On Thanksgiving Day, a new TV spot for The Rise of Skywalker dropped, subtitled, "Duel," and the iconic themes of "Duel of the Fates" and the "Imperial March" play in the background, making this one of the cooler spots released yet for the film. You can check it out for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdjyvnOGtg There are [...]
Today on Good Morning America, The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams debuted a brand new clip from the upcoming movie! The 30-second clip is from the speeder chase scene on Pasaana, which we've seen glimpses of in various trailers and TV spots. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCPiBWrIaSI I think this looks great. It has that [...]
We are just 25 days away from seeing the conclusion to the Skywalker Saga!!!! I absolutely can't wait, and Star Wars recently released a brand new TV spot for The Rise of Skywalker with some exciting new footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qphC39PJf4 Let's break down what we see and learn! This TV spot begins (and ends) with the [...]
On Wednesday, Star Wars released the official character posters for the upcoming film The Rise of Skywalker, which will premiere in less than a month, on December 20! It seems that the media push for the film has finally started, and I can't wait! The posters were released on Twitter, but you can see them [...]
With The Mandalorian launched and Jedi: Fallen Order released, I expected the marketing for The Rise of Skywalker to significantly pick up - and it has in very quick fashion! On Tuesday a ton of new information and material about the upcoming film released, including an epic new TV spot that features a lot of [...]
When J.J. Abrams directed The Force Awakens, he delivered a very fun and welcome introduction to the sequel trilogy, but the criticism he faced was that it was too similar to A New Hope. Rian Johnson, meanwhile, did things in The Last Jedi we've never seen before in a Star Wars film, and his daring [...]
Whereas The Force Awakens gave Han Solo more of a spotlight and The Last Jedi focused on Luke Skywalker, Episode IX was originally planned to be Leia Organa's time to shine. Of course the focus of this sequel trilogy is on the new characters - especially Rey and Kylo Ren - but the original three [...]
The official theatrical poster for The Rise of Skywalker was released last week, and while it's certainly not the main point, there's something about the poster that caught the attention of many fans: Carrie Fisher gets top billing for the final installment of the Skywalker saga! https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1186460828087701505 This is the first time that Carrie Fisher [...]
In the final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker, there's a line from Luke Skywalker in a voiceover that I think is really great and worth discussing a bit more. We hear Luke saying (almost certainly to Rey): "Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny." I love that line, because there's so [...]
The epic final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker was released on Monday, and there's a ton to unpack. If you're looking for my breakdown of the complete trailer, head here, but I want to focus on the shot that was the biggest surprise of them all in the trailer. It comes in the shot [...]
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