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'STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER' (2019) REVIEW

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Happy Star Wars Day and may the fourth be with you. On this commemorative day, I’ve decided to finally review the latest addition and the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. I’ve only watched the film once in cinemas during its opening weekend around Christmas so it has been a few months and I vaguely remember much of it… which says a lot. However, just recently, Cinema Sins posted a video on ‘Everything wrong with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ and watching the first part of the film jogged my memory. The video does sum up most of what I thought of the film.   Before the film was released, there was a sudden change of directors and fans were curious to know whether the plot of ‘The Last Jedi’ (2017) (‘TLJ’ henceforth) would have an effect on the last film in the trilogy and the franchise. This isn’t the first time there has been a change of directors within Lucasfilm as directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, were fired from working on one of the Star Wars anthology...