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Recently, the final trailer for the final movie in the final trilogy of the mainline Star Wars franchise dropped, and fans are taking out their wallets en masse.

Per Atom Tickets, pre-sale movie tickets for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have been flying off virtual shelves faster than a womp rat in an X-Wing, or some other Star Wars reference. First hour sales broke the previous record holder, Avengers: Endgame's sale numbers by 45 percent. So what's all the fuss about?

To be honest, as a die-hard Star Wars fan, I was a bit disappointed by the trailer. I watched the entire thing wondering when the porgs would show up, but there were none. Believe me, I checked three times, and I can sadly confirm that there are zero porgs in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (at least if the trailer is to be believed).

No doubt, other hardcore fans will be devastated when they discover the lack of porgs for themselves. Us lifelong Starheads (that's what I call everyone in my Star Wars group chat) who have been watching since Star Wars: The Last Jedi understand that porgs––the cute little alien bird things that I bought a life-size plush of––are the lifeblood of the long-running franchise.

Sure, this new movie has C-3PO, a big lightsaber battle, and the hairy monster guy who screams a lot, but where are the porgs? I'm betting that most of the people clamoring to buy tickets right now are filthy casuals who don't know the first thing about Star Wars, because if they did, they'd be holding off until we have some sort of official statement on why porgs have been cut from this film. #NoPorgsNoTicket

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Watch The First Trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX — "The Rise of Skywalker"

The teaser for the newest Star Wars installment is here!

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The first glimpse of Star Wars: Episode IX titled "The Rise of Skywalker"—the final episode of the Skywalker saga, and the series' ninth installment—graces our timelines today.

Director J.J. Abrams unveiled the title and trailer for the third and last of the sequel trilogy at the Star Wars fan convention taking place in Chicago this weekend.

The teaser opens with the sound of heavy breathing before Rey (Daisy Ridley) enters the frame on a desert landscape (Jakku? Tatooine?). Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) voices over: "We've passed on all we know. A thousand generations live in you now. But this is your fight."

Episode IX brings together the trilogy's resistance––Rey, Finn (John Boyega), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), many of whom were scattered throughout the galaxy on separate missions in the previous installment, The Last Jedi. For Star Wars fans, there's a lot to freak out over. There's the return of Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) in a shot where he and Chewbacca navigate the Millennium Falcon, not to mention a teary exchange between General Leia Organa (the late Carrie Fisher) and Rey. We also get a glimpse of the new character, Dio, a droid who is shown next to BB-8. There's a sinister shot of Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the return of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid); the trailer ends ominously on a soundbite of his famous evil laugh.

This is the last installment in the 9-episode arc that began with George Lucas' original 1977 Star Wars film, later retitled A New Hope. Star Wars: Episode IX open in theaters on December 20th.

Sara is a music and culture writer who lives in Brooklyn. Her work has previously appeared in PAPER magazine and Stereogum.

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Recently, the final trailer for the final movie in the final trilogy of the mainline Star Wars franchise dropped, and fans are taking out their wallets en masse.

Watch The First Trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX — "The Rise of Skywalker"

The teaser for the newest Star Wars installment is here!

The first glimpse of Star Wars: Episode IX titled "The Rise of Skywalker"—the final episode of the Skywalker saga, and the series' ninth installment—graces our timelines today.