Haiku movie review - "Star Wars - Rise of Skywalker" 


Space horses ferry 

social justice warriors while 

Jedi just give up


★★

The general consensus is that this latest Star Wars trilogy is full of social justice nonsense and treated classic characters such as Han, Luke, and Leui very, very badly.  This is true beyond doubt, as there is nothing racist, misogynist, or homophobic about not wanted to see Han Solo as a deadbeat dad killed by the son he had with Princess Leia.  No one wants to see that, Kathleen Kennedy.

 The consensus is that the new trilogy began okay with The Forces Awakens, went off the rails with The Last Jedi and couldn't be saved by The Rise of Skywalker, which is better than The Last Jedi.  I strongly agree with the criticisms of The Last Jedi and its pushy social agenda, but I think the worst of the three was The Force Awakens, which has some great (though derivative) scenes, but fails to explain who the heck the new character Rey really is and why she is perfect at all she does.  It also features the murder of Han Solo by the prodigy of Leia and Han, something no Star Wars fan should ever have to see.  It was nothing short of terrible and offensive.  The Last Jedi had even more social justice nonsense but it is a beautiful movie made by a talented director.  

 Which brings us to The Rise of Skywalker, which is the second-worst of this horrible trilogy.  To say nothing is explained is the understatement of the year, and we get to see the management of Lucas Film defecate on the original characters again.  

 The saving grace is Billie Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian.  We can only speculate as to why, but J. J. Abrams and company have not chosen to soil this character, and for this reason alone this film gets two stars.  

 And one more thing.  I have a copy of The Return of the Jedi.  Emperor Palpatine was killed.   Entirely killed.  As in dead.

 I guess Lucas Film lost their copy.

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