When Konami revealed PES 2020, many fans noticed the game had a new naming convention. Gone was the full Pro Evolution Soccer title, to be replaced by the new eFootball moniker. Now, Konami has discussed its reasons for changing the series' name."The full product name moving forward will be "eFootball: PES," the franchise's European brand manager, Lennart Bobzien, told GameSpot. "For this year we've announced eFootball PES 2020. We want to put a bigger focus on esports moving forward. In the past we've already shown [this] by having competitions such as PES League and eFootball Pro, the professional club competition. Moving forward, there will be bigger esports competitions coming up. We simply thought that by including it in the product naming, we're making a statement and showing our community of fans, but also the wider audience, that esports will play a very big part moving forward."Talking about Pro Evolution Soccer--in Europe, it was always a tricky one, and when we discussed this repositioning we thought, let's call it football, it's a European market [so] we want to have football. We still keep PES in the product name since we feel that's still part of the heritage and we want to keep it in there. Therefore, the combination will be eFootball: PES."Konami announced just recently that Manchester United will be officially licensed in this year's game, with Scott McTominay a cover star in some regions. The club's Old Trafford stadium will be fully scanned into the game, along with the entire first team squad.PES 2020 launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 10. A demo version, which includes online and offline match types as well as the game's edit mode, will launch on July 30. Stay tuned to GameSpot for a full PES 2020 gameplay preview.Info from Gamespot.com

Amazon Prime Day is right around the corner, but lots of American retailers are offering serious summer savings already this weekend in Fourth of July sales. Best Buy, Walmart, and Microsoft in particular all have some great deals on games and consoles that we've highlighted for you below so you can spend your Independence Day doing that most American of activities: shopping.Get Marvel's Spider-Man Free With 1TB PS4 »Best Buy is getting patriotic with a huge Fourth of July sale running now through this Saturday. There are big savings available across the store, but most notably, buying a 1TB PlayStation 4 console will net you a free copy of the fantastic Marvel's Spider-Man. You can also get set up for multiplayer on that console with the option to save $30 when you buy two DualShock controllers, which is half off the price of the second one. Best Buy is also offering the PS Classic retro console for a record-low $25. Note that My Best Buy members also get free shipping as part of the sale.Over at Walmart you can grab Red Dead Redemption 2 for half off at just $30 on both PS4 and Xbox One. The Overwatch: Legendary Edition (which includes five epic and legendary hero skins, along with various other goodies) is also just $30 on both PS4 and Xbox One. With NBA 2K20 pre-orders now available, last year's NBA 2K19 is available for just $20 on PS4 and $18 on Xbox One. The base game of Destiny 2 is also now just a mere $8 on either PS4 or Xbox One, which is the lowest price we've ever seen for the game.Meanwhile, Microsoft is offering savings from $50 up to $300 off various gaming PCs. You can also save $60 when you buy a white 1TB Xbox One X console bundled with a free, second wireless controller.Deals-conscious gamers will also want to get ready for Amazon Prime Day, which is coming up soon and sure to feature lots of excellent deals on gaming software and hardware. The Amazon-owned Twitch is also getting in on the event this time around, with free in-game goodies and a variety of special events for Prime subscribers.Best BuyPlayStation 4 1TB console with Marvel's Spider-Man -- $3002 DualShock 4 PS4 controllers -- $90PlayStation Classic -- $25WalmartRed Dead Redemption 2 (PS4) -- $30Red Dead Redemption 2 (XB1) -- $30Overwatch: Legendary Edition (PS4) -- $30Overwatch: Legendary Edition (XB1) -- $30NBA 2K19 (PS4) -- $20NBA 2K19 (XB1) -- $18Destiny 2 (PS4) -- $8Destiny 2 (XB1) -- $8Microsoft Store$50-$300 off gaming PCsXbox One X 1TB two controller bundle -- $500Info from Gamespot.com

