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[ 0 => '', 1 => '{{Short description|Fictional character from the original draft of ''The Rise of Skywalker''}}', 2 => '', 3 => ''''Tor Valum''' is a character from [[Star Wars: Duel of the Fates|the original script]] of the 2019 film ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]'', written by [[Colin Trevorrow]] and [[Derek Connolly]]. He was originally intended to appear in the final film, but was removed from the final screenplay. He is a 7.000 year old [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] and a [[Dark Lord of the Sith|Sith Master]] who taught [[Darth Plagueis]] and later he teached [[Supreme Leader Snoke]]. Sometime later, he encountered [[Kylo Ren]], who after got teaching from him, killed her later.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Wojnar |first=Jason |date=28 January 2020 |title=Star Wars: 10 Major Differences In Colin Trevorrow's Rise Of Skywalker Script |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-differences-colin-trevorrow-rise-of-skywalker-script/ |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Screen Rant}}</ref> ', 4 => '', 5 => '== Biography ==', 6 => 'Talum was presumably born during the [[Old Republic (Star Wars)|Old Republic]] era.{{Efn|He describes as a 7,000 year old by the time of the original script's events.|name=born}} At some point during his life, he taughts and teaches [[Darth Plagueis]], [[Palpatine]]'s master and a legendary Sith Master who had the power to control the [[midi-chlorians]] to keep the ones he cared for from dying, which is implied to have been learnt from Valum.<ref name=":0" /> However, by the end of his training, Valum presumably felt [[ashamed]] or [[dissatisfied]] to Plagueis, as he states that Plagueis means nothing to him. Then, in the days leading up to the [[Battle of Endor]], [[Sidious]] recorded a [[Sith holocron]] for his apprentice [[Darth Vader]], ordering him to take [[Luke Skywalker]] to the Remnicore system should he strike him down so Tor Valum could train him into the ways of the dark side of [[the Force]] to harness the untapped power of [[Mortis (Star Wars)|Mortis]], an ethereal realm within the Force which was supposedly a myth. However, Sidious' plans failed as Vader redeemed himself and killed the Emperor to save his son before dying from his injuries, fulfilling his destiny as the [[Chosen One (Star Wars)|Chosen One]] and bringing balance to the Force.', 7 => '', 8 => 'Decades later, Vader's grandson Supreme Leader [[Kylo Ren]] finds the Sith holocron on [[Mustafar]]. After Sidious' message plays out, however, the holocron blasts red lightning on Ren's face because it scans him and realizes that he isn't Vader, leading Ren to get a new iron mask, reminiscent to that of his grandfather, which he later destroys by throwing it off his castle to shatter on the ground.', 9 => '', 10 => 'Eager to find Tor Valum, Kylo Ren takes his TIE silencer to Remnicore at night and finds an ancient stone military fortress consumed by time, where he finds Valum on the courtyard. After getting threatened with death by Ren, Valum offers the conflicted dark side warrior to replace the deceased [[Supreme Leader Snoke]] as his new master so he can find Mortis and unleash its power for himself if he severs his past to not end up like all the previous [[Sith]] and [[Jedi]]. While training, Valum finishes Kylo's training by teaching him how to Force drain the Living Force from a three-tusked Gronk Boar, reducing it to a husk. Desiring more, Kylo enters into an [[ice cave]] near them after Valum tells him there's a vergence there. Inside the cave, Kylo Ren meets a Force vision of [[Darth Vader]] and engages him in combat only to be defeated by it.', 11 => '', 12 => 'Leaving the cave, an angry Kylo Ren asks Tor Valum for Mortis' location, but Valum refuses to tell him, deeming him unworthy of its power due his failure on defeating the Vader vision. Not taking a no as a response, the Master of [[Knights of Ren]] uses the Force to hold Valum, delving into his mind to find Mortis' location as Valum implores him to release him, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. In a last attempt to convince Ren from sparing him, Tor Valum assures Ren that he has given him everything, something Ren agrees before draining him from all his Living Force, killing Valum and reducing him to a withered shell. However, in the end, Valum's training was for naught, as Ren was disowned as a Skywalker and ended up getting defeated once and for all by [[Rey (Star Wars)|Rey Solana]] on Mortis, putting an end to his plans of conquest.<ref name=":0" />', 13 => '', 14 => '== Development ==', 15 => 'In August 2015, Colin Trevorrow was announced as the director of ''Episode IX;''<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=15 August 2015 |title=‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Sets ‘Jurassic World’ Director Colin Trevorrow to Helm |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-episode-9-director-807838/ |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> he wrote a script titled ''[[Star Wars: Duel of the Fates|Duel of the Fates]]'' with frequent collaborator [[Derek Connolly]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Oller |first=Jacob |date=24 January 2020 |title=Star Wars' finale would'we been titled 'Duel of the Fates', Colin Trevorrow confirms |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/star-wars-colin-trevorrow-duel-of-the-fates |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Syfy}}</ref> Colin takes his script to Lucasfilm in December 2016, which was read by both ''[[Star Wars]]'' creator [[George Lucas]] and actor [[Mark Hamill]]. Unfortunately, [[Carrie Fisher]]'s unexpected death altered his plans and forced him to rewrite the script he had written with Derek Connolly, even asking playwright [[Jack Thorne]] to rewrite it.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lussier |first=Germain |date=15 January 2020 |title=Colin Trevorrow's Alleged Star Wars Episode IX Ending Features Some Familiar Themes |url=https://gizmodo.com/colin-trevorrows-alleged-star-wars-episode-ix-ending-fe-1841005936 |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Gizmodo}}</ref> However, producer [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] ultimately realized that Trevorrow wasn't the right person for the job during the initial scripting phase and ultimately fired him,<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=5 September 2017 |title=Colin Trevorrow Out as ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Director |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/colin-trevorrow-exits-star-wars-episode-ix-1202548088/ |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Variety}}</ref> before rehiring [[J. J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]], director of ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens|Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens]]'', to direct the film, which was renamed ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker|Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker]]'' and released in 2019. ', 16 => '', 17 => 'While the final version retained some elements from Trevorrow's script, Tor Valum wasn't one of them, as [[J. J. Abrams|Abrams]] opted to brought back [[Palpatine|Emperor Palpatine]] as the main antagonist and tie him into [[Rey (Star Wars)|Rey]]'s origins.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gonzales |first=Dave |date=19 December 2019 |title=Answering the biggest questions about Emperor Palpatine’s return to Star Wars |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/19/21030344/how-is-emperor-palpatine-alive-in-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-snoke-kylo-rey-vader-spoilers |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Polygon}}</ref>', 18 => '', 19 => '== Reception ==', 20 => 'The script and the character has received generally positive reviews from [[Twitter]] users, as they expressed that they would have preferred to see Trevorrow's ''Duel of the Fates'' over ''The'' ''Rise of Skywalker'', which was written by [[J. J. Abrams]] and [[Chris Terrio]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alter |first=Ethan |date=15 January 2020 |title=From more Rose Tico to no Palpatine, here are the biggest differences between 'The Rise of Skywalker' and the original Episode IX script |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/star-wars-episode-9-original-colin-trevorrow-script-leaked-220742366.html |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Yahoo}}</ref> ', 21 => '', 22 => '== References ==', 23 => '', 24 => '=== Citations ===', 25 => '<references />', 26 => '', 27 => '=== Notes ===', 28 => '<references group="lower-alpha" />', 29 => '[[Category:Star Wars cancelled characters]]', 30 => '[[Category:Film series characters originally introduced in a film]]', 31 => '[[Category:Sith]]', 32 => '[[Category:Fictional extraterrestrial characters]]' ]