Rise of Skywalker: The Seen It/Spoilers Thread

[pukunui]

I enjoyed The Rise of Skywalker. Didn't mind the pace. Loved the idea of undead Palpatine instead of endlessly cloned Palpatines. Loved the whole "I am all of the Sith" vs "I am all of the Jedi".

Why are people upset about Rey's yellow lightsaber? Yellow lightsabers are already part of canon. The Jedi Temple guards had double-bladed yellow lightsabers as established by the Rebels cartoon.

Oh, and it was nice to see another cameo of the Ghost. I wonder if it was still being piloted by Hera. We know she survived at least until the time of Rogue One.

The Knights of Ren looked cool. I loved their dirty look and the smoking engines on their ship. Too bad they didn't really get to do anything other than die.

I thought it was a fitting ending for the saga.

The only real lingering question I have left is whether it was Rey's mom or her dad who was Palpatine's child.

 

[Zardnaar]

I enjoyed The Rise of Skywalker. Didn't mind the pace. Loved the idea of undead Palpatine instead of endlessly cloned Palpatines. Loved the whole "I am all of the Sith" vs "I am all of the Jedi".

Why are people upset about Rey's yellow lightsaber? Yellow lightsabers are already part of canon. The Jedi Temple guards had double-bladed yellow lightsabers as established by the Rebels cartoon.

Oh, and it was nice to see another cameo of the Ghost. I wonder if it was still being piloted by Hera. We know she survived at least until the time of Rogue One.

The Knights of Ren looked cool. I loved their dirty look and the smoking engines on their ship. Too bad they didn't really get to do anything other than die.

I thought it was a fitting ending for the saga.

The only real lingering question I have left is whether it was Rey's mom or her dad who was Palpatine's child.

Dad the movie did cover it.

Yellow lightsabers work but they put it on a desert background. Wasn't the best visual imho.

 

[ccs]

Why are people upset about Rey's yellow lightsaber? Yellow lightsabers are already part of canon. The Jedi Temple guards had double-bladed yellow lightsabers as established by the Rebels cartoon.

Pfft. Yellow Lightsabers have been part of Star Wars far longer than they've been actual SW cannon.
See, we had yellow lightsabers as kids back in the day ( '78 - '83).
*The light saber that poked out of the Luke Skywalker action figure was yellow.
*The inflatable lightsabers Kenner made that we chased each other around the back yard came in Red (Vader) & Yellow (Luke).
*Then they made hard hollow plastic red & yellow sabers that made LS sounds when swung as air went through vents in the end. (this was very much an improvement over the inflatable ones!)
*Then the Luke (Bespin Fatigues) figure came with a yellow saber.
And I'm sure there's been more since those first four.
So any yellow sabers your seeing in your cartoons or in this movie are just nods to what we played with as kids.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Posting this here in the spoiler section; I call this review the @Zardnaar wins (I kid, kinda):

The New Star Wars Is So Bad It Actually Makes the Trilogy Worse

The Rise of Skywalker capitulates to Star Wars’ most toxic fans.

slate.com

Final paragraph of a pretty damning review:

"The Rise of Skywalker gives people what they go to Star Wars for, but that’s all it does—and worse, all it sets out to do. It’s frenzied, briefly infuriating, and eventually, grudgingly, satisfying, but it’s like being force-fed fandom: Your belly is filled, but there’s no pleasure in the meal. The movie feels like it’s part of the post–Last Jedi retrenchment, when Disney jerked the leash on Solo and killed plans for future spinoffs by insisting that filmmakers stick to the established playbook. It’s of a piece with the pointedly unambitious The Mandalorian, just good enough to get people’s attention but fundamentally terrified of rocking the boat. Rather than making a movie some people might love, Abrams tried to make a movie no one would hate, and as a result, you don’t feel much of anything at all."

Ugh. This is what I was afraid of. Oh well.

What I’ve seen from the few people I know who’ve seen it is that the above review is just wrong.

 

[Morrus]

Just got back. More thoughts later. Overall, I liked it, but it's a middle-tier Star Wars movie (not as good as the OT, way better than the prequels). I like it the most of the new trilogy, I think. But time will tell on that.

Tonally it's very Force Awakens. Everything is bigger -- Star Destroyers can blow up planets, force powers can knock out starships, the action is generally more non-stop and hectic than it's ever been. Nice to see Han back as a ghost, Luke back as a ghost.

The pacing in the first quarter or so felt off -- just sooooo much stuff shown super quick with fast cuts and brief scenes; it felt like one of those Guy Richie montages. They were trying to cover a LOT of ground in the first 20 minutes or so.

Those who hate Rey will hate this more than anything; they really shouldn't watch it for fear of doing themselves an injury. That said, those who love the way powerful force powers are depicted in SW video games will love it.

Kylo/Rey kiss at the end? Bad.

 

[Zardnaar]

Gave it 3/5. Movie was spoiled 4 months ago on Reddit. Screenshot leak of Palpatine was also accurate.

Wonder if the leak came from Boyega Mr I lost my script.

Would put it slightly under RotS, ahead of the other prequels.

 

[pukunui]

Dad the movie did cover it.

Huh?

Yellow lightsabers work but they put it on a desert background. Wasn't the best visual imho.

Fair enough. One of my girls thought at first that it was white like Ahsoka's Rebels-era lightsabers.

So any yellow sabers your seeing in your cartoons or in this movie are just nods to what we played with as kids.

Yeah, I know. They go way back. I think the first one I saw was Bastila Shan's double-bladed yellow lightsaber (from KotOR). But those are all relegated to the non-canon Legends now. In terms of canon, we just had the Jedi Temple Guards' lightsabers from Rebels as precedent.

 

[Zardnaar]

Huh?

Fair enough. One of my girls thought at first that it was white like Ahsoka's Rebels-era lightsabers.

Yeah, I know. They go way back. I think the first one I saw was Bastila Shan's double-bladed yellow lightsaber (from KotOR). But those are all relegated to the non-canon Legends now. In terms of canon, we just had the Jedi Temple Guards' lightsabers from Rebels as precedent.

Her dad was Palps son. It was in the movie. Her mother is someone else.


Yellow blade lightsabers predate the KoToR game they were in comics in the 90s.

I didn't know people cared about the colour. Seen enough of them myself the only slight problem was wrong colour for Tatooine. Luke's green one in RotJ stood out better.

 

[pukunui]

Her dad was Palps son. It was in the movie. Her mother is someone else.

Aha. Sorry, I wasn’t able to make sense of your comment due to insufficient punctuation.

Anyway, I must have missed that bit. When was it?

And now I am left wondering who Rey’s grandmother was. To be honest, I think I would’ve liked it better if Palpatine had created Rey rather than her being a descendant of his. Palps never struck me as being interested in procreation.

Yellow blade lightsabers predate the KoToR game they were in comics in the 90s.

I am aware of that, yes.

 

[Zardnaar]

Aha. Sorry, I wasn’t able to make sense of your comment due to insufficient punctuation.

Anyway, I must have missed that bit. When was it?

And now I am left wondering who Rey’s grandmother was. To be honest, I think I would’ve liked it better if Palpatine had created Rey rather than her being a descendant of his. Palps never struck me as being interested in procreation.

I am aware of that, yes.

I think Palpatine said something about his son near the end.

They basically skipped over the details of Palpatines family.