Star Wars: Episode IX THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

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This new trilogy of Star Wars films is so shambolic in terms of direction, it's ridiculous. The Force Awakens was so derivative of A New Hope that it was hardly a film in its own right. The Last Jedi tried so hard to be different that it left a bad taste in everyone's mouths, and now with The Rise of Skywalker it seems like Disney is overcorrecting the previous film's mistakes. There is no sense of direction or theme here other than some vague notion of honoring "legacy." If "legacy" is the core theme of this trilogy, they would've done better just to adapt and tweak the Legacy of the Force series that focused on Jacen and Jaina Solo.

Instead, we get garbage like "Let the past die." (Immediately resurrects Emperor Palpatine for the next sequel.)

To be honest, Lucas was pretty much winging it too during the making of the Original Trilogy. The whole concept of Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker being the same person was cooked up during the making of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and likewise, Leia being the sibling of Luke between EMPIRE and RETURN OF THE JEDI.

Lucas just got lucky that it all worked out, and fans were more forgiving of these things back then as the sensational spectacle of a STAR WARS movie during the 1970s and 1980s made all other considerations kind of moot. Moreover, there were no earlier STAR WARS films for comparison.

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