Hey everyone! I know it's been like a bazillion years since our last review
we've been using our editing capacity to make dubs and regular how it should have endeds.
So we haven't always been able to squeeze our reviews into the schedule
but since its Risse of Skywalker time
and because Star Wars is precious to me
I thought this would be the best time to make a return to the reviews
So what do you say?
You wanna talk some Star Wars?
Then lets get to it.
Maclunkey.
Episode 9! The Rise of Skywalker
Weather you like it or not the official end of the historic Skywalker saga is here...
and ready to collect all of your fandom monies.
Why is this the end of the Skywalker Saga?
when the title is all about the RISE of Skywalker
well that drifts into spoiler territory but I think ultimately it's because
Disney has to cut ties to the legacy if they ever want fans to change what they
expect out of these movies which is a really weird way to have to handle a
franchise if you think about it but don't worry I'm sure all the fans will
be absolutely supportive with whatever they do I'm sure we'll all embrace the
new changes and not hold anything to any certain standards
Maclunkey!
Okay I'll try not to make any more maclunky jokes
but I make no promises
okay back to the review non-spoiler thoughts rise of Skywalker
Director JJ Abrams has returned with writer Chris Terrio who has known for
universally beloved films such as Batman V Superman and Justice League
and soon-to-be Justice League 2 apparently...
to deliver an epic crowd-pleasing Return of the Jedi finale...
with loads and loads of cameos and loads
and loads of nostalgia
It is a very f ast-moving adventure designed to wrap
things up with one last hurrah circling around Rey and Kylo Ren's destiny.
If you hated the last Jedi this film offers reasons to feel things are being course corrected.
and if you loved the last Jedi this film doesn't really go too far out
of its way to be a total retcon either.
Did I love it?
not on the first viewing
it took letting it sink in and watching it again to feel comfortable with the story.
It's not exactly the home run I would have wanted to experience but I
wouldn't call it the worst Star Wars Episode either.
it felt just like another
Return of the Jedi and considering each one of these new trilogy films has
copied the template of the original trilogy it's not that surprising
There were a few pacing issues that made the story feel really rushed
but if you are cool with the current state of the StarWars setting then you probably will enjoy this movie.
If you were hoping things were gonna go back to the way they were...
There's not much I can do for you
I don't think i even need to say go check it out
I mean everyone expects this movie to be a billionaire in a
matter of days so it's a safe bet you've already seen it
so let's just jump into spoilers shall we
I can't believe C-3PO and Maz Kanata moved in together after Threepio did that whole
I'm taking one last look at my friends
I'm just kidding that didn't happen but
spoilers from here on out people!
For starters it's very obvious this movie is overpopulated
there were a lot of moments where I just felt like JJ was letting his friends have single-line
cameos and that got a little overboard
we need to get that object from this planet!
we need to go blow up that thing where's
Where's Leia going?
she's trying to save her son the only way she knows how.
I get the need for exposition but this time really bothered me
because it was a lot of exposition
I said before I think the pacing was way too fast.
this felt like two movies in one
I think introducing the Emperor again this late in the trilogy was a mistake
it just brought up so many questions like..
I get the feeling if you want those answers you're gonna have to watch Mandalorian for a few years.
but who was bringing him back they showed this lab with Snoke torsos in a
jar and I'm just like we get a little more info no he just has a mad scientist
clone lair still? Did someone scrape his body off the floor before the Death Star
exploded? Why does he even need a body if his essence can just exist?
Doesn't matter. Palps is back and already has like a hundred Star Destroyers fully
staffed with a crew and new suits and soldiers. Don't ask where they came from
he's always got multiple logs in the fire don't question it nobody knew about
it. It was all a big secret! Raising secret armies was apparently way
easier long ago in a galaxy far far away all that matters is he's evil and he's
back so we gotta blow him up
and I gotta say
I just kind of over the Emperor and
his obsession of sitting a dark room knowing he's in charge of all of these
systems and planets that he has no intention of ever using for anything
whatsoever it's like get a hobby. Get robot legs and arms if you're so
feeble I mean there's there's other ways to enjoy life
my hobby is training apprentices
go outside!
NO!
whatever if that's what you like.
If it were me I would have probably made Snoke
like a count dooku type character and introduced that the emperor lives all
the way back in the force awakens.
I think that is why the Emperor feels like
he just magically back out of nowhere in this film.
Rey and Ben are the soul of this movie
to me without their story arc this
trilogy is just one big video game campaign. Poor Finn and Poe are really
getting ripped off on their journey I like them just fine but their stories
just don't compare it to Rey and Ben.
although I think Finn is gonna surprise
us one day with some force ability I mean that whole "I never told you" I think
it's meant to sound like to say he loves her but I think really he's feeling the force.
There is a moment where he senses Rey when she falls anyway
Rey and Ben are cool I really like seeing how their force connection grew
from the last Jedi
so Ben is the grandson of Anakin
and Rey is the granddaughter of Palpatine
making them a force dyad. something we haven't seen before.
