![]() ![]() If you want to go into The Rise of Skywalker without knowing literally anything about the plot, it'd be best to stop reading here, but these don't really count as spoilers, per se. If you didn't, well, you might still be at least underwhelmed with the haphazard way in which Abrams chose to bring this all to a close. ![]() This is to say if you liked, as I did, the existential and playful direction Johnson took with the franchise - in which both characters and audiences were made to interrogate their pre-established opinions on Star Wars lore - you're bound to be disappointed. Back at the helm of the franchise, Abrams appears to have been intent on course-correcting from where Johnson took the trilogy, throwing out or retconning many ideas introduced in The Last Jedi to match a heretofore nonexistent narrative. The film, critically successful and a massive box-office success, was the subject of intense backlash, for reasons ranging from purported plot holes, and Johnson's reimagining of beloved characters to despicable racism and misogyny. Of course, discussing The Rise of Skywalker requires relitigating its predecessor, Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi. The bones of what made the new era of the saga exciting - the talented, appealing actors, the charming practical effects and creatures - are still there, but it's all mired in a plot that's as sludgy as planet Dagobah. Instead, the movie plays out like a confusing sequel to a film that doesn't exist. There is little triumph in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Four years later, this latest trilogy's final installment, The Rise of Skywalker, has arrived and the fanfare has dimmed considerably. ![]() The movie, with an exciting cast of rising stars playing characters that immediately clicked and franchise legends Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill reprising their famous roles, felt like an event, one that portended a wise path for a George Lucas-less incarnation of the tale. Abrams' The Force Awakenshit theaters in 2015, the new Star Wars trilogy carried an electric energy along with it. ![]()
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