What did you think of Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary, Midsommar? Let us know in the comments below.Midsommar, the new movie from writer and director Ari Aster (of Hereditary fame), is now in theaters, having received extremely positive reviews. Throughout the film, the group of friends that includes Dani (Florence Pugh), Christian (Jack Reynor), Josh (William Jackson Harper), and Mark (Will Poulter) experience strange and ever more sinister rituals during the Midsommar festival of a remote Swedish village to which they've been lured by their good buddy Pelle (Vilhelm Blomgren).This is your final spoiler warning: If you haven't seen Midsommar yet, come back when you have for a look at the movie's ending.Dani and Christian's friends drop like flies--first their new acquaintances from London, then Mark, who's seduced by a village girl and apparently has his face skinned off, and finally Josh, who gets smacked in the noggin while snooping around the village's scriptures. Eventually, the two protagonists are the only ones left standing, much like Dani at the end of the dance-off that sees her crowned May Queen.They go through some crazy weird rituals: Dani sits at the head of the table while tripping her freaking balls off on shrooms and gets palanquin'd away to bless the land, while Christian takes part in one of the strangest sex scenes ever committed to film. It was all leading here: Pelle brought in the outsiders for a specific purpose, and Christian was deemed worthy of "breeding." It's less clear if the plan was always to crown Dani May Queen, although Pelle's suspicious words to her early in the film--that he was glad she was coming on the trip--seem to indicate so.The Genius Of Setting A Horror Movie In Broad DaylightIn Midsommar's final climactic scene, Dani is presented with a choice: Who will be sacrificed in the impending fiery ritual? Christian, her boyfriend of years, or a random villager she's never met before this week? She picks Christian, and in so doing chooses a new family for herself--one that values her and doesn't keep her around out of a misplaced sense of pity.Some viewers have experienced Midsommar's final scenes as a happy ending. And surprisingly, despite the human sacrifice element, that's not far off from writer and director Ari Aster's intent. "I hope that it's something that feels maybe cathartic, and almost maybe even uplifting, at the moment, and then I hope it's something that you have to wrestle with later," Aster told GameSpot. "I've always viewed the film as a perverse wish fulfillment fantasy in the clothes of a folk horror film. For the guys, for the men in the movie, the American men, it is a folk horror movie it's. But for Dani, it's really more of a fairy tale. And we are aligned with Dani."We here at GameSpot can attest to that--after leaving the theater, our own Meg Downey proclaimed Midsommar "the feel-good movie of the summer," a reaction Aster seemed tickled by."That's great," he said when we recounted Meg's reaction. "I mean, that's certainly what I was going for. I'm always happy when people call it a crowd pleaser."Aster shared another interesting tidbit about Midsommar's ending: The aforementioned human sacrifice is not the end of the festivities. In fact, it takes place on just day four of the village's nine-day festival. "I just found it funny that this is a nine-day festival, and this massive thing--the thing that ends the film--happens on day four," he said. "I like the idea of thinking about what would happen for the next five days after that."That timeline was more clear in Midsommar's original cut, but given that that version was three hours and 45 minutes long, some things had to go. Aster said he dislikes exposition, and besides, the ambiguity of basic questions like "What time is it?" and "How long have they been there?" adds to the movie's sense of anxious unreality.Midsommar's remote Swedish village and its many alien rituals aren't based on any one particular location or people, according to Aster, but rather drawn from a "stew" of different inspirations. "I was drawing from research into Swedish traditions, Swedish history, Swedish folklore, and then I was also pulling from German and English midsummer traditions," the writer and director said. "And then beyond that, I was pulling from my imagination and what was necessary for the story." One thing that doesn't happen by the end of the movie: anything supernatural, unlike in Aster's previous film, Hereditary."It just wasn't that film," Aster said. "There was never going to be anything supernatural, so it wasn't anything I had to--I didn't have to restrain myself from doing that. The only thing I've ever written that did involve the supernatural was Hereditary."Supernatural or not, it was a hell of an ending--and, depending who you ask, quite an enjoyable one, as well. Midsommar is in theaters now.Read next: The Midsommar Deleted Scene Director Ari Aster Hated To CutInfo from Gamespot.com

