In an interview with USA Today, Daisy Ridley who plays the lead character Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy discussed the backlash surrounding The Last Jedi. You gotta love Daisy Ridley’s thoughts on the situation. While she fully understands that fans have the right to complain about things they do not like, she also makes it very clear that Rian Johnson as the artist and filmmaker has the right to make the movie he wants to.
Ridley also goes on to discuss The Rise of Skywalker and how the final chapter is going to differ from the fun re-introduction to the franchise in The Force Awakens and also the darker more mature The Last Jedi. This makes a lot of sense. While The Force Awakens spoke to our inner child and nostalgia and The Last Jedi to our intellect, it would only seem right that The Rise of Skywalker focused heavily on the feels. I am almost certain that we’ll be leaving the cinemas this December not only with a big smile but with tears flowing down our cheeks like the Niagra Falls.
The biggest mystery of this new trilogy has been who Rey’s parents are. After Star Wars: The Force Awakens, many fans speculated that Rey could either be Luke’s daughter, Obi-Wan’s granddaughter or heck Jar Jar Binks’ second cousin. But in Johnson’s The Last Jedi, it was revealed that Rey’s parents were nobodies — filthy junk traders who sold her off for drinking money. While some fans love the thematic significance of that creative decision, others wondered if there was more to the story. Could Kylo Ren have been lying? Well, whatever the case, it looks like we will definitely get concrete answers in The Rise of Skywalker. Ridley said: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be hitting Malaysian cinemas 19 December 2019.