I thought that was a cool way to connect them and bring the fear of the dark side
to both characters
it also kind of feels like they're given the Mary Sue label
a little more merit
see she's not a Mary Sue she was just part
super villain the whole time. haha! Take that ya grumpies! Can't be upset about
it now!
right?
yeah so yeah Rey's a Palpatine
which means at some point
Palpatine hooked up with someone
which is just kinda weird to think about
I still say Rey Kenobi sounds so much cooler
but in a world where the bad guys
are always more interesting I can see why making rey come from an evil lineage
was more appropriate
This dagger... okay
so the Emperor is hiding out on a secret
floating pyramid stump thing and apparently the only way to find it is
with this Sith wayfinder I thought the wayfinder thing was believable but this
dagger y'all . you need the dagger to find the wayfinder. Look it's a map to the
wayfinder! Isn't it cool and mysterious?
who the heck made this dagger?
was it someone who knew the shape of the destroyed Death Star?
are we to believe
that the Emperor controlled someone to craft this dagger with the secret
in structions and the visual markings to match the shape of the wrecked Death
Star to point someone to a hidden sit way finder
You sound like such a dork right now
Shut up this is important stuff here!
Why would the Emperor do that why?
Just talk straight to Rey.
Rey I'm voice in your head!
I know how to find your parents!
Go to Endor! Find the wayfinder!
if they did that that would probably make Rey's
journey a little too much like Elsa following a voice across the ocean but
hey you guys are the ones obsessed with girls crossing the ocean disney not me
let's move on.
I knew they were using cut elements from
previous films and making digital clothes to give Leia solid presence in
this movie so I knew she wasn't gonna be in it very much but I think considering
what they had to work with they handled it really well her exit was way more
personal than something like her ship just exploding in the first 10 minutes
which is what I expected the film to do you know like John Connor in that
Terminator movie?
Oh snap!
He did not just spoil that!
You get what you deserve Dark Fate!
anyway I thought Leia was great which ties into the other
cameos
I heard in a video before seeing the film that there was going to
be a force ghost Han scene and I was like oh they better not that's
make me mad. A nd surprisingly I actually loved that scene they smooth it all over
with kylo Ren just saying that one line you're just a memory and I was like oh
that's okay that's different you think he's just a memory he's not a force
ghost he's just a memory okay that's alright you guys get a pass plus it
links back to the last encounter they had in the force awakens but instead of
a dark way it's like a light way it's really kind of a cool thing it's like
poetry you see they rhyme
I mean it would have been a lot more emotional if
that scene was actually leia force projecting herself to talk to Ben
instead of Han Solo but they obviously didn't have that footage so even though
I felt like Harrison Ford we're just getting paid to come work for one day I
still like that scene. I n fact most of the og cast in this movie feels like
they got hired to only come in for one day
Han talks were like a minute Luke's
like here have my lightsaber take my ship see you later
even the Emperor was bound to that giant robot umbilical cord thing so his scenes
felt really basic
I just picture them all showing up the day of and just
reading from cue cards
Let the ceremony begin!
Okay that's good now say...
This will be the end of the jedi!
That's great! Now say "Dew it!"
Lando was the only one who felt like he
had more days on set but even still he didn't really do much
Which is unfortunate
she gave Poe a little more backstory but
it wasn't like oh man I want to see more of her
She was ok.
I like the idea of the former stormtrooper angle I expected that to maybe mean
something more to her and Finn
eh.
I don't care.
he's like the rebel version of the mouse droid
NO!
Get that freaking Wiener slug out of here!
come on
My favorite was Babu Frik. hands down
he's so clueless and innocent
I don't know why but that
guy really made me laugh
probably because I have two year old the babbles just like him
So he's my favorite new character
I don't
my favorite moment
I don't really have a favorite moment
Rey shooting lightning out of her hands was a little shocking
(rimshot)
but there wasn't like that big huge moment that was like this is why I love
Star Wars
I think my favorite moment is supposed to be when you hear all those
voices from the past films like all of the Jedi talking to Ray and getting her
fired up
it just didn't hit for me
I don't know I feel bad I should be like
yeah they got this person they got that person they got that person it's got all
of them y'all!
I just I don't know I saw it coming you know
we've we've been talking about it
but at least I got this moment
this is our galaxy now Palpatoots!
and then kiss!
it just all felt kind of predictable what else can I say
Caaaaaaash
Money
That was always the point
Cash cash money
this is the part where I try to focus on the message of the film and look for an
obvious theme that was presented
sometimes it's more emotional but I
don't think this movie was emotional!
It was trying so hard to be but it
didn't hit me in the heart
you didn't pull at my heartstrings at the end so
what was the message?
if anything I would say the message is
Finn was a former stormtrooper and he turned away. Poe was a former spice
runner and he turned away from that life. Jannah tells the story about her
stormtroopers all laid down their guns and just chose to not fight.
Ben thinks it's too late for him and Han
tells them he's wrong
Luke even admits to Rey that he was wrong
Rey comes from an evil family and changes her name to Skywalker at the end
she chooses good.
There's also this festival earlier in
the film called the celebration of the elders
that c-3po mentions only happens
every 42 years
so if you go back 42 years
that takes you to the year 1977
hmm a year a certain movie came out
it's almost like the rise of Skywalker is
meant to be a celebration with all of the characters from the past of this
giant franchise
one massive crowded party with lights and music
And Makin Out!
that's not repeating Return of the Jedi at all!
(sarcasm)
Do I think this was the worst Star Wars movie ever?
not by a long shot
was it the best send off to the
Skywalker saga?
Nah.
I mean Luke didn't rise
Anakin didn't rise
Only Ben Solo got to be reborn...
too then immediately die
really sad
I guess he got to be like Darth Vader after all.
NOOOOoooooo!
okay those are my thoughts on the Rise of Skywalker
I hope you enjoyed them
let me know what you thought of the movie in the comments
did you love it did it fill you with rage?
I love to hear your thoughts
we are going to be taking a break for the holidays
so this is likely going to be the last
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