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Expectations were gamey for the final film inStar Wars ' Skywalker saga , The Rise of Skywalker . And son , did the film really miss the Saint Mark in almost every fashion that mattered . A lot come about in this motion picture , but whether any of it - or the sequel trilogy overall - actually mattered is still up for debate .
While the panel may be out on the meaning of the sequel trilogy , and what value it actually added to theStar Warsfranchise on the whole , we ’ve tried to look for answers in the original trilogy , prequel trilogy , and previous subsequence trilogy films . What pieces of foreshadowing did we miss ? Here are ten quotes that stuck out .
“Always two there are; no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.”
The Sith convention of two is a piece ofStar Warshistory often hash out in the prequel trilogy and expanded plant . The ascension of Skywalkeroffers a loose adaptation of this political theory , in the depiction of the toxic dynamic between the evil Emperor Palpatine and his unwitting granddaughter , Rey .
According to the film ’s confusing plot line , Palpatine has always been lurking in the phantom , waiting for his granddaughter to return to his side . Why he did n’t pursue rick his own boy into the Emperor is never explain , but it ’s unmortgaged that Palpatine sees himself as the Master to Rey ’s Apprentice - an Apprentice that will before long replace him .
“You were the chosen one. It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness.”
The concept ofbringing equaliser to the Forceis one that has been hash out frequently within the linguistic context of the sequel trilogy . Ostensibly , Anakin Skywalker was once the Chosen One who bring equalizer to the Force , when - as the briefly redeem Darth Vader - he override his Master Emperor Palpatine and killed him to save his son , Luke .
But asThe Rise of Skywalkerreveals , the Emperor somehow subsist , though the film avoids providing an account by stating this fact outright in the opening crawl . The film ’s final turn offers an exploration of the identity operator of a fresh Chosen One to bring balance to the Force , with Rey ultimately overpower and ruin Palpatine once and for all . Well , hopefully .
“No one’s ever really gone.”
When Luke Skywalker told his twin sister Leia Organa this meaningful argument at the end ofThe Last Jedi , it was meant in a bright way to proffer her quilt about the potential of her son , Ben , still returning from the benighted side . The Rise of Skywalkerdoes follow through on that theme , allowing for Ben to be ransom and riposte to the light .
But it also use the refrain in dissimilar ways , both satisfying ( such as the return of Rebel Alliance Italian sandwich Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles ) anddeeply problematic(the poorly explore return of Palpatine and the all out of character Luke ) .
“Whomever you’re waiting for on Jakku, they’re never coming back. But there’s someone who still could.”
The fact that the sequel trilogy twist up becoming so obsessed with Rey ’s parentage , to the point of deny her her own power and identity , is deeply disappointing . But as frustrative a choice as that may have been , there were seed planted early on inThe Force Awakensthat someone connected to Rey ’s descent would return .
Unfortunately , that someone also turns out to be none other than her evil grandfather , Emperor Palpatine . But other figures , though not get in touch to Rey ’s past tense , also make significant returns in the end , including the takings of Kylo Ren to his straight identity Ben Solo .
“Wonderful girl. Either I’m going to kill her, or I’m beginning to like her.”
It ’s hard to get many threads that connect between the original trilogy and sequel trilogy in the close , seeing as the sequel trilogy really veered off into uncharted territory with its net chapter . But one cheeky moment of foreshadowing can be found in Han Solo ’s early judgment of his burgeon relationship with Leia Organa , and how it would auspicate his son ’s own romantic future .
When Rey and Kylo Ren first met , their relationship was decidedly that of a heroine and villain . But over fourth dimension , it became clear that killing Rey was never something he really considered , as he found himself starting to like Rey in a much more romantic way - and frailty versa .
“The belonging you seek is not behind you. It is ahead.”
The subsequence trilogy overall has a very slight kinship with the nature of the past , given the at long last confusing content of the franchise regarding the account of all that get along before . But Maz Kanata was right-hand that the belong Rey so desperately sought out was never in the yesteryear with her blood family , but instead forwards of her with the sept she would choose .
In the end , that witness family seems to have been in the form of her various mentors - Han Solo inThe Force Awakens , the curmudgeonly Luke Skywalker inThe Last Jedi , and Leia Organa inThe boost of Skywalker- as well as her dyad mate and lover , Ben Solo .
“You cannot deny the truth that is your family.”
Well , this quote certainly go for to part ofThe Rise of Skywalker , but fly immediately in the fact of another part of it . On the one hand , Rey is allow to traverse the verity that is her Palpatine category , and even allowed to usurp the identity element of a family that was never actually her own .
But when it comes to Kylo Ren , Lor San Tekka was correct to observe that he would never unfeignedly be able to abnegate his own family constantly . It ’s through the memory of his own Father of the Church , and the Force connectedness with his own mother , that Ben Solo in conclusion finds the strong point and vulnerability he postulate to pay off himself and repay .
“You have too much of your father’s heart in you, young Solo.”
likewise , it ’s been propose all throughout the trilogy that the connection between Kylo Ren and the father that he kill , Han Solo , would be his undoing . While some fan may have clamor for him to die because of his execution of his Church Father , it was clear that this was n’t the message the trilogy ever believed in .
Instead , it ’s Han ’s flat love for his boy , even in the afterlife , that gets through to the Ben Solo lingering underneath the surface of the Kylo Ren persona . Han was correct when he said,“Kylo Ren is dead . My son is alive . “Well , for a while , at least .
“You underestimate Skywalker. And Ben Solo. And me. It will be your downfall.”
We ’re not break to begin to touch the confusing nature of Snoke ’s innovation , establish the vat of Snoke clones that the motion-picture show briefly demo . But we ’re going to take at grimace value the fact that Palpatine was the one pulling the strings behind Supreme Leader Snoke , and it makes Rey ’s warning word to the preceding First Order loss leader inThe Last Jediall the more prescient .
It was n’t just Snoke who underestimated Rey , Ben Solo , and Luke Skywalker . It was Emperor Palpatine , too , across the entire saga . Luke Skywalker lead to his first demise , and Rey and Ben together play all-important role in end him once and for all .
“This is not going to go the way you think.”
perchance this last entry is a little bit on the snarky side , but it ’s absolutely true , too . The advance of Skywalkerdid not at all go the way anyone could have expected . The movie dare expectations , for better and for the much , much , much unfit .
It ’s a movie that creates conflict and paradoxes , then never resolve them . It ’s a movie that directly refuse all that came before it , then smugly play as though it never did anything wrong . It ’s an challenging movie , but it probably wo n’t be commemorate as a good one .
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