By: Tim Heroux Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the finale to the controversial sequel trilogy, directed by J.J. Abrams, who directed the first film of this trilogy, and starring Daisy Ridley as a Rey who is arguably a weak character. This character is where much of the controversy begins. For some backstory, the previous two films in the trilogy were, for the most part, either hated or loved. Much of this stems from the direction of certain characters, like Luke Skywalker. Rey is also no exception, since she is considered by many, a “Mary Sue”, as she appears to be very powerful and just all around great at everything from the get-go. I would agree with this to an extent since her character doesn’t even seem fully developed, even at the conclusion of the trilogy.
The characters aren’t the only “problematic” part of the movie. The plot and villain also arise arguments. The plot itself is rather convoluted as Rey and the gang have to obtain a map to a location where they can then stop Palpatine, the villain. On their way to do so, they encounter more trouble which brings them to more roadblocks and sends them to even more locations to find what they’re looking for. The villain choice is also pretty weak, since he is the same villain from the original Star Wars trilogy. Bringing Palpatine back seemed like a cop-out since he was killed at the end of the original trilogy to end the story. Yet, apparently he was alive the whole time, which just shows that Disney didn’t have a plan going into the new trilogy. That’s not to say there are good things which came about in this film. All of Kylo Ren’s story arc was very fleshed out on top of stellar acting from Adam Driver. Many of the locations used throughout the film also looked wonderful and the set designs were great. Even while trying to ignore the controversy, I’m awarding Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker a six out of ten.
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