Photo: Vulture and LucasFilms This story was originally published in 2018 but has since been updated to include Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker, the final installment to the trilogy of trilogies.
Two years later, there were rumblings that George Lucas — a pal of Spielberg’s — had something even more game-changing. I saw Star Wars the week after its opening, in a big, full theater. As a piece of filmmaking, it was no Jaws. The acting was variable , the shootouts were as lamely staged as in any grade B oater, and the climax was all too predictable. But it was hard not to get caught up in the hype.
Actually, Lucas’s first prequel was ambitiously conceived to portray the defeat of the ancient Jedi order, which was closely tied to the corruption of Darth Vader — here introduced as an obnoxious little kid. To use the Force properly, you see, a Jedi must purge his or her emotions, particularly anger and fear. Young Anakin Skywalker is an angry lad. “Clouded this boy’s future is,” said the Jedi master, Yoda.
Historical footnote: Attack of the Clones came out at the summit of now-disgraced fanboy blogger Harry Knowles’s prestige. He got his own early screening and put out a preemptive, vaguely threatening rave exhorting his readers to get on board or be damned as killjoys or — worse — professional critics.The first tangential Star Wars spinoff isn’t terrible.
There’s certainly a remnant of the late Carrie Fisher, but her computer-generated presence recedes and her last scenes have zero impact. John Boyega’s lovelorn Finn is reduced to screaming “Rey! Reeeeyyyyyy!” in the middle of her lightsaber fights and Oscar Isaac’s hotshot Poe Dameron is now a grinning doofus cheerleader. Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Pico — a fanbrat unfavorite in The Last Jedi — is rudely returned to the chorus line.
How can Wrath of Khan not be prominently listed? Also the one with the whales? Be better.
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