After bringing back Star Wars for a new generation in 2015, the new trilogy is heading towards its end in December. With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the 9 movie long Skywalker saga will come to an end. Will Disney make more Star Wars movies? Of course. However, it's probably the last time fans will see the same core characters and themes throwing themselves into galactic civil war.

Last fans left the series, Rey and the rest of the Rebellion were fleeing the First Order fleet and Kylo was having a bad time as the new Supreme Leader. He didn't get to face off against his uncle and lost his new favorite buddy, Rey. She wasn't too keen on the whole "conquer the galaxy" thing. This leaves the heroes in dire straits and the villains in power, though very moody about it all.

While the past two films have been grand adventures, they have left a lot of mysteries in their wake. Mysteries that this final film either will answer or abandon. Considering the amount of unanswered questions, there's a good shot that The Rise of Skywalker won't be able to fix all of the nonsensical issues left behind in its predecessors. Fans will have to wait and see what universal secrets are uncovered and what still won't make any sense.

Here are 25 Things That Don't Make Sense Going Into The Rise of Skywalker.

25 Rose Tico And Finn's Romance

People can feel however they want about Rose Tico. Whether fans like her or not, her rushed romance with Finn was bizarre. Throughout their adventure together, they gave off far more of a buddy vibe than romantic chemistry. They both had brave people in their lives that they were trying to live up to. In The Last Jedi, they became friends while trying to forge their own stories.

Even a daring, reckless save could easily just be a kindred soul trying to protect another. The romance just felt very sudden and unlikely. If given more time or build-up, it could have made sense. But as it was, it created an inorganic situation going into The Rise of Skywalker.

24 The Current "Sith"

The Sith of the last two trilogies were pretty zealous and unstable, but they at least had understandable rules and goals. Every "Sith" met in the new trilogy has been confusing at best. All of the old Sith rules have been thrown out the window (only one student and one master, "Darth" titling, etc.). While that can make sense considering both of the previous Sith were lost, they have no new order otherwise. Fans don't know who trained Snoke or what his original plans were when he resurrected The Empire.

Sure, the Jedi are pretty barren right now, but the films pretend there is a new Sith order and never try to explain it. With Snoke gone and the Knights of Ren MIA, will they ever be explained?

23 The Knights Of Ren

During The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren is introduced as the leader of the Knights of Ren. They were supposed to be an elite group of lightsaber users and possibly Sith. At the time, Snoke and the film made them sound like a big deal to be introduced later.

Except absolutely not because two movies later and not a peep. Not just "still referenced in the background but not seen." Absolutely ignored like they never existed.

For all the interesting ways this trilogy has challenged the old Jedi ideals, dropped plot threads and ideas like these are a problem. They don't give the trilogy the most stable foundation going into its final film.

22 Rey And Kylo's Force Bond

One of the most interesting parts about The Last Jedi was the telepathic force bond between Rey and Kylo. No matter where they were, they could contact each other. Contrasting the way the two deal with pain was an impactful choice. Moreover, it made Kylo a much more complex villain going into The Rise of Skywalker.

Unfortunately, it makes absolutely no sense. The film gives no context to why the pair can do this, why it didn't activate before, and how they didn't notice it when in close proximity at the end of The Force Awakens.

Perhaps the new movie will explain the force bond, but currently it leaves a lot of weird questions about how the force works.

21 The Situation With The Emperor Laugh

At the end of The Rise of Skywalker's trailer, there is an ominous, familiar laugh. In this completely new story, Emperor Palpatine is cackling in the background. Fans have completely lost their minds over it, good and bad.

While this is hardly the first time a Star Wars property has brought Darth Sidious back to life, his revivals often centered around the crumbling order of The Empire. Those Palpatines were clones or disturbingly interactive AI.

No one knows what the writers' plans are for Darth Sidious in this final installment, but hopefully it doesn't cheapen everything. After all, until now, there were no signs that the wrinkly, terrible man would rear his ugly head again.

20 Rey's Abilities

The Force Awakens ended with Rey truly realizing the potential of her powers and searching for Jedi training. As far as she knew, she was the only force-user around to combat the dark side. While pulling the Skywalker lightsaber to her was an impressive and emotionally satisfying moment, her capabilities have always been confusing. Without any knowledge or practice, she was able to use Jedi mind tricks on another human. She was able to battle Kylo and succeed. For a complete newbie, she shouldn't be as powerful as she starts.