Just ahead of the Stranger Things 3 premiere, it appears another crossover event is coming to Fortnite. Following the game's second 9.30 content update, the portals from Netflix's popular Stranger Things series have begun appearing in the game, conveniently in time for the launch of the series' third season (you can read our Stranger Things Season 3 review here).There are several portals in the game right now, and they can be found, fittingly, inside the Mega Mall, one of the new areas introduced to the game at the start of Season 9. It's unclear what the purpose of the portals is--at present, they'll simply teleport you to other areas of the mall if you walk inside one--but it could signal some more Stranger Things content coming to the game. Netflix had previously hinted at a Fortnite/Stranger Things collaboration around the launch of Season 3 (and the Scoops Ahoy ice cream parlor from Stranger Things 3 was even added to Mega Mall recently), so this could just be the beginning.This certainly isn't the first crossover to happen in Fortnite. Epic has previously collaborated with a number of blockbuster films. Earlier this year, Fortnite hosted an Avengers: Endgame crossover event that allowed players to wield some of the Avengers' iconic weapons. After that, the game held a John Wick crossover event to coincide with the release of John Wick 3. Epic Games boss Donald Mustard even appeared in the Avengers: Endgame re-release.Fortnite is still in the midst of its 14 Days of Summer event. Until July 16, you'll be able to complete new challenges and unlock some special summer-themed rewards. There will be 14 challenges in total, and if you manage to clear all of them by the end of the event, you'll unlock the Smoothie back bling. Epic is also unvaulting a weapon and hosting a different limited-time mode each day of the event.The aforementioned 9.30 content update went live on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices on July 2, and it was a fairly minor one as far as Fortnite updates go, only adding a single new weapon to Battle Royale mode: the Drum Shotgun. Fortnite's premium Save the World mode, on the other hand, has brought back a handful of festive heroes to celebrate the Fourth of July, while Fortnite Creative has received a handful of new prefabs and galleries.Info from Gamespot.com

One of publisher Electronic Arts' bosses has spoken up to talk about how, after 25 years with the company, he continues to struggle with how EA is often perceived as "a bunch of bad guys."A publicly traded company with thousands of employees around the world, EA is among the world's largest, oldest, and most established gaming publishers. EA's EVP of strategic growth, Matt Bilbey, explained to GI.biz that when EA makes mistakes, these issues are blown out due in part to the company's size and scale."25 years at EA and I still struggle with the external perception that we're just a bunch of bad guys," Bilbey said. "We love making and playing games. Unfortunately, when we make mistakes on games, the world knows about it because it's of a size and scale."Indeed. When EA's Star Wars: Battlefront II ignited a controversy in 2017 over its implementation loot boxes and microtransactions--which were removed before the game's public release--the discussion kicked off a global examination of loot boxes in video games that continues today. The title might have been embroiled in controversy, but it shipped a gargantuan 9 million-plus copies in its first months alone, making it one of the most successful Star Wars games in history.It's a similar story to EA's Battlefield 4, which had a rough launch but was also hugely successful from a commercial perspective.Also in the interview, Bilbey spoke about how EA, as the company grows larger and larger, faces the perception that it becomes "disconnected" from new, original ideas. That's where the EA Originals program comes in. The label is behind titles like A Way Out, Fe, and Sea of Solitude, along with more games coming up in the future."EA Originals is our opportunity to connect with that talent and those smaller ideas. When you are part of a big company, it's too easy to fall into the trap where when you see a game concept... it has to be big," he said. "The notion of actually coming up with small, unique game ideas... We know from the work that we've been doing on our subscription business that gamers will play a FIFA or a Fortnite--they have one main franchise--but then they want breaks from those games to play something that's maybe five or ten hours long."At E3 this y ear, EA announced the latest partners for the EA Original label, including Hazelight, Glowmade, and Zoink. Info from Gamespot.com

It is finally time. Netflix's hit sci-fi show, Stranger Things, premiered its third season just now. All eight episodes of the third season are now available to stream around the world.What are you waiting for? If you're in America and have the 4th of July off, what better way to kick off your holiday weekend than spending some time with Eleven as she and her crew save the world all over again.Millie Bobby Brown is back as Eleven, with Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, and Noah Schnapp all reprising their roles as Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson, Mike Wheeler, and Will Byers, respectively. Max Mayfield returns to her Season 2 role as Sadie Sink, while David Harbour (Jim Hopper) and Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers) are both returning as well.Stranger Things 3 picks up after the events of Season 2. Eleven and the gang are enjoying their summer break, but obviously everything goes to hell and demons must be defeated."It's safe to say that Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have pulled it off: After a lackluster sophomore slump, Stranger Things is back at the top of its game," reviewer Michael Rougeau said in GameSpot's Stranger Things 3 review.In other news, Stranger Things has invaded Fortnite.Info from Gamespot.com

