographer Annie Leibovitz) to the on-set shoot for Episode IX, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, logging interviews with key talent and capturing lush visuals.
In the picture gallery below, you can see each photo — whether a character portrait or behind-the-scenes image — from the collection. And above, you can see their brief on-set video highlighting the experience.
To read the VF coverage, click here, here, here, and here (though you may need a subscription), or look for it on newsstands. But beware: I made one quick glance at one paragraph and instantly found out something that I’d rather not have known, so proceed WITH CAUTION depending on your sensitivity to SPOILERS.
BONUS: Click on my two-tweet mini-thread here to read my hot take prediction of what that new Luke Skywalker photo could suggest.
Vanity Fair cover spread for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) and Daisy Ridley (Rey) duel in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon with BB-8 in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
John Boyega (Finn) and Naomi Ackie (Jannah) co-star in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux) and Richard E. Grant (Allegiant General Pryde) lead the First Order in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Mark Hamill (the ghost? of Luke Skywalker) stands with R2D2 in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Kerri Russell in costume as Zorri Bliss in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Aki-Aki, natives of the planet Pasaana, in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
J.J. Abrams and Daisy Ridely on set for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
J.J. Abrams directs the Knights of Ren on set for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
J.J. Abrams sets up a shot for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
The hard working crew for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
A desert chase scene is filmed for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) is attended to on-set during STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
John Williams conducts his score for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Rey character cover for Vanity Fair’s coverage of STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
Kylo Ren character cover for Vanity Fair’s coverage of STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
The cover for the upcoming “Art Of” book for STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
