![]() ![]() Also, Babu Frik is my new best friend, and I appreciate how Palpatine’s scenes looked like they were from the director’s cut of Event Horizon. Their relationship is fascinating, complex, and ultimately, tragic. Abrams and Rian Johnson seemed to agree on. Surrey: The Rey-Kylo dynamic remains the single most interesting part of this new trilogy, and I think it’s one of the few things J.J. McNear: All the Kylo Ren–Rey chats from afar were excellent. It’s too bad the film undercut those stakes almost immediately.Īlmeida: When Rey thought she had killed Chewie, because it felt like the movie might have been willing to actually take some risks. ![]() Kram: Nothing from this movie reached the majesty of the throne room scene or the Holdo maneuver from The Last Jedi-but Rey’s surprise Force lightning attack on the ship we thought was carrying Chewie came close. Star Wars’ greatest legacy is cute mechanics. Herman: It was a little on the nose, but an old man sucking the life force from a promising new generation to revive himself captures the spirit of this whole thing pretty well, so points for self-awareness!īaumann: I would die and/or kill for Babu Frik. Lindbergh: Chewie’s reaction to losing Leia. I’ll be rewatching clips of the battle in Ren’s chamber and on the ocean wreck for a while. As was true with The Last Jedi, the ForceTime moments between the duo were wonderful, and the saber duels they partake in were some of the best in memory. Samman: The Kylo-Rey moments, as they’ve been for the entirety of this new trilogy, were superb. 84 Lingering Questions After ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ The Debate Over Star Wars Is Almost As Old As Star Wars Itself ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Didn’t Kill the Past-the Past Killed It 2.
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