STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)

[kornula]

Every single one of JJ's movies should be posted in "Bad movies" forum. 

This was nothing more than a re re hashing of previous Star Wars stories. JJ offered nothing new to the Saga what so ever.

[Neville]

I didn't like it at all. The whole thing lacked... purpose, for lack of a better word. Pretty much everything that happened seemd random to me, something I already noticed in the previous film. I mean, even the George Lucas prequels had a plot, how difficult can it be? Even SW videogames have better plots than this new trilogy.

[BoyScoutKevin]

The next trilogy in December 2022, 2024, and 2026.
Timeline: Old Republic
What we know: it is nice to be wanted. Originating with the showrunners from Game of Thrones. They had to step away from the project, as they are too busy making shows for Netflix. Though, the idea will continue.
What we do not know: Who will take over.
What we do know: it will not be Rian Johnson nor Dave Filoni. Both of whom are working on their own trilogies for Lucas Films.


Despite the controversy swirling around, or, because of it, Star Wars : the Rise of Skywalker is expected to soon gross over $1B on the international boxoffice. Even taking into acoount inflation, this would probably make it the most successfull Star Wars trilogy to date at the box office.

Which is probably why we are getting talk of spin-offs featuring Rey, Poe, and Finn. Though, it is unclear whether this is 3 in 1 show or 1 in 3 shows.

And we will see what we will see.

[Gabriel Knight]

Man, we surely love to eat crap.

[Zapranoth]

Man, we surely love to eat crap.

Umm...

(*looks around*)...

Isn't that why we're all here?   :D

[BoyScoutKevin]

Well, the next trilogy in the Star Wars saga is one step closer to being made, but, 1st . . . did anybody recognize any of the following?

a.) an alien
b.) a bartender
c.) a stormtrooper

Answers at the end of this post.

The powers that be in the Star Wars universe, apparently, want Taika Waititi to direct one of the films in  the next Star Wars trilogy, and it will probably be the 1st one in the trilogy, which continues to be thought to take place in the Old Republic or some 5000-33 years ere episode IV and 5000-32 years ere episode I.

As for who recognized . . .

a.) musican Ed Sheeran as an alien.
b.) composer John Williams as a bartender
c.) and Radiohead producer Nigel Goodrich as a Stormtrooper.

More as it becomes available.

[VenomX73]

Every single one of JJ's movies should be posted in "Bad movies" forum. 

This was nothing more than a re re hashing of previous Star Wars stories. JJ offered nothing new to the Saga what so ever.

I didn't like it at all. The whole thing lacked... purpose, for lack of a better word. Pretty much everything that happened seemd random to me, something I already noticed in the previous film. I mean, even the George Lucas prequels had a plot, how difficult can it be? Even SW videogames have better plots than this new trilogy.

exactly! this new crap makes the prequels look like masterpiece!

[zelmo73]

The next trilogy in December 2022, 2024, and 2026.
Timeline: Old Republic
What we know: it is nice to be wanted. Originating with the showrunners from Game of Thrones. They had to step away from the project, as they are too busy making shows for Netflix. Though, the idea will continue.
What we do not know: Who will take over.
What we do know: it will not be Rian Johnson nor Dave Filoni. Both of whom are working on their own trilogies for Lucas Films.

If they're smart, they'll bring in Jon Favreau to helm the project. He did an unexpectedly fantastic job with The Mandalorian (2019) Disney+ series. A couple episodes were misses, as well as a couple of casting picks, but the overall story was great and the characters themselves really filled in a lot of gaps that I felt were missing in the movies as far as the Galaxy Far Far Away itself was concerned.

As for the topic itself, I've only seen it twice now, once in the movie theater on preview night back in December, and when I bought the movie earlier this week on 4K Blu Ray. I had a better time watching it here at home because my 65-inch Samsung QLED and Dolby Atmos surround sound system rocks it better than the movie theater did. The movie itself was still clunkier than a pair of old steel-toed boots tossed in a clothes dryer machine set on High, but I had a better understanding of what was going on in the movie with a second viewing, not to mention a better understanding of what was wrong with it, of which there was plenty. Daisy Ridley (Rey) is still a young little 27-year-old cutie in real life, but somehow they made her look 10 years older in this movie like she's pushing 40 with 2 kids and her third husband or something. R2-D2 is barely in this last trilogy, which would be fine if the droids that replaced him were likable, but these little bowling balls with heads rolling around are more annoying than anything else; R2-D2 you actually gave a s**t about in the previous six movies and he was *never* annoying, ever.

Still, I am oddly enjoying the movie when I watch it the second time around. The same weird thing happened with The Last Jedi despite it still being the worst of all the Star Wars films. Regardless, this newest Star Wars trilogy does make the prequels look like masterpieces. 

[Archivist]

As one of those who saw Star Wars in the cinema as a kid, and who was deeply imprinted by the experience, I'm a bit sad to say that I've lost interest in the franchise.

The Force Awakens was good, but seemed like a retelling of the first movie, and there were too many introductions of seemingly non-canonical things, like Rey suddenly have Force skills without any training at all. Supposedly these things have been explained by the end of the trilogy, but they seem like after-the-fact patch ups, rather than well thought plotlines. And seeing clips of Luke milking green ooze out of some space mammoth, really? Such balderdash. No wonder Mark Hamill kept telling fans that 'it's not going to be the blow away experience you had as a kid' prior to its release.

So rather than let my deep love of the original visions be spoiled by the current attempt to remake the old with vain attempts at creating the new, I've bowed out. I haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd movies, neither have I seen Solo, which seems to have vanished from public awareness. Must have been a great movie, yeah.

And yet, there's the Mandalorian series which is purportedly really darn good. I don't know.

@indianasmith loves the third movie, and he's a cool and wholesome dude, so there might be some merit. But from what I seen and read, I don't know if this is the Star Wars finale that I wanted.

[ER]

Finally saw it and how should I sum up my feelings? Well, I can honestly say I don't see how Disney could have made it any better than it was.

Know what I mean?

[Alex]

I have to agree here. DId I want a better ending? Well, hell yes. Do I think an ending that matched what I thought was possible?

f**k, hell no.

It was as good as ending as we deserved.

[zelmo73]

I didn't like it at all. The whole thing lacked... purpose, for lack of a better word. Pretty much everything that happened seemd random to me, something I already noticed in the previous film. I mean, even the George Lucas prequels had a plot, how difficult can it be? Even SW videogames have better plots than this new trilogy.

I am currently binge-watching The Clone Wars TV series on Disney+, which is surprisingly well-written and violent for a kids show. It is keeping me entertained for the most part; a couple of the kids episodes with C-3PO and R2-D2 feel like cute fillers, but just when you're about to get bored the episode ends because each one is only 23 minutes long. There are also some really good episodes that focus on the war itself, and some of those battle scenes enter into Saving Private Ryan (1998) territory due to their intensity, to the point where I forgot that I was watching a kids show aimed at 10-year-olds. I am doing the entire May The Fourth marathon by watching all of the Star Wars movies and TV series in chronological order as it pertains to their storylines, because what else to do during a global lockdown? But so far I'm glad I'm finally watching this TV series because it does make the prequels that much better by tying together the awkward Episodes 2 & 3 movies and making them make a lot more sense.