Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

[Jorge]

She looks far cooler than a power ranger.

Have you seen the fucking White Ranger bro

[Anders]

[Jorge]

White Ranger wins

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Did somebody say Power Ranger?!?

[Anders]

I’m afraid not. I was the judge in that contest, and Zorii won.

[Monkey_Driven]

Remember when they blew up her planet and just kind of yadda yadda'd it?

[VinylGuy]

they fact they got Keri fucking russell for that lame excuse of ¨character¨ is unforgivable

[E.H. Ruddock]

She’ll have her own series on Disney after Boba, then probably Phasma. Cool looking characters with no lines seem to be popular

[VinylGuy]

PHASMA´S BOOK the new disney series telling us were Phasma has been all this time and also she has a new suit!

[Anders]

Think Star Wars has been amazing with their expanded on screen universe so far, Marvel though. Ugh.

[B]

[VinylGuy]

tried to see this one on the plane and i could only saw like 10 minutes. Bored out of my mind.

[B]

I posted this b/c this video is gonna bring the Star Wars factions on this board together.

[VinylGuy]

i tried to watch it but it also bored me

[epilogue]

I hate watching those things. What did it say? Summarize it for me.

[tragabigzanda]

Star Wars sucks now

[spike]

I seem to have lucked out and scrolled right to the meat of the topic: “We’re all eating Star Wars lore burritos [yes he used this term -Trag] because streaming wars. Nothing has to make sense as long as there’s a Star Wars show for your particular cultural appetite.”

Also that Star Wars has always been just stupid fun. Don’t take it too seriously (retconning etc).

[epilogue]

I listened to a couple of podcasts recently that each circled this general idea, which I think has a merit. Basically, that pulp and absurdity has always been part of the Star Wars fabric but modern audiences prefer "gritty" to "pulpy." People (the general fanbase) adore Rogue One because it's more grounded and real and gritty and dark. They hate Rise of Skywalker because it goes full pulp without apology.

Again, there's more nuance to it, but that's the boiled down gist of the argument, and I think that's pretty on the money.

[dimejinky99]

Rise is pure Saturday morning Flash Gordon serial adventure pulp. Shamelessly.


Whether it’s effective at it and if that’s fitting as a wrap up to the saga is questionable.

[Monkey_Driven]

Rise is pure Saturday morning Flash Gordon serial adventure pulp. Shamelessly.

Whether it’s effective at it and if that’s fitting as a wrap up to the saga is questionable.