we've been using our editing capacity to make dubs and regular how it should have endeds.

So we haven't always been able to squeeze our reviews into the schedule

but since its Risse of Skywalker time

and because Star Wars is precious to me

I thought this would be the best time to make a return to the reviews

So what do you say?

You wanna talk some Star Wars?

Then lets get to it.

Maclunkey.

Episode 9! The Rise of Skywalker

Weather you like it or not the official end of the historic Skywalker saga is here...

and ready to collect all of your fandom monies.

Why is this the end of the Skywalker Saga?

when the title is all about the RISE of Skywalker

well that drifts into spoiler territory but I think ultimately it's because

Disney has to cut ties to the legacy if they ever want fans to change what they

expect out of these movies which is a really weird way to have to handle a

franchise if you think about it but don't worry I'm sure all the fans will

be absolutely supportive with whatever they do I'm sure we'll all embrace the

new changes and not hold anything to any certain standards

Maclunkey!

Okay I'll try not to make any more maclunky jokes

but I make no promises

okay back to the review non-spoiler thoughts rise of Skywalker

Director JJ Abrams has returned with writer Chris Terrio who has known for

universally beloved films such as Batman V Superman and Justice League

and soon-to-be Justice League 2 apparently...

to deliver an epic crowd-pleasing Return of the Jedi finale...

with loads and loads of cameos and loads

and loads of nostalgia

It is a very f ast-moving adventure designed to wrap

things up with one last hurrah circling around Rey and Kylo Ren's destiny.

If you hated the last Jedi this film offers reasons to feel things are being course corrected.

and if you loved the last Jedi this film doesn't really go too far out

of its way to be a total retcon either.

Did I love it?

not on the first viewing

it took letting it sink in and watching it again to feel comfortable with the story.

It's not exactly the home run I would have wanted to experience but I

wouldn't call it the worst Star Wars Episode either.

it felt just like another

Return of the Jedi and considering each one of these new trilogy films has

copied the template of the original trilogy it's not that surprising

There were a few pacing issues that made the story feel really rushed

but if you are cool with the current state of the StarWars setting then you probably will enjoy this movie.

If you were hoping things were gonna go back to the way they were...

There's not much I can do for you

I don't think i even need to say go check it out

I mean everyone expects this movie to be a billionaire in a

matter of days so it's a safe bet you've already seen it

so let's just jump into spoilers shall we

I can't believe C-3PO and Maz Kanata moved in together after Threepio did that whole

I'm taking one last look at my friends

I'm just kidding that didn't happen but

spoilers from here on out people!

For starters it's very obvious this movie is overpopulated

there were a lot of moments where I just felt like JJ was letting his friends have single-line

cameos and that got a little overboard

we need to get that object from this planet!

we need to go blow up that thing where's

Where's Leia going?

she's trying to save her son the only way she knows how.

I get the need for exposition but this time really bothered me

because it was a lot of exposition

I said before I think the pacing was way too fast.

this felt like two movies in one

I think introducing the Emperor again this late in the trilogy was a mistake

it just brought up so many questions like..

I get the feeling if you want those answers you're gonna have to watch Mandalorian for a few years.

but who was bringing him back they showed this lab with Snoke torsos in a

jar and I'm just like we get a little more info no he just has a mad scientist

clone lair still? Did someone scrape his body off the floor before the Death Star

exploded? Why does he even need a body if his essence can just exist?

Doesn't matter. Palps is back and already has like a hundred Star Destroyers fully

staffed with a crew and new suits and soldiers. Don't ask where they came from

he's always got multiple logs in the fire don't question it nobody knew about

it. It was all a big secret! Raising secret armies was apparently way

easier long ago in a galaxy far far away all that matters is he's evil and he's

back so we gotta blow him up

and I gotta say

I just kind of over the Emperor and

his obsession of sitting a dark room knowing he's in charge of all of these

systems and planets that he has no intention of ever using for anything

whatsoever it's like get a hobby. Get robot legs and arms if you're so

feeble I mean there's there's other ways to enjoy life

my hobby is training apprentices

go outside!

NO!

whatever if that's what you like.

If it were me I would have probably made Snoke

like a count dooku type character and introduced that the emperor lives all

the way back in the force awakens.

I think that is why the Emperor feels like

he just magically back out of nowhere in this film.

Rey and Ben are the soul of this movie

to me without their story arc this

trilogy is just one big video game campaign. Poor Finn and Poe are really

getting ripped off on their journey I like them just fine but their stories

just don't compare it to Rey and Ben.

although I think Finn is gonna surprise

us one day with some force ability I mean that whole "I never told you" I think

it's meant to sound like to say he loves her but I think really he's feeling the force.

