5 Years Ago, Star Wars Delivered The Most Complicated $1 Billion Hit In Box Office History
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"'Star Wars' has lost its mystique, and 'The Rise of Skywalker' is to blame," wrote Mark Serrels of CNET in his review of "Star Wars: Episode IX -- The Rise of Skywalker" in 2019. On the other end of the spectrum, and perhaps more telling, we had Matthew Rozsa writing for Salon, "If you disliked 'The Last Jedi' (like I did), you'll like -- but probably not love -- 'The Rise of Skywalker.' If you liked 'The Last Jedi,' this review might not be for you."
That just about sums it up. "Star Wars" was in a very unique place by December 2019. Just four years earlier, Disney and Lucasfilm were riding high on the unprecedented $2 billion success story that was "The Force Awakens.
"'Star Wars' has lost its mystique, and 'The Rise of Skywalker' is to blame," wrote Mark Serrels of CNET in his review of "Star Wars: Episode IX -- The Rise of Skywalker" in 2019. On the other end of the spectrum, and perhaps more telling, we had Matthew Rozsa writing for Salon, "If you disliked 'The Last Jedi' (like I did), you'll like -- but probably not love -- 'The Rise of Skywalker.' If you liked 'The Last Jedi,' this review might not be for you."
That just about sums it up. "Star Wars" was in a very unique place by December 2019. Just four years earlier, Disney and Lucasfilm were riding high on the unprecedented $2 billion success story that was "The Force Awakens.
- 12/21/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
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