First, details were released about Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars Episode IX script. Now, concept art from that movie has leaked, and it shows us what could have been.

And just like that, concept art for an early version of Star Wars Episode IX has leaked online. This comes after details surfaced of the same version of the movie just about a week ago. While it hasn’t officially been confirmed by Lucasfilm, the leaked art appears to be directly related to Colin Trevorrow’s Episode IX script titled Duel of the Fates.

The concept art was shared on Imgur, showing 20 photos of detailed, high-quality concept art supposedly from Trevorrow’s version of the script. (Trevorrow was signed on to be the original director and co-writer of the final movie in the Skywalker Saga before stepping away from the project.) If you’ve read about Trevorrow’s script, you’ll notice the concept art matches up perfectly with details mentioned in the previous leak. If you haven’t read the details of his script, you can brush up on it here.

Basically, this version of Episode IX is a complete departure from Abrams’ script. The movie puts Kylo Ren as the true villain who Rey must defeat, there’s no love story, and there’s no resurrected Palpatine. In one of the very first images, which you can see in the Reddit post below, it shows Rey with her new double-bladed lightsaber as well as a dark, Return of the Jedi-like outfit.

From the leak, there’s also quite a bit of imagery from scenes on Coruscant. Apparently in Duel of the Fates, the First Order would have taken over Coruscant, and the city is no longer in its prime. A photo with C-3PO and R2D2 illustrates the stark change for the city, with crumbling, decayed buildings towering over the two droids.

There’s also art for the villain known as Tor Valum, who was supposed to be Palpatine’s old master. Meeting Tor and dueling “Darth Vader” (as an illusion, not the real Darth), was part of Kylo Ren’s arc to becoming a powerful force on the Dark Side — something completely different from the redeemed Ben Solo we got at the end of The Rise of Skywalker.

As for our original heroes, Luke and Leia, there’s a heartwarming scene where Leia sends a message to BB-8. Of course, it’s a direct reference to A New Hope. But with Carrie Fisher having passed away before being able to film the movie, it’s unlikely that they would have been able to pull off that scene without requiring a lot of VFX effort.

Just like in The Rise of Skywalker, Luke would have appeared as a Force ghost. And in the tweet from DR Movie News below (as found by Screen Rant), the photo of him grabbing Kylo Ren’s lightsaber shows more of the mysterious powers Force ghosts can possess.

https://twitter.com/DRMovieNews1/status/1220374875191369730

What will become of this art, we may never know. If it is official Star Wars art — which Screen Rant notes that the signatures on the concept art match those of previous Star Wars artists — then it’s unfortunate that the art would have to be buried and lost to time.

This week, Colin Trevorrow confirmed that no art from his story would be appearing in the official Rise of Skywalker art book. But with how great these photos look, it’d be a shame not to release them to the public and have them printed in a book. That is, assuming it wouldn’t cause a stir if the photos were officially released.

To see the official concept art from The Rise of Skywalker, look out for The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on March 31.