--- title: Dark Rey Reactions to Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Trailer description: A new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer that debuted at Disney's annual D23 Conference revealed that Rey will turn to the dark side. canonical: https://time.com/5662458/dark-rey/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-27T15:07:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:32.219Z og:title: These Dark Rey Reactions Will Make You Want to Turn to the Dark Side og:description: And never look back og:url: https://time.com/5662458/dark-rey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035f474c6652ad1e/698a0203096a9495fb6a6e11/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-dark-rey.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1899 og:image:height: 1068 og:image:alt: star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-dark-rey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Dark Rey Reactions Will Make You Want to Turn to the Dark Side twitter:description: And never look back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035f474c6652ad1e/698a0203096a9495fb6a6e11/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-dark-rey.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Dark Rey _Star Wars_ Reactions Will Make You Want to Turn to the Dark Side and Never Look Back > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 27, 2019 3:07 PM UTC  Lucasfilm  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 27, 2019 3:07 PM UTC The [_Star Wars:_](https://time.com/5045736/upcoming-star-wars-movies/)[ _Rise of Skywalker_](https://time.com/5045736/upcoming-star-wars-movies/)trailers are dropping clues left and right about what’s to come in the final film of the galaxy far, far away sequel trilogy. After the [first teaser trailer](https://time.com/5568526/star-wars-episode-ix-rise-skywalker-trailer-explained/) for the movie hinted that Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) — who [seemingly died](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDtFnpNOfE) at the hands of Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) in _Return of the Jedi_ — will return, a new trailer that debuted at Disney’s annual [D23 Conference](https://time.com/5657961/the-mandalorian-trailer-second-by-second-breakdown/) on Aug. 24 revealed that Rey (Daisy Ridley) will turn to the dark side at some point (even if it’s only in a [Force vision](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Force%5Fvision)). The final scene of the trailer shows a hooded Rey wielding a red, double-sided lightsaber à la Darth Maul in _The Phantom Menace_. That’s not a particularly good sign for anyone hoping that Rey sticks to the light. But for fans looking forward to a potential turn to the dark side, it was definitely an exciting moment. “Please know that i am closed to any inquiries that do not directly relate to Dark Rey and her bomba— double lightsaber for the rest of the day,” one dark side enthusiast tweeted out after watching the trailer. > [](https://twitter.com/dilemmalord/status/1165976693535850502) “GOOD MORNING TO DARK REY AND DARK REY ONLY,” another added in all caps. > [](https://twitter.com/RachelHeine/status/1165987516064784385) See some of the best [Dark Rey reactions](https://time.com/5660651/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-rey-dark-side/) below. > [](https://twitter.com/cirifreya/status/1165964278492536832) > [](https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson/status/1166160272337195008) > [](https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1165976241423421446) > [](https://twitter.com/joshuachenault1/status/1165986419145433091) > [](https://twitter.com/samfrodo%5Ftwt/status/1165317579310862337) > [](https://twitter.com/darkyIoren/status/1166004754260078593) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5662458/dark-rey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5662458/dark-rey/"},"headline":"These Dark Rey Star Wars Reactions Will Make You Want to Turn to the Dark Side and Never Look Back","datePublished":"2019-08-27T15:07:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:32.219Z","description":"\"GOOD MORNING TO DARK REY AND DARK REY ONLY\"","url":"https://time.com/5662458/dark-rey/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035f474c6652ad1e/698a0203096a9495fb6a6e11/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-dark-rey.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035f474c6652ad1e/698a0203096a9495fb6a6e11/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-dark-rey.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-dark-rey","caption":"","creditText":"Lucasfilm","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5662458/dark-rey/","name":"These Dark Rey Star Wars Reactions Will Make You Want to Turn to the Dark Side and Never Look Back"}}]}] ```