Star Wars fans got a first glimpse of the Knights Of Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Kylo Ren’s squad briefly popped up in Rey’s lightsaber-induced ‘Force-back’ sequence, a tantalisingly brooding shot of the mysterious crew surrounding the sequel trilogy’s corrupted villain. And that was it – they weren’t referred to again, and didn’t even get a passing mention in Rian Johnson’s sequel The Last Jedi. But with filmmaker JJ Abrams back on board for Episode IX – The Rise Of Skywalker, the Knights Of Ren are back in the picture – and Empire has a world exclusive new image of them, as seen in the upcoming November issue.