A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac return in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
When the prequel trilogy is good, it holds some of the most interesting and well-written parts of Star Wars, such as Darth Maul’s lightsaber duel, but when they are bad, it is downright embarrassing. While the movies have interesting overarching concepts, characters and ideas, they are bogged down by subpar writing, pacing and CGI.
The first serious decline in quality seemed to come in 1999 with the first of Lucas’s prequel trilogy, “The Phantom Menace.” Unlike the first three films, his entire prequel trilogy was directed and written by him. Lucas did not even direct “The Empire Strikes Back” or “Return Of The Jedi.” It could be reasonably argued that “A New Hope” was something of a happy accident, while the quality of the other two films is because they had other directors. Part of George Lucas’s genius did not come from the films themselves, but through his merchandising through video games and toys. In 1978, just a year after the first film, Kenner Products produced 40 million “Star Wars” action figures. The first three “Star Wars” films spawned countless toys, video games, posters, T-Shirts, novels, theme park rides and had an undeniably profound impact on pop culture. The conclusion to the trilogy, “Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi” came in 1983. The sequel is generally seen as the better of the two films, but both are well regarded as classics. Just three years later, the sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back” followed. In 1977, George Lucas brought the first Star Wars movie to theaters with Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford as the leads. Editor’s Note: This review will contain spoilers for the first eight Star Wars movies, but not “The Rise of Skywalker.”
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