When the TV spot hit that showed General Leia Organa holding the Skywalker lightsaber in the jungles of Ajan Kloss, speculation continued to increase as to whether Leia might actually be continuing Rey's training. It turns out that's exactly the case. There was a press junket on Wednesday for The Rise of Skywalker, and included [...]
On Tuesday, Star Wars released yet another TV spot for The Rise of Skywalker, and this too contains new footage we hadn't seen previously. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E4yxmserwg Like we've been doing, let's take a look at the new shots included in this trailer, and I'll speculate on what it could mean where applicable. [...]
We're just a few weeks away from the release of the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, and the marketing blitz has been quite intense recently. It seems like we've been getting a new TV spot practically every day, and that's pretty awesome! A new one dropped over the weekend, and [...]
On Thanksgiving night, Disney released a touching behind-the-scenes featurette leading up to The Rise of Skywalker, taking a look back at the history of the Skywalker saga as it has been filmed and culminating in several new behind-the-scenes shots of the upcoming film. It's a really well done feature, and I recommend you checking it [...]
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 [...]
Star Wars Thoughts 