Star Wars

My latest movie rental was Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ...

a 2019 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part "Skywalker saga."

For those who haven't been watching this trilogy ...

The trilogy follows a 19-year-old orphan, Rey, and the plight of the Resistance against the First Order, which has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire. Rey learns the ways of the Force under Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and confronts Kylo Ren—the son of Leia and Han Solo, nephew of Luke, and grandson of Anakin Skywalker [Darth Vader] —who has fallen to the dark side.

I liked the first movie of the trilogy - The Force Awakens. It was fun to see the characters from the original series - Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo. I also liked the new character played by Adam Driver - Kylo Ren.

The second film, The Last Jedi, however, wasn't very good, especially in how it portrayed Luke and Leia, so I wasn't that enthusiastic about the third film.

I was surprised, though - it was pretty good, actually. The special effects were nice and the writers seemed to try to fix the errors of the second film.

Here's one of my favorite parts of the movie, where Rey and Kylo Ren are fighting on the wreck of the old Death Star ...



And I especially liked the ending of the movie, in which Rey goes to Tatooine, the planet where Luke grew up, living with his aunt and uncle on their moisture farm. The first movie of the original series began here, with Teenage Luke wishing he could leave the farm, fearing he would never get a chance at anything better ...



That same music and scene of the binary sunset are in the ending of this latest film with Rey ...