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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Directed by J.J. Abrams

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Most recently watched by VicnaLobster, AllAboutSteve, sleestakk, CaptainBigTime

Overview

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

Rated PG-13 | Length 142 minutes

Actors

Carrie Fisher | Mark Hamill | Daisy Ridley | Adam Driver | John Boyega | Oscar Isaac | Anthony Daniels | Naomi Ackie | Domhnall Gleeson | Richard E. Grant | Lupita Nyong'o | Keri Russell | Joonas Suotamo | Kelly Marie Tran | Ian McDiarmid | Billy Dee Williams | Greg Grunberg | Shirley Henderson | Billie Lourd | Dominic Monaghan | Hassan Taj | Lee Towersey | Brian Herring | Dave Chapman | Richard Guiver | Lynn Robertson Bruce | J.J. Abrams | Claire Roi Harvey | Richard Coombs | Matt Denton | Nick Kellington | Mandeep Dhillon | Alison Rose | Amanda Lawrence | Tanya Moodie | Simon Paisley Day | Geff Francis | Amanda Hale | Amir El-Masry | Aidan Cook | Martin Wilde | Anton Simpson-Tidy | Lukaz Leong | Tom Rodgers | Joe Kennard | Ashley Beck | Bryony Miller | Cyril Nri | Angela Christian | Indra Ové | Richard Bremmer | Richard Durden | Andrew Havill | Nasser Memarzia | Patrick Kennedy | Aaron Neil | Joe Hewetson | Raghad Chaar | Mimi Ndiweni | Tom Wilton | Chris Terrio | Kiran Shah | Debra Wilson | Josef Altin | Vinette Robinson | Mike Quinn | Bill Kipsang Rotich | Ann Firbank | Diana Kent | Warwick Davis | Harrison Davis | Elliot Hawkes | Philicia Saunders | John Williams | Nigel Godrich | Dhani Harrison | J.D. Dillard | Dave Hearn | Rochenda Sandall | Jacob Fortune-Lloyd | Andreea Diac | Liam Cook | Denis Lawson | Carolyn Hennesy | Paul Kasey | Matthew Wood | James Earl Jones | Andy Serkis | Josefine Irrera Jackson | Cailey Fleming | Jodie Comer | Billy Howle | Hayden Christensen | Olivia d'Abo | Ashley Eckstein | Jennifer Hale | Samuel L. Jackson | Ewan McGregor | Alec Guinness | Frank Oz | Angelique Perrin | Freddie Prinze Jr. | Liam Neeson | Harrison Ford | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Ed Sheeran | Gerald W. Abrams | Jeff Garlin | Karl Urban | Kevin Smith

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Loved seeing this in the Cinerama with a great late-night crowd (we did the 10:15 PM showing) who were by and large into it, cheering and laughing and fist pumping. Also happy to experience the Cinerama for the first time after missing out on the one in L.A. a few years ago.

Still pretty mixed on this. On second watch, there are some great, fun moments in this that hearken back to the pure, unadulterated joy I remember feeling when watching the original STAR WARS. The pacing didn’t bother me as much this time, but there were still plenty of irritating things that are always going to keep me from really enjoying this film.

And finally, my opinion that this trio of movies just doesn’t work well as a trilogy at all was firmly cemented after this second watch. I remember being really excited and anticipating the story arc for Boyega’s character, Finn, before the first movie came out. I think all three films, taken separately and as a whole, really did a disservice to his character and story arc, to the point where he doesn’t even really have a story arc. And that’s just one of many things wrong with this Disney trilogy.

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