There is a moment where he senses Rey when she falls anyway

Rey and Ben are cool I really like seeing how their force connection grew

from the last Jedi

so Ben is the grandson of Anakin

and Rey is the granddaughter of Palpatine

making them a force dyad. something we haven't seen before.

I thought that was a cool way to connect them and bring the fear of the dark side

to both characters

it also kind of feels like they're given the Mary Sue label

a little more merit

see she's not a Mary Sue she was just part

super villain the whole time. haha! Take that ya grumpies! Can't be upset about

it now!

right?

yeah so yeah Rey's a Palpatine

which means at some point

Palpatine hooked up with someone

which is just kinda weird to think about

I still say Rey Kenobi sounds so much cooler

but in a world where the bad guys

are always more interesting I can see why making rey come from an evil lineage

was more appropriate

This dagger... okay

so the Emperor is hiding out on a secret

floating pyramid stump thing and apparently the only way to find it is

with this Sith wayfinder I thought the wayfinder thing was believable but this

dagger y'all . you need the dagger to find the wayfinder. Look it's a map to the

wayfinder! Isn't it cool and mysterious?

who the heck made this dagger?

was it someone who knew the shape of the destroyed Death Star?

are we to believe

that the Emperor controlled someone to craft this dagger with the secret

in structions and the visual markings to match the shape of the wrecked Death

Star to point someone to a hidden sit way finder

You sound like such a dork right now

Shut up this is important stuff here!

Why would the Emperor do that why?

Just talk straight to Rey.

Rey I'm voice in your head!

I know how to find your parents!

Go to Endor! Find the wayfinder!

if they did that that would probably make Rey's

journey a little too much like Elsa following a voice across the ocean but

hey you guys are the ones obsessed with girls crossing the ocean disney not me

let's move on.

I knew they were using cut elements from

previous films and making digital clothes to give Leia solid presence in

this movie so I knew she wasn't gonna be in it very much but I think considering

what they had to work with they handled it really well her exit was way more

personal than something like her ship just exploding in the first 10 minutes

which is what I expected the film to do you know like John Connor in that

Terminator movie?

Oh snap!

He did not just spoil that!

You get what you deserve Dark Fate!

anyway I thought Leia was great which ties into the other

cameos

I heard in a video before seeing the film that there was going to

be a force ghost Han scene and I was like oh they better not that's

make me mad. A nd surprisingly I actually loved that scene they smooth it all over

with kylo Ren just saying that one line you're just a memory and I was like oh

that's okay that's different you think he's just a memory he's not a force

ghost he's just a memory okay that's alright you guys get a pass plus it

links back to the last encounter they had in the force awakens but instead of

a dark way it's like a light way it's really kind of a cool thing it's like

poetry you see they rhyme

I mean it would have been a lot more emotional if

that scene was actually leia force projecting herself to talk to Ben

instead of Han Solo but they obviously didn't have that footage so even though

I felt like Harrison Ford we're just getting paid to come work for one day I

still like that scene. I n fact most of the og cast in this movie feels like

they got hired to only come in for one day

Han talks were like a minute Luke's

like here have my lightsaber take my ship see you later

even the Emperor was bound to that giant robot umbilical cord thing so his scenes

felt really basic

I just picture them all showing up the day of and just

reading from cue cards

Let the ceremony begin!

Okay that's good now say...

This will be the end of the jedi!

This will be the end of the jedi!

That's great! Now say "Dew it!"

Lando was the only one who felt like he

had more days on set but even still he didn't really do much

Which is unfortunate

she gave Poe a little more backstory but

it wasn't like oh man I want to see more of her

She was ok.

I like the idea of the former stormtrooper angle I expected that to maybe mean

something more to her and Finn

eh.

I don't care.

he's like the rebel version of the mouse droid

NO!

Get that freaking Wiener slug out of here!

come on

My favorite was Babu Frik. hands down

he's so clueless and innocent

I don't know why but that

guy really made me laugh

probably because I have two year old the babbles just like him

So he's my favorite new character

I don't

my favorite moment

I don't really have a favorite moment

Rey shooting lightning out of her hands was a little shocking

(rimshot)

but there wasn't like that big huge moment that was like this is why I love

Star Wars

I think my favorite moment is supposed to be when you hear all those

voices from the past films like all of the Jedi talking to Ray and getting her

fired up

it just didn't hit for me

I don't know I feel bad I should be like

yeah they got this person they got that person they got that person it's got all

of them y'all!

I just I don't know I saw it coming you know

we've we've been talking about it

but at least I got this moment

this is our galaxy now Palpatoots!