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Pop quiz: who are the only

characters to appear in all

nineStarWarsfilms?

T

hegrandculminationofthe

nine-film,42-years-in-the-

tellingSkywalkerSaga,The

RiseOfSkywalkeris a

disappointmentofgalactic

proportions.Hobbledbyundercooked

storytellingchoices,forgettable

set-pieces,anda bafflingrefusaltopick

upthethreadsofTheLastJedi,it’sthe

biggestletdownforStarWarsfans

sinceBattlefrontII’slootbox-gate.

Inexplicably,EmperorPalpatineis back

(thegroundworkforwhichwaslaidnot

bypreviousfilms,butFortnite’sStar

Warsevent)toquashtheResistance.

Meanwhile,ReyandKyloRen’sliteral

love/haterelationshiptakesthemona

fetchquestacrossthegalaxy.

Packedwithincident,TheRiseOf

Skywalker’splanet-hopping,MacGuffin-

chasingstorydoesn’tholduptothe

smallestamountofscrutiny.Reyand

Renremaina compellingpairing,Daisy

Ridley and Adam Driver doing fine work,

and C-3PO is a standout, but every

other character is short-changed.

Contenttotakethe

easyroute,it givesfans

whatthey(thinkthey)

want,notwhatthey

need.Mostegregiously,it

ignoresorcontradicts

keypointsestablishedby

TheLastJediand,as

fanshavediscoveredin

thenovelisation,omits

detailsthatwouldmake

senseofsomemore

perplexingplotpoints

A lightsaberbattleat

seais spectacular,ILM

doesmiraculouswork

salvagingunusedfootage

ofCarrieFisherfrom

TheForceAwakensfor

usehere,andcameo

creatureBabuFrik

rivalsBabyYodaforStar

Warsscene-stealers.

But this is not the Star

Wars film you’re looking

for. Jordan Farley

blu-rays

comingsoon

THE

GENTLEMEN

GuyRitchiereturnstothe

guns and geezers genre

with this romp about a drug

lord who wants to leave a

life of crime behind him.

SPIESIN

DISGUISE

Spy-fianimationwitha truly

nutsopremise:WillSmith

playsa secretagentwho

mustsavetheworldafter

beingturnedintoa pigeon.

WHYDON’T

YOUJUSTDIE

Entertainingandviolent

Russiansplattercomedyset

largelyinsidea singleflat

wherea mantriestokillhis

girlfriend’sfather.

WHENMARNIE

WASTHERE

ThefinalfilmmadebyStudio

GhibliuntilHayaoMiyazaki

cameoutofretirement,this

sort-ofghoststoryis an

atmosphericgem.

ESCAPEFROM

PRETORIA

DanielRadcliffestarsin this

true-lifethrillerabouttwo

politicalprisonerswhoplot

a breakoutfroma South

Africanprison.

MRROBOT

SEASON4.0

Finalseasonoftheultra-

stylishhackerseries

starringRamiMalek.Long-

termfans,worrynot– the

showgoesoutona high.

MY

NEIGHBOURS

THEYAMADAS

StudioGhibliclassic.Also

availableonNetflix,butthis

collector’seditionsteelbook

willlookniceronyourshelf.

HARDTARGET

Legendaryaction

directorJohnWoomadehis

Hollywooddebutwiththis

spinonTheMostDangerous

Game,starringJean-Claude

VanDammein hisprime.

DOCTORWHO:

THE12TH

SERIES

Whatthelatestseries

ofDoctorWholacksin

consistencyit makesup

forin audacity.

JUMANJI:THE

NEXTLEVEL

TheRockandco.don’tso

muchlevelupasspendthe

majorityofthisidentikit

sequelgrindingforXP.Fun

enough,butfamiliar.

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on home

Star Wars: The

Rise Of Skywalker

The Force is wrong with this one

Answer: R2-D2 and C-3PO