‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Honest Trailer: You Can’t Teach An Old Emperor New Tricks
Last year,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerended the Skywalker saga, not with a bang, but with a whimper. That’s because the final chapter of the Skywalker saga desperately tries to cling to whatever nostalgia is left for the original trilogy rather than delivering a satisfying, cohesive story. However, as theStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerHonest Trailerreminds us, unless you were reading one of the supplementary books, paying attention to interviews with co-writerChris Terrioin the weeks following the movie’s release, or playingFortnite, you wouldn’t have heard that whimper.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Honest Trailer
How many fake-outs does this movie have?J.J. Abramsmakes us think Chewbacca is dead, but he can’t stick with it. He wipes C-3PO’s memory but then gives it back to him. And finally, he kills Kylo Ren and Rey only to bring them both back to life, and then gives Ben Solo a happy ending, only to take that away from him too. Make up your damn mind, J.J. Abrams!
Furthermore,The Rise of Skywalkersidelines any meaningful character development for anyone who isn’t Rey or Kylo Ren in favor of bringing back all the old characters for a victory lap. You’re telling me Lando Calrissian never answered Leia’s call at the end ofThe Last Jedi, but suddenly he’s back and hundreds of ships are willing to listen to him all of a sudden? For a movie that’s supposed to make good onsolidifying Leia’s legacyin theStar Warssaga, it sure makes it seem like no one gave a damn about her and the Resistance until Lando Calrissian said something.
At the end of the day, we’re left withThe Emperor’s New Groove, but the record is warped, and the song keeps skipping. That’s why Emperor Palpatine tries the same old tricks with Rey that he did with Luke Skywalker. And it was already a pretty shitty plan to begin with.
