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The Rise of
Skywalker
brings Rey’s
story to a close
Get excited for…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
What was the last film
you saw at ODEON?
The Lion King
remake – I absolutely
loved it!
As more details leak out about the J.J. Abrams-directed
Episode IX, we find ourselves almost giddy with glee...
At time of writing it’s early
August 2019, which means
that Episode IX of the Star
Wars saga – The Rise of
Skywalker – is still a full five
months away. And yet, with
every new cast interview,
every titbit of information that
trickles from the studio and
every increasingly wild fan
theory, we find the hairs on
our arms creeping up just that
little bit more. Because this
is the final chapter, after all;
the episode that reputedly
brings to a close more than
four decades of filmmaking,
which began, of course, in 1977
with Episode IV: A New Hope.
Can Rise match viewer
expectations? Well, if anyone
can pull it off, it’s J.J. Abrams.
He’s done it once before, hasn’t
he, with Episode VII: The
Force Awakens. Murmurings
from key cast members have
also boosted our hopes – Daisy
Ridley, for example, has said
on the record that she thinks
fans will be “very satisfied”.
Then, of course, there’s the
not insignificant matter of the
story itself: we know that Leia
will feature somehow, we know
that Luke will feature somehow,
we know that Rey will choose
categorically between the Dark
Side and the Light. Darn it,
there go those hairs again...
See Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker from 19 December
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NICOLA LEWIS
ODEON, LONDON