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The Rise of Skywalker is a finale that apologizes for its predecessor instead of building on it. Mystery boxes get reopened, a dead villain returns via a voice cameo economy, and the plot sprints through revelations at a pace that…
The most interesting Star Wars film and the most divisive one. The Last Jedi takes the mystery boxes its predecessor left and throws them off a cliff: Rey’s parents are nobody, Luke Skywalker is a broken hermit, and the lesson…
Star Wars came back, and for one movie it felt effortless. The Force Awakens restarts the saga with new faces that immediately belong: Daisy Ridley’s Rey, John Boyega’s defected stormtrooper Finn, and a scavenger plot that mirrors A New Hope…
Return of the Jedi is the finale that plays its hits: a rescue at Jabba’s palace, a second Death Star, and the Emperor finally on screen, slurping evil through yellow eyes. The Tatooine opening is the best forty minutes of…
The best Star Wars film and one of the best sequels ever made. The Empire Strikes Back does everything a middle chapter should: it darkens the stakes, splits the cast, and ends with the heroes broken and the villain’s shadow…
The prequel that redeems them. Revenge of the Sith is a genuine tragedy wearing a space opera’s clothes: the fall of Anakin Skywalker, the purge of the Jedi, and the birth of Darth Vader, all scored to some of Williams’s…
Attack of the Clones is the prequel where the romance is supposed to carry the weight, and it lands like a Hondo delivery. Anakin and Padme’s courtship plays as two people reading greeting cards at each other on a picnic…
The film that taught a generation to lower their expectations. The Phantom Menace has the podrace, the Duel of the Fates lightsaber fight, and a John Williams score working overtime to convince you everything is fine, while Jar Jar Binks…