Women's football is more popular than ever before, with the ongoing 2019 World Cup enthralling audiences across the globe. While EA added women's teams in a limited capacity back in FIFA 16, PES has so far eschewed the women's game entirely. Publisher Konami has now confirmed that stance will continue in PES 2020."I personally support the women's game and have been following the World Cup closely," the series' European brand manager, Lennart Bobzien, told GameSpot in a statement. "However we currently don't have any plans to integrate women into eFootball PES 2020."EA's series holds the licensing rights to feature the FIFA World Cup competitions--for both men and women's teams--so it's unsurprising the tournament hasn't been featured in PES in an official capacity.However, it's disappointing to see the women's game not represented at all in PES given the sport is now more popular than it has ever been. For example, the England v USA World Cup semi-final on Tuesday had the highest peak audience of any TV show this year in the UK, with 11.7 million people tuning in to BBC One concurrently--a 50.8% audience share. Women's football is arguably of a higher standard and has enjoyed increased media coverage than ever before.Manchester United, PES 2020's newly-unveiled partner club, themselves launched a women's team in 2018. The upcoming season will see them compete in the top division of English women's football, the Women's Super League, after being promoted last term.PES 2020 launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 10. A demo version, which includes online and offline match types as well as the game's edit mode, will launch on July 30. Stay tuned to GameSpot for a full PES 2020 gameplay preview.Info from Gamespot.com

Forza Horizon 4 will be getting a crossover with Top Gear, the popular BBC auto series. Microsoft announced that the free update is available now, with loads of new vehicles and some cosmetic options for your driver.The Top Gear content is narrated by Chris Harris and features seven new story chapters. The actual race content will let you drive a 1999 Lotus Elise, Austin taxi, the Top Gear modified Mercedes-Benz E-AT, a 65 Mini Cooper, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, G65 6x6 AMG, and the Guinness record-setting 500bhp Track-tor.Finishing the Top Gear missions will unlock the E-AT Mercedes Benz and Track-tor, along with an "I am The Stig" shirt and white overalls for your driver. A trailer shows off some of the Top Gear gear.Like all of Microsoft's first-party games, Forza Horizon 4 is included with Game Pass, the company's all-you-can-eat subscription service for Xbox One and PC. The game has been putting out DLC on a pretty regular basis, including premium Lego Speed Champions-themed content announced and released during E3 2019.Info from Gamespot.com

Death; taxes; Fortnite challenges--the three certainties of life. Like clockwork, new Fortnite: Battle Royale challenges arrive every week, and Season 9, Week 9's set is now live.In the free section (challenges that anyone can do without buying the Battle Pass), you'll need to use a chug jug or chug splash in three different matches. You'll also need to visit a solar array in the snow, the desert, and the jungle. Finally, make sure you're getting lots of kills with common, then uncommon, rare, epic, and legendary weapons.If you've got a Battle Pass, you'll be able to do some exclusive challenges. If you haven't got one and want to get all the cosmetics this season, it's worth getting one as you'll get more challenges and thus more opportunities to get Battle Stars. A Battle Pass can be purchased using V-Bucks from the in-game store. Take a look at the full list of challenges for this week below; alternatively, check out the full list of Season 9 challenges or take a look at the mysterious Fortnite x Stranger Things crossover event.Fortnite: Battle Royale Season 9, Week 9 ChallengesFreeUse a chug jug or chug splash in different matches (3) -- 5 Battle StarsVisit a solar array in the snow, the desert, and the jungle (3) -- 5 Battle StarsGet an elimination with a common/uncommon/rare/epic/legendary rarity weapon (1) -- 2 Battle StarsPremiumDeal 500 headshot damage -- 5 Battle StarsSearch chests at Lazy Lagoon or Happy Hamlet (7) -- 5 Battle StarsEliminate opponents in different named locations (5) -- 10 Battle StarsDeal damage to an opponent within 10s of landing from a volcano vent (200 damage) -- 10 Battle StarsInfo from Gamespot.com

From Software's wild mech game Metal Wolf Chaos is coming next month, the studio and publisher Devolver Digital have announced. It will hit PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on August 6, for $25. If you pre-order you'll get a platform-exclusive mech skin.The re-release of Metal Wolf Chaos updates the visuals, revises the save system, and bumps the resolution to 4K with 16:9 support. The 2004 release was exclusive to Xbox in Japan, and became notoriously difficult to find outside of its home country. That makes this re-release the first opportunity many fans will have to play it.The timing of this announcement on July 4--Independence Day in America-- is no coincidence. The game is a comically over-the-top representation of American patriotism, as it stars President Michael Wilson taking to a mech suit to defend against a rebellion led by Vice President Richard Hawk. The battles take place across an array of American landmarks like the Grand Canyon and the White House. You can get a sense for the tone in the release trailer below.The game's style earned it a place in GameSpot's Most American Games of All Time. "You can also unlock a rocket launcher that fires rockets in the shape of footballs that leave trails of streamers and fireworks in their wake," wrote Peter Brown. "In other words: AMERICA."Info from Gamespot.com

