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The Rise of Skywalker

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The Rise of Skywalker: Reduced expectations and damage control

December 22, 2019 Thomas P. Harmon 17

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is not a good movie. Its frenetic pace rushes us through a convoluted plot, any particular moment of which has its own problems. The plausibility of the plot and […]

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Star Wars: The Rise of Nostalgia

December 17, 2019 Sean Fitzpatrick 9

For those who grew up a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the final episode in the Star Wars saga, The Rise of Skywalker, promises an emotional conclusion to what was a […]

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