๐ฟ Gen Wow Review: 'Star Wars Ep IV: The Rise of Skywalker'
January 03, 2020
We need to talk about that final battle with Palpatine, his regenerative powers, his ever-changing strategy, that whole Force Dyad deal between Rey and Kylo Ren, what Finn wanted to tell Rey, where the Babu Frik is the Baby Yoda merch, and a whole lot more. It's our super-sized, spoilerrific review of the final chapter of "The Skywalker Saga."
IN THIS EPISODE:
โ๏ธ Gen X-wing fighters: A nostalgic, 42-year history of The Force (at 1 min., 38 sec.)
๐ From dystopia to the Death Star and heroic derring-do (at 4:02)
๐ฝ Episode IV: An unsure thingโand an unmade, low-budget sequel (at 5:09)
๐พ Where's the Baby Yoda and Babu Frik merch? (at 7:04)
๐ต Box Office Bonanza? Or total bummer? (at 7:21)
๐ฅ The Fandom Menace: Was making "Skywalker" a mission impossible? (at 8:16)
๐ฅ The plot quickensโis it the ultimate Chiasmus gift? (at 10:17)
๐ฌ Bond, Psychic Bond (at 13:39)
โ๐ป Rey of lightโhow she beat Palpatine (at 14:32)
โ Master chess? Or random changes? (at 17:22)
๐ What's with all these new Force powers? (at 19:36)
๐ The ultimate Chiasmus gifts (at 21:30)
๐น Sexuality and "Force sensitivity" (at 22:50)
๐๐ป Piece de resistance: Keeping the faith (at 25:31)
๐ฃ The empire's single point of failure (at 26:50)
๐๐ป๐๐ป Final grades (27:50)
๐ Party of 5? Or 4? (at 31:00)
๐บ "Skywalker's" stars, as seen on TV (at 31:42)
๐ค How well do you know your droids? (at 32:30)
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