Fortnite: Battle Royale is continuing to roll out new challenges new weekly challenges. The Solar Arrays challenge is part of the latest batch of weekly challenges, as opposed to the separate set of challenges for the 14 Days of Summer event. Nothing says summer like a sweltering sun, so the latest challenge has you going green by finding a set of solar arrays.Like many recent Fortnite challenges, the criteria itself is simple enough, but it helps if you know just where to go. In this case you just have to visit the arrays in the snow, desert, and jungle. Easy enough, right? It could be even easier, though, if you knew exactly where to go, and that's where we come in. We've compiled a map and detailed views of all the arrays so you know exactly where to find them.How To Complete Solar Arrays ChallengeUnlike challenges like the beach party dance-off, you merely have to find the solar arrays to count toward your goal. Just by getting within a certain range, you'll tick off the challenge for each location. You don't even need to press a button or perform any action, so even if you just sprint past an array on your way to complete some other challenge, it will count as completed.Where To Find Solar ArraysWe've located each of the three solar arrays, and they're spread fairly far apart. The clue simply says you can find them in snow, desert, and jungle. Check the map and coordinate information below for more detail on exactly where to find them, and consult the screenshots if you need a good view of what they look like inside the environment.Snow: section A8-B8, almost on the line between the two sections.Desert: section I8-J8, similar to the Snow array, on the line between the two sections.Jungle: northwestern corner of H2Solar Arrays Challenge RewardCompleting this challenge rewards you with a five battle stars.14 Days of Summer ChallengesDance at different beach partiesBounce a giant beach ballInfo from Gamespot.com

Like clockwork, another free PC game is available from the Epic Games Store this week, replacing last week's offering, Last Day of June. The game in question is Overcooked, the critically acclaimed, co-op cooking simulator from Ghost Town Games that spawned an equally good sequel, Overcooked 2. Now until July 11, the original Overcooked is completely free to claim and keep--all you need to do is create a free Epic account (if you don't already have one) and add it to your library.Overcooked's premise is quite simple: You and up to three friends will take control of chefs working together in a kitchen to cook recipes assigned to you by the game. Sounds cute and relaxing, right? Now throw in a few kitchen fires, shifting stages, a beeping timer that indicates you're about to miss an order, and dirty dishes piling up as you and your friends stumble around and bump into each other. Mastering Overcooked's obstacles requires constant communication and strategic delegation of tasks, and you'll be ranked on a three-star system based on how efficiently your team clears the level. You need at least one star to move forward.Here's the main thing to know about Overcooked: It is both very good and extremely frustrating. My boyfriend and I have gotten into serious fights over it and had to stop playing. But find the right people to play with, and Overcooked is such a rewarding experience that leaves you wanting more by the end (and fortunately, Overcooked 2 exists now). Unfortunately, Overcooked doesn't have online multiplayer (the sequel introduced that feature), but you can also play it solo if you like. Either way, Overcooked is absolutely worth claiming and trying out, especially with it being free for the next week.Get Overcooked for free »Create a free Epic Store account »While we're discussing PC games: The Steam Summer Sale is still going strong until July 9 and has some of the best deals on PC games you'll find all year. Catch up on all the best game deals in this year's Steam Summer Sale, including the best cheap games you can get for $10 or less. There's also a new Grand Prix mini-game you can participate in for the chance to win the top game on your Steam wish list for free.Info from Gamespot.com

Fortnite is known for its wild and sometimes wacky teasers of events to come, but the latest is a real sitting duck. An actual, gigantic rubber duckie, to be precise, relaxing in his stylish green shades near Tilted.It's not clear exactly what the rubber duckie does. It does appear to have a health bar with a whopping 1 million health, and only damage from pickaxes appears to stick. Nothing around the duck seems to clearly indicate what will happen if the community chips it down to zero health, but massive community goals have become a fairly regular occurrence, such as an event that had players vote for an unlock by chipping away at pillars that encased it.If you're looking to locate the duck yourself, he can be found in section E6, just southeast of Neo Tilted. You can consult our handy duck map below if you need a hand locating the quacker.That is one cool duck.For more on how to unlock rewards, check out our week 9 challenge guide, including where to find the solar arrays and fireworks. And keep up with some cool summer-themed challenges with Fortnite's 14 Days of Summer event.Info from Gamespot.com

