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WHILE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, HAD ABRAMS MOVED FORWARD WITH WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN "THE LAST JEDI," "THE RISE OF SKYWALKER" MIGHT HAVE HAD A FIGHTING CHANCE TO GIVE THE SERIES (THOUGH NOT THE IP) A SATISFYING SEND-OFF. ABRAMS INTENTIONS ARE LIKELY PURE AND DRIVEN BY HIS SENSE OF WHAT A STAR WARS FINALE SHOULD BE, BUT BY TRYING TO REWRITE THE RULES IN THE THIRD ACT, FANS ARE LEFT WITH THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS, — AN ATTEMPT TO BE SENTIMENTAL THAT INSTEAD LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SECOND GUESSING AND A LOT OF OVERCOMPENSATION, WITH CHOICES THAT WILL LIKELY LIVE IN INFAMY RATHER THAN IN CHERISHED MEMORIES.
THIS PREVIEW MIRRORS THE SAME WAY WARNER BROTHERS HAS ADVERTISED NOLAN"S PREVIOUS FILMS, WITH THE PROLOGUES FOR BOTH THE DARK KNIGHT AND THE DARK KNIGHT RISES APPEARING IN FRONT OF FILMS LIKE I AM LEGEND AND MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL. APPARENTLY, AFTER THE SHORT SEGMENT INVOLVING THE TERROR ATTACK (WHICH THR REPORTS SOME ARE SAYING MIRRORS THE 2002 MOSCOW MOVIE THEATER HOSTAGE CRISIS) IS CONCLUDED, THE PREVIEW THEN SWITCHES GEARS AND BECOMES A MONTAGE FEATURING VARIOUS OTHER SHOTS WHICH WERE ALREADY SHOW IN TENET"S OFFICIAL TRAILER, SUCH AS THE AFOREMENTIONED BACKWARDS CAR CRASH.
SMILING AND THINKING BACK, HE TOLD US: 『THERE WAS A MOMENT IN THE FREEZING COLD AT PINEWOOD, WATCHING REY AND KYLO REN SHOOT ONE OF THEIR CLIMACTIC SABER BATTLES ON THE RUINS OF THE DEATH STAR WHEN YOU SORT OF KICK YOURSELF AND THINK 「I CAN』T BELIEVE WE』RE MAKING STAR WARS AND WE』RE MAKING EPIC STAR WARS, WHERE WE』RE SHOOTING THE LIGHT SABER BATTLE OF ALL BATTLES, SO THAT STICKS OUT OF MY MEMORY.』
THE CUTTING OF THE RISE OF SKYWALKER ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT LOCAL CENSORS HAVE MADE EDITS TO MOVIES TO SUIT THE STRICT SENSITIVITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY IS — OFFICIALLY — ILLEGAL IN MOST COUNTRIES AND ALMOST NEVER PORTRAYED ONSCREEN (TITLES SUCH AS CAROL, FREEHELD AND BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN FACED AN OUTRIGHT BAN). AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED TO A DISNEY TITLE.
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER IS IN CINEMAS NOW, AND HAS BEEN MET WITH MIXED REVIEWS. IT FEATURES CARRIE FISHER, ADAM DRIVER, DAISY RIDLEY, JOHN BOYEGA AND OSCAR ISAAC, AND IS THE LAST INSTALMENT IN THE EPISODIC SKYWALKER SAGA.
MERE WEEKS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, DISNEY DROPPED THE FIRST-EVER STAR WARS LIVE-ACTION SERIES, THE MANDALORIAN, ON ITS NEW STREAMING SERVICE. CREATOR JON FAVREAU HAS EMPHASIZED THAT THE STORY HAS LITTLE OR NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SKYWALKER SAGA: IT CENTERS ON AN UNNAMED MANDALORIAN BOUNTY HUNTER AND IS SET AFTER THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE (I.E. AFTER THE EVENTS OF RETURN OF THE JEDI) ON THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY. BUT A TWIST AT THE END OF THE FIRST EPISODE SUGGESTED THE STORY COULD POSSIBLY TIE INTO THE EVENTS OF THE FILMS.
HEAVILY ADVERTISED AS NOT ONLY THE END OF THE MOST RECENT STAR WARS TRILOGY BUT THE ENTIRE NINE-FILM-LONG SKYWALKER SAGA, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS CONSISTENTLY HINTED AT THE RETURN OF LONG-RUNNING SERIES VILLAIN EMPEROR PALPATINE AS WELL AS SOME SORT OF DRAMATIC SHIFT FOR THE TRILOGY"S MAIN PROTAGONIST REY. MANY RECENT TV SPOTS FOR RISE OF SKYWALKER HAVE FOCUSED ON REY"S MYSTERIOUS BACKSTORY WHILE ALSO LEANING HEAVILY INTO THE SERIES" WELL-DOCUMENTED PENCHANT FOR NOSTALGIA, ALL BUT PROMISING FANS THAT THE MULTIPLE DANGLING PLOT THREADS FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO FILMS WILL FINALLY BE TIED UP, HOPEFULLY IN SURPRISING AND SATISFYING WAYS.
THE BURGER KING PROMOTION IS NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED TO DISNEY"S STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER SO MAJOR CHARACTERS" NAMES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY "THE YOUNG SWORD LADY," "THE HAIRY ROARING CREATURE," AND "THE DEAD HOODED VILLAIN." NEVERTHELESS, STAR WARS FANS WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT AND WHO BURGER KING IS REFERRING TO.
「WE』RE ALL IN THIS. 『TIL THE END.」 SEE @STARWARS: #THERISEOFSKYWALKER IN THEATERS DECEMBER 20. GET YOUR TICKETS: HTTPS://T.CO/EBJ0VDHKYT PIC.TWITTER.COM/MUMU58JQGA
IT"S ALL IN PREPARATION FOR "THE RISE OF SKYWALKER," EPISODE 9 OF THE SERIES — AN EPISODE THAT LAUNCHES INTO THEATERS DEC. 20 AND IS MEANT TO WRAP UP THE MAIN "STAR WARS" STORYLINE THAT BEGAN WITH "A NEW HOPE" 1977. THE FEATURETTE MIXES NOSTALGIA WITH WONDER, AS IT SHOWS ACTORS REFLECTING ON THE LEGACY OF "STAR WARS" IN CLIPS THROUGH THE AGES. NATURALLY, THE CLIP FEATURES OBLIGATORY SHOTS OF THE MILLENNIUM FALCON STARSHIP, LIGHTSABER BATTLES AND GLIMPSES OF ACTORS GETTING READY FOR TAKES ON CROWDED SETS.
THE STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER RUNTIME HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS – AND, CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED LAST MONTH, IT’S NOT THE LONGEST STAR WARS MOVIE EVER. BUT, LOOK ON THE LIGHT SIDE: AT LEAST THAT MEANS WE’RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO WATCHING THE MOVIE VERY SOON.
IT WOULDN"T MAKE SENSE FOR ANAKIN SKYWALKER TO SHOW HIS GRANDSON VISIONS OF THE DARKNESS CONSIDERING HE TURNED FROM THE DARK SIDE BEFORE HE DIED. BUT EVER SINCE PALPATINE"S RETURN WAS ANNOUNCED FOR THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, SOME FANS SPECULATED HE WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE BEHIND THESE VISIONS ALL ALONG, WITH PALPATINE JUST TRICKING KYLO INTO THINKING HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH HIS GRANDFATHER. THAT CERTAINLY APPEARS TO BE WHERE THE RISE OF SKYWALKER IS HEADING.

 

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