Flagrush: removing skybox removes scene

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in flagrush lesson9 if I comment out

RenderPass rPass = new RenderPass();

        rPass.add(skybox);

        passManager.add(rPass);





in buildPassManager() method



I would expect it to render the scene w/o the skybox, but instead I get a black screen with nothing rendered.  :?