Keri Russell cried reading J.J. Abrams’ script, and other Rise of Skywalker bits

Keri Russell reveals she was all-in to play a helmeted character in The Rise of Skywalker, and that she cried when she first read the script.

→ In a shocking move, Mark Hamill says that The Rise of Skywalker will be his last Star Wars movie. Yeah, probably?

→ Michelle Rejwan, a Bad Robot veteran who produced The Rise of Skywalker and co-produced The Force Awakens, has taken on a new role: She’s now the Senior Vice President of Live Action Development & Production for Lucasfilm. Per Deadline, she will “oversee a new slate of feature films and episodic series for Lucasfilm and Disney+,” as well as continuing to produce.

→ The First Order TIE Echelon at Galaxy’s Edge may be the only thing we’ll ever see of Colin Trevorrow’s Episode IX. “Honestly, I’m just proud to have been a part of it,” Trevorrow told Collider. “I love that ship. Put my ashes in it, man.”