After in Teaser to "Star Wars: Skywalker. The sunrise "were shown frames with Dark Rey, which keeps a laser sword with two blades, fans to the latter hoped that this element will enter the final installation of the film. As a result, this did not happen, but at some stage the creators really planned to arm the Rey double sword - this is confirmed by the preliminary concept of art. English artist David Okok on his site shared a whole series of sketches, on one of which can be seen as Rae is fighting back from searching droids, manual with a double-sided sword.
Instructions for the fact that the Ray Arsenal had to be a double light sword, one can notice in the novelization of Skywalker. Sunrise". Apparently, the author of the book Ray Carson worked in Tandem with the creators of the film, but the corresponding frames were still not included in the final installation. As for the novel, then at its beginning there is a passage, in which Ray's thoughts were transferred about their sword. The heroine began to design his own sword after she repaired the Sword of Luke, which was damaged in "Star Wars: the last Jedi." The passage says:
She examined the unfinished sword, lying on her workbench. The sword was not ready yet, and the one that she with diligence repaired, belonged not to her, and hatch. As a weapon, she always had enough her old good cock. This clock has repeatedly served her good service on Jakk. But now, when Rei learned to make laser swords, she could make such a sword, who would lay in her hands like a closure. Familiar and powerful. With two sides. For portability, in the middle could be added a special rod.
Some fans hope that in the future Daisi Ridley will still return to the Ray image and finally will show his double sword, but for the time being to speak prematurely. According to the actress, in the foreseeable future, it is not going to be filmed in new films from the Star Wars series.