Worse, her training with Luke was completely subverted by his reluctance. Overall, she's really not been trained at all and learned far later than most students do. It's all understandably confusing.

19 The First Order

After Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader were taken down, as well as the second Death Star, it was implied that the Rebels had won the war. They had to finish dismantling the Empire, but they were irreparably crippled.

Considering The First Order is in power only a good 30 years later, they must've not been able to dismantle anything. If anything, the Empire's remnants only seemed to make the entire operation stronger.

Between being able to adjust so easily and the sudden, unexplained appearance of Supreme Leader Snoke, the situation doesn't really make any sense. At best, the galaxy would just still be in civil war, both factions in disrepair, not The First Order having such an aggressive upper hand.

18 General Hux And Supreme Leader Kylo

Throughout The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren is an inconsistent and unreliable ally to the First Order. In his flakiness, General Hux and Supreme Leader Snoke had to pick up the slack.

When Kylo just casually stabs Snoke and takes over as Supreme Leader, it's hard to think Hux wouldn't have some critical arguments against this. For example, not letting Kylo casually claim that role at all, especially after dethroning Snoke himself.

The First Order already has a bad problem with leadership organization. No one should have wanted the terribly unstable Kylo to take over their already challenged galactic government. He would be a terrible leader.

17 The Rebellion's Capabilities

When Starkiller Base completely destroyed the entire republic star system, they fiercely wounded the Rebellion. So much so that they weren't sure they could mount an assault against a poorly guarded monster planet. Even afterwards, they only seem to have a small fleet that gets absolutely decimated by First Order forces.

While the Rebellion in the original trilogy was troubled, they had several bases throughout the galaxy. They had several great leaders and even planets on their side. This new Rebellion really only has Leia.

And if they had a whole system of support, they probably should have been able to figure out the whole Starkiller Base thing before anything this bad happened. How capable they are as a group is really inconsistent and confusing.

16 Burning The Jedi Tomes

On Ahch-To, Luke resigned himself to drowning in green milk misery and guarding the last remaining sacred Jedi tomes. However, shortly after Rey left him, those tomes go up in flames. Luke tried to save them, but Yoda encouraged him to let them go. The old Force Ghost master says that he has to move on from the past, a poignant thought.

However symbolic, though, those tomes could have been a little useful. Rey and everyone else knows little about the Jedi history and culture. Even if they don't resurrect the Jedi as the order once was, that doesn't make that knowledge useless.

While it marked and important movement in Luke's character arc, ultimately it's just a waste of history and information. Thankfully, the films hint that Rey took them with her all along.

15 BB-8 And BB-9E

Considering that droids and little creatures are a huge selling point for Disney's new Star Wars trilogy, of course they created a First Order counterpart for BB-8. However, the existence of BB-8 and BB-9E does raise an interesting question: are BB droids from the First Order and BB-8 was just stolen and re-programmed? Or is there a manufacturing planet of droids that sells certain models to the rebellion and others to The First Order?

While the question seems silly, it does magnify the fact that the state of the galaxy is hard to identify. The Rebellion has high tech, but low numbers. The First Order is all-powerful, but few planets seem under their control. BB-8 and BB-9E are just the tip of a bigger world-building problem.

14 Kylo's Grand-Daddy Issues

One of Kylo's biggest emotional struggles in The Force Awakens was the connection he felt to his grandfather and how he was trying to finish what he started. There are two mildly confusing things about this: he never met his grandfather and probably didn't learn much about him, other than he was once Darth Vader and he turned on the Emperor to save Luke, his son. Why did he end up so obsessed with him?

And second, there is no doubt his parents and uncle told him how Darth Vader turned in the end to save his son. How would he become convinced that Vader still cared about taking over the galaxy at all?

If it was Snoke's doing, we'll likely never hear more about that.

13 Finn's Brainwashing

When introducing Finn, it was explained that Storm-troopers are taken from their parents and brainwashed at a young age. However, considering Finn's age, how did no one notice that the brainwashing failed? Furthermore, shouldn't there be more failed brainwashed Storm-troopers hiding in the Rebellion?

Since the topic is never mentioned again, fans don't know where they get these kids from, why anyone allows it, and if their brainwashing is even that effective. Their entire Storm-trooper conscription process is confusing and doesn't make much sense. Finn's story probably would have made more sense if he willingly signed up but then realized the atrocities the First Order was committing.

