With new trailers come new revelations; what we know about Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is always changing. We learned some exciting new things when the latest and greatest (and also, unfortunately, final) trailer dropped during Monday Night Football in late October.

With that said, we didn’t learn too much. Nothing in the new trailer is quite as mind-blowing as the surprise appearance of original-trilogy nemesis Emperor Palpatine. This new trailer seemed squarely aimed at a mainstream audience, rather than at the geeks who like to analyze this sort of thing frame by frame. But that won’t stop us! If we look closely enough, we’ll find plenty to get excited about. Here’s what we learned from the footage in the trailer, included both the new clips and stuff we’d seen in prior trailers.

Rey’s emotional stakes

Plenty of characters had voice-overs in the latest Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker trailer, but no character’s dialogue was as powerful as Rey’s. "People keep telling me they know me," Rey says in a voice-over in the new trailer. "No one does." The whole resistance crew is back, but it's clear from this trailer that Rey will be at the center of this film, both logistically and emotionally. Given that Rey was front in center in The Force Awakens and that her interactions with Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren were the emotional and cinematic high points of The Last Jedi, this makes perfect sense. Since we know that The Last Jedi won’t have the last say on Rey’s parentage, it’s fair to wonder if what characters know — or don’t know — about Rey is connected to her heritage in some way.

Palpatine's presence in the last trailer seemed to promise that the three Star Wars trilogies would be drawn closer together in this final installment. Palpatine’s new voiceover in the October trailer seems to confirm that. "Long have I waited," Palpatine says, "and now your coming together is your undoing." That seems to suggest that Palpatine hasn't merely been surviving this whole time; something about what happens next is a part of his plan, one that has been in the works since his apprentice Darth Vader chucked him down a reactor shaft in 1983's Return of the Jedi.

There are lots of cool settings in this trailer, too. We've seen some of them before, but not all of them.

There is footage of forested areas in this trailer, including the opening shot of Rey running. Could it be the forest moon of Endor, last seen in Return of the Jedi? Not necessarily (remember, the desert planet in trailers for The Force Awakens turned out to be not Tatooine, but a look-alike planet called Jakku). But the helmet that Rey drops sure looks a lot like ones that the rebels wore on Endor in Return of the Jedi, and we already know that the wreckage of Death Star II factors into this story somehow. Consider Endor a good bet to return in Rise of Skywalker.

This trailer also shows Rey inside the wreckage of some kind of spaceship. Perhaps this scene is intended as a callback to Rey's scavenging trip into a downed Star Destroyer in The Force Awakens. Is this part of the Death Star II wreckage? An old rebel craft? Something else? And what does this moment mean for the plot?

We also see the interior of a resistance base. It's not clear where this base is, but there is a shot of a pyramid that looks a whole lot like the ones from Yavin 4 in the original Star Wars, plus other exterior shots featuring resistance fighters in a forest setting. Could the base be on Yavin 4? Is the first Death Star in this movie, too? This could just be more of Endor, but you never know. If one Death Star is back, why not both?

Perhaps the coolest location is one we’ve seen before: A stormy ocean divided by a man-made “wall” with a big ol' spherical gun turret. Thanks to a mix of announcements and leaks, we know exactly where this is: It’s the ocean moon of Kef Bir, where some big chunks of the second Death Star have come to rest.

What about the spooky-looking icy planet? Well, that’s like to be Kijimi, where Zorri Bliss is from, but we can’t say for sure.

This new trailer also includes an interior shot of an evil-looking throne that just so happens to look like production sketches of the Emperor's throne done way back in 1981.

Speaking of thrones, interior of a destroyed room that we see late in the trailer looks like it could be the wreckage of the Emperor's throne room in the second Death Star. Given that leaks have confirmed Death Star II wreckage elsewhere, this is probably a good bet.

Rey and Kylo Ren, reunited?

The most intriguing moment of the whole trailer may be the brief moment at 1:50, where we see Rey and Kylo Ren slashing something — the same something — with their lightsabers. And is that Darth Vader's helmet that comes tumbling down when they do?.

A heartfelt goodbye

The most emotional moment of the new trailer? That would have to be C-3PO’s “last look” at his friends. Is C-3PO a goner? That would be a pretty big thing to spoil in a trailer, but you never know. Regardless, when the credits roll on Rise of the Skywalker this December 20th, Star Wars fans — much like 3P0 — will be bidding goodbye to friends whose adventures we've enjoyed for decades.

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