Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker spoiler-free review: Kylo, Rey save the film, Ars Technica

Two in the sand –

It’s a bumpy ride on the way to a mostly satisfying conclusion.

Sam Machkovech –Dec (******************************************************************************************************************************, (8:) ************************************************************************************************************************************** am UTC

**************************************The best new -trilogy actors awaken inRise of Skywalker****************************************************** Ars Technica takes spoilers seriously in film reviews. After this article’s opening section, minor plot details are revealed to explain certain opinions, but we otherwise do not include any “major” spoilers. Deeper spoilers will likely appear in the comments section upon the film’s launch, usually posted with spoiler tags.

The best thing about

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalkeris that it concludes the latest trilogy much in the same way it began. This new trilogy has all the trappings you’d expect in a Star Wars (film wishlist: droids, Wookiees, blasters, lightsabers, epic space battles, wacky new characters, and on and on.

But the beating heart of this film, and the biggest reason I recommend it, is the evolving and intriguing relationship between Rey ( Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).Rise of Skywalker is often a turbulent ride, usually to its detriment, but the storytelling conclusion for these eternally linked rivals (and the performances that carry these characters to their most powerful moments in the (Star Wars) series) eke this film across the “good enough for fans” line.

Without that quality (an admittedly large percentage of the film), Rise of Skywalkermight otherwise serve as proof that director / co-writer JJ Abrams was the wrong person to finish the latest trilogy. The film rushes between plot points, overuses certain characters, and wastes others. And whether you loved, tolerated, or hated 2017 ‘s

************** (The Last Jedi) , it’s easy to conclude that the previous film’s most intriguing developments and concepts were abandoned — and without any convincing proof that Abrams had better ideas in store. “I’ll go without your blessing”From here on out, the review is more specific about Rise of Skywalkers successes and failings, so while itismindful of spoilers, you’ve been warned.

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                      This epic lightsaber battle between Rey and Kylo is a film highlight, particularly in how long it drags out and how Abrams capitalizes on that sense of fatigue.



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                      Rey knows what’s about to go down.                                                        ***********************)
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                      Kylo emerges in dramatic fashion.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm


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                      Before that fight, Rey teams up with the usual suspects for a series of bombastic battles.                                                        ***********************)
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                      Poe: “They’ve got jetpacks.” (You’ll see those in the film. They’re pretty dope.)                                                        ***********************)
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                      Finn has feelings.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm



                      The gang gets bad news.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm





                      Rey reminds us of her scavenger origins during a few dramatic climbs.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm





                      C3PO makes a “friend.”                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm





                      Lando returns and has a few fun moments.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm




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                      Carrie Fisher says farewell.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm




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                      The tears are earned, in spite of some serious film foibles.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm





                      Every Rey and Kylo scene is quite memorable.                                                        ***********************)                                              Lucasfilm
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Let’s begin with the biggest failing of the film by far: how the character of Princess Leia awkwardly fits into the plot.

Shortly after**************************************** the tragic passing of actor, writer, and activist Carrie Fisher, Lucasfilm announced that she would appear inRise of Skywalkeras Leia and thatthe film would use her real-life footage, as opposed to a CGI-ified Fisher. The resulting footage is perhaps the worst-case scenarioStar Warsfans could have imagined: cookie-cutter dialogue against a green screen that could conceivably be slapped into any plot, devoid of the heart or humor that consistently marked Fisher’s work in the role of Leia.
One example of her toothless dialogue, transcribed verbatim from the film: “This mission is everything. We cannot fail.” Notice how spoiler-free that sentence is? Sure, that sounds like something Leia might say while serving as a general on a Resistance outpost. She offers slightly more specific dialogue in one interaction in the film, to set a major plot point into motion, but even that sequence has a jarring disconnect between herself and the character in question — and fails to sew together her character picking up a baton that was dropped at the end ofLast Jedi. Everything about Leia’s appearance in Rise of Skywalker
is rough, and it forces at least one other character to awkwardly produce the exclamation point that she was clearly set up to do herself.
In late, I suggested recasting the role of Leia. I really wish someone at Lucasfilm could have either done that or jettisoned certain plot threads.

Instead, in order to make Leia’s limited appearance work, the film begins with a blur of fetch-quest activity. A pair of early sequences include striking visuals as heroes whiz through a variety of worlds, but these differ from the slowly unfolding opening sequences that have marked the best Star Warsfilms. Abrams frames every major player on their own separate journey, instead of letting us take our time to see each hero’s progress since the last film and how their individual progress has affected the others. We see a brief in-fighting outburst that hints to this sort of dynamic, but it’s quickly interrupted by a forced Leia-nization of the plot.

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Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker spoiler-free review: Kylo, Rey save the film, Ars Technica

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