12 The Extent Of Leia's Force Powers

Until The Last Jedi, the only force sensitivity Leia showed was the ability to sense people. Then The Last Jedi happens and she has the ability to create a force bubble around herself to fend off the freezing, crushing effects of open space. Though it only looked like a little floating, that would take a lot more power than the visuals give her credit.

While it's not surprising a Skywalker could do that, it is surprising when the movies have shown her to be fairly weak in the force. Fans would probably be totally behind a Jedi trained Leia if that's what the trilogy did, but they didn't.

Going into The Rise of Skywalker, it's just confusing what Leia is really capable of.

11 No One Putting Poe Dameron In His Place

Poe Dameron may be a fun and fascinating character, but higher leveled officers in the Rebellion really need to put him in his place for his selfish decisions. While Poe is a fantastic pilot and squad leader, he is not in command of the Rebellion. All of his rogue machinations were out of line and made the Rebellion sacrifice their largest ship and an admiral.

Though Vice Admiral Holdo tried to nudge him into line, clearly Poe needed a firmer hand.

However, with the ship lost and only Liea in charge, it seems he won't get any of the reprimanding he deserves. Hopefully his self-righteous pride doesn't get in the way of anything during The Rise of Skywalker.

10 The Context Of The Tie-Fighter Trailer Scene

Recently, we got the first big trailer for The Rise of Skywalker. For the majority of the trailer, fans see Rey facing off against an incoming Tie Fighter. She runs from and then acrobatically jumps over the vehicle. Though it's a cool scene, at first glance, it doesn't seem to make much sense.

However, the trailer does show Kylo Ren, her force-link buddy, piloting the Tie Fighter. Though the scene is played for dramatic Rey vs. the world effect, what's happening probably isn't that dire. Either Kylo is trying to make some sort of passive aggressive point to her (not shooting but still constantly advancing), trying to catch her, or maybe even helping her train.

Either way, the movie should explain that.

9 Kylo Ren's Leadership Skills

At the end of The Last Jedi, Kylo Ren massacred Snoke and his guards, taking over the First Order. The whole organization seemed to accept him as the new Supreme Leader, despite not really liking or supporting him before this. After all, he hasn't exactly shown off great leadership skills. He lashes out in stressful situations, makes sketchy calls, and chooses his own selfish motives over the "greater good."

It was confusing enough that he led the Knights of Ren, a much smaller group. Placing him as a leader of the whole First Order system seems nonsensical. Even if no one questions him, he'll undoubtedly do a terrible job. The movies have given us no proof he'd do anything otherwise.

8 Leia's Part To Play

Throughout the new trilogy, it's easy to argue that the original three have each served a purpose and then lost their lives. Han sacrificed himself to try to save his son. Luke sacrificed himself to try to being new hope to the rebellion. At this point, the only one left standing is Leia.

Between Carrie Fisher's passing and the limited footage they have, it's very up in the air how her arc will end. So far, she's led a Rebellion, very fitting of her character, and prayed for her son's return. However, she has had little direct interaction with conflict and Kylo.

If the trend continues, the first time she sees him in years might be her last.

7 Force Ghosts

Introduced in Return of The Jedi, force ghosts really never had made sense. Can they pop up anywhere in the galaxy? If so, why wasn't there a whole armada of deceased Jedi ready to help Luke and the crew. Can they only talk to force users? Because somebody should have tried to help Rey. Or can you only talk to people you once knew?

While it's cool to see characters introspect after their passing, it's confusing how this mechanic seems to have absolutely no rules but is barely utilized. Is Luke going to come back next episode all force-ghosted anyway? Then what was the point of sacrificing him?

Considering how long that's been a mystery, fans will likely never know.

6 Rey's Belief In Kylo

Throughout The Last Jedi, Rey and Kylo explore the inexplicable bond they have. Somehow, the force links them no matter how far apart they are. While this allows the two characters to communicate and contrast their situations, the pair don't really have much in common. The force and their abilities really are all that connect them. Otherwise, they are fundamentally different people.

Despite all of this, Rey believes in Kylo's ability to turn back towards the light. His conflict is undoubtedly a part of his character, but there never was evidence that his conflict was about wanting to join his family again. Kylo Ren's conflict originated from Snoke and his lack of control over his life. It doesn't make sense, from what she's seen, to believe in him so forcefully.