Rise of Skywalker Shows Star Wars Love Has Its Limits

Ten years ago Star Wars it’s been… a lot: fun, exciting, boring, frustrating. You choose a description, and it can be used any time later Power Awakens revived the franchise, two spinoff films did what they could, and The Last Jedi trying to get new updates. What one word describes The Rise of Skywalker in a clean, efficient way? What about “cheating”?

Rise of Skywalker was released in theaters on December 20, 2019, and at that time, all eyes were on it. This was a film that is indisputable: beyond the task of wrapping up the “Skywalker Saga” called Disney, it has to deal with management. Carrie Fisher is passing by between movies, including a discussion about how returning director JJ Abrams and co-writer Chris Terrio will do it construction on the road established by He wakes up and Finally. And for the Christmas season hit, it made itself the “last” of the year that showed similar interest. Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones the last thing.

So yeah, there was a lot of pressure Wake up shipping the goods and finishing in a way to everyone’s satisfaction. And after all that construction, it… didn’t really do that. Like, really. No doubt people like the movie or enjoy it, but there’s no denying that it feels like something happened during the making, and the end result is a movie that leaves an amazing taste in your mouth. When I left the theater and hopped online, there was a great feeling of “what the hell was that that?” it made it more encouraging speech than The Last Jedi. This part may not be a failure, but the rest of the film owes its existence to its incredible moments. fan service pulling punches and unlocking the knowledge that was born later First director Colin Trevorrow he left the job. Whatever the film’s main points are, there are in a film that obviously came in very hot, the full complement of its events should be. put in Fortnite released, but not just a movie.

If The Last Jedi the shadow is stretched Star Wars for seven years and counting, Rise of Skywalker it is a monster that pulled all the permission into its mouth and didn’t start digesting it or just stop and spit it out. Even though it made money, it didn’t take long for them to think that Disney was ashamed of their actions. (Case in point: this movie funny imitation and finally it will come out in February after being announced again in 2020.) Whatever good they got first Power Awakens actually drifted in real time once Wake up revealed that Palpatine came back somehow, or later after Chewbacca was “killed.” And if not, the “Rey is Palpatine’s granddaughter” reveal would have been the first kiss of the film, and the last of the Skywalker Saga. The movie finally shows that Rey being Palpatine doesn’t matter because she chose her name and her family. But by taking on the name Skywalker, they’re just trading a birth name for another that would read more like a story about a woman who pulls off the most famous heist plot in the universe.

Is Disney good at this, have it Star Wars? This question has been around for many years, and it was re-opened later The Acolyte ban. The results are uncertain: on the one hand, Andor and some good ass TV, and other TV like High Republic and various video games it has always been good. At the same time, Disney doesn’t seem to have a firm grip on the movie and TV front: it never has a new theatrical film since Wake up came out, and every new announcement of one (or three) movies that are veryoooototally what’s going on feels like a running joke. As such, I’m just talking nonsense about what the show will be like, what will inevitably happen, and what future it will have. People seem to like what is being aired here Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew, but the jury is still out if it goes as the creators hope, or if its wings will be cut from under it and not fulfill its promises, a problem that passes better than this license.

There is some light at the end of the tunnel; His name is Dave Filoni Mandalorian & Grog movie in 2026 and a the second season of Ahsoka, including the second (and sadly the last) season of Andor in April. Will the audience be willing to stick their neck out again and see where this all goes? It’s easy to say “yes” and point to Marvel, which many feel has had a strong year since then Avengers: Endgame. But the MCU deserves a movie that has publicly disrupted the industry Rise of Skywalker it did, and is about to pull some more new fun tricks from his hands. If Star Wars it will get back to the same level… well, it will take work, and above all, consistency and determination.

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