Chat corner 105: The Rise of Skywalker
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dreamwarsWelcome to the Monday chat corner!
This week the topic is the movie “The Rise of Skywalker”, the last of the Sequel Trilogy and the as-yet-still last Star Wars film.
Yes? No? Rather not talk about it? (And reminder, you’re welcome to speak your opinions, whatever they are, but be kind to the others here who might not share them.)
If you don’t feel like talking TRoS itself… it isn’t that long since 2019, is it? How did the SW fandom change for you since that time? Did it change at all?
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Date: 2023-04-25 12:54 am (UTC)I remember reading a leaked plot summary in the run-up to this film when everyone was still speculating what was going to happen; suffice to say, I enjoyed all the drama and what-ifs more than the film itself! I didn't watch it in theaters--I watched it on DVD in July 2020, after most of the discourse had died down, and my summary at the time was "fifty ideas in a trenchcoat pretending to be one movie". Suffice to say, I was not and am still not a fan, particularly of lack of consistent worldbuilding/explanations and the Reylo Force dyad subplot.
Most of this moving is not visually appealing to me, but I did like Rey climbing through the Death Star ruins, and the swirling snow and stone on Kijimi made for some excellent shots.
I wonder a lot about Colin Treverrow's ideas for a third film, which make for a fascinating counterpoint to what actually happened.