The Spider-Man: Far From Home promotional campaign teased one major post-Endgame revelation: the fact that the MCU may be part of a "multiverse" in which the Earth we've watched this past decade was actually only Earth-616, one of thousands of Earths all occurring in the same place at the same time in different dimensions. However, this information came to us care of Mysterio--a villain in the comics--making it a little harder to trust or take at face value. After all, who was to say Mysterio wasn't doing what villains do best and lying?Well, now that Far From Home is actually in theaters, we thankfully have an answer--and it's unsurprisingly a little complicated. So, does the MCU have a multiverse?This is your final spoiler warning.The short answer is: no. Mysterio was actually totally full of it and really was the bad guy all along. He lied about being from a different Earth, he lied about the Elementals--he lied about it all, just to get himself in the public eye as a hero. The basis for his plan was, partly, the absurdity of the concept--proof, in his eyes, that "people will believe anything these days." And who could blame them, after the Snap and Sokovia and the Battle of New York? Reality in the MCU has never been more precarious or up for debate.What happens in Far From Home's after-credits scenes?What does that shocking cameo mean for the MCU?What does Far From Home tell us about Phase 4? But the long answer is a bit less cut and dry. Director Jon Watts told GameSpot he's open to the possibility somewhere down the road. "What's exciting about making movies at Marvel is that you feel like anything is on the table. So who knows?" He laughed, "Mysterio may be bullshitting about it in this movie, but I don't know that that means that it's not true in the larger universe."After all, we can tell from the scene between Peter, Mysterio, and Nick Fury where the concept of a multiverse is first introduced that it definitely is something floating around the scientific zeitgeist in the MCU. Peter knows immediately what Fury and Mysterio are talking about, where it fits into the conversation, and what it could potentially mean in the realm of quantum physics. It's clearly not a totally unheard of idea. And, with both time travel and splintered timelines definitively in the mix after Endgame, actually going for a multiverse may be the quickest and easiest way to buff out some of the larger blemishes in the MCU at this point.But the introduction of the multiverse would come with complications, especially now. Bringing up a multiverse only to have it disproven creates an interesting conundrum in which the general population of the world will have to first be convinced that they were lied to, and then later be convinced that no, wait, actually it was the truth all along--or, at least, part of it was the truth. Not exactly the cleanest or easiest narrative to sell, especially when distrust and confusion are at an all-time high.It will be interesting to see just how this particular debacle pans out, especially given the mystery surrounding Phase 4--does the MCU have the bandwidth to incorporate an actual multiverse somewhere down the line? Or should it remain a giant scam perpetrated by a fraud making a selfish grab at superheroic fame? One thing is certain: No matter how it shakes out, we can't wait to see where things go. Info from Gamespot.com

JJ Abrams was not the first choice to direct Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. Lucasfilm originally hired Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow to co-write and direct, but he left the project due to creative differences. According to actress Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, Trevorrow's version was "very different" than what people will see on screen later this year.Ridley said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, and reported by Collider, that she met with Trevorrow at an event where she asked him about what happened."He was Josh [Gad's] guest at [the] Murder on the Orient Express [premiere] and we went for dinner afterwards, and Colin sat next to me and I was like, 'What's this gonna be like?' Because all I had heard--I didn't know what had happened, I just knew that he wasn't doing it anymore. And he did sort of tell me and sort of not… Actually no we had gone for dinner and stuff, we went for dinner with Michelle, who is a producer. So I sort of knew. I think everything happens for a reason I guess."Ridley only confirmed that Trevorrow's version was "very different," though it's unclear what differences there are between Trevorrow's version and the movie that JJ Abrams made.Trevorrow worked on the Episode IX script alongside Derek Connolly and Jack Thorne, but Abrams and co-writer Chris Terrio later came in to write a new script.According to The Wall Street Journal, the scripts that Trevorrow submitted didn't cut it. While Trevorrow was keen to try again, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy opted to fire him instead.Also in the interview, Ridley talked about an epic lightsaber battle between Rey and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) that's coming up in Rise of Skywalker."I just think they've done a great job with all the relationships," she said. "With the fun friendships, and with the sort of strange thing with Rey and Kylo… also we have a great fight. A great fight. And I was really happy that the Vanity Fair pictures did show a bit of it. It's a great fight. Like I've become such a better fighter and they made the lightsabers lighter, so it actually looks like we're swinging light and not like heavy [swords]."The Rise of Skywalker is the third and final movie in the new trilogy that began with 2015's The Force Awakens. It also wraps up their entire Skywalker Saga that began with 1977's first Star Wars. There are multiple new Star Wars trilogies coming, including those from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, but Rey will not be in them.The Rise of Skywalker opens on December 19.Info from Gamespot.com