{"id":112020,"date":"2020-04-22T11:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=112020"},"modified":"2023-03-15T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:12:28","slug":"star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker-review-it-ends-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker-review-it-ends-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Episode IX &#8211; The Rise Of Skywalker review: It ends here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Skywalker Saga<\/span> gang get back together for one last adventure, as Rey (Daisy Ridley) and co head off on a frantic quest to stop Kylo Ren (Adam Driver)\u2019s First Order and the resurgent Sith from rallying behind Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">There\u2019s some fun banter between Rey, Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Oscar Isaac) as their hunt takes them across the galaxy, via a host of lovingly-realised aliens. Poe gets some tantalising hints at a back story with Keri Russell\u2019s mysterious Zorii, but ultimately he and the potentially Force-sensitive Finn are left with slim and unfinished stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">That\u2019s because <em><strong>The Rise Of Skywalker<\/strong><\/em> is really interested in Rey and Kylo Ren, and their conflict is at the heart of the film. Their wave-pummelled lightsaber battle is one of the best of the franchise, and the final all-out-war between the Resistance and the First Order is a grand spectacle. But the film wastes time course-correcting from The Last Jedi and lacks any real surprises, ending on a note that feels rather flat and predictable.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be released\u00a0in 4K Ultra HDTM, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and DVD on 20 April.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the last movie in the Skywalker saga heads to home video, we review the latest Star Wars film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":112022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2617,8],"tags":[94,6468],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rise-Of-Skywalker.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127380,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112020\/revisions\/127380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}