From Chris Snellgrove
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With Kathleen Kennedy finally returned to Lucasfilm, I looked back back The climb of SkywalkerAlso known as the worst film in the continuation of the trilogy. Fans love to give it The last Jedi Crap, but this film could have been just as good Citizen Kane Compared to Tros, a film that offers nothing more than lazy nostalgia that are wrapped around an even lazy action. But while The climb of Skywalker Is that worst Star Wars Movie, it is a secret triumph in how his narrative about Reyās striving for identity focuses.
The climb of Skywalker does one thing right
The original Star Wars films were famous with Joseph Campbells The hero with a thousand faces That is why the characters are wide and recognizable archetypes (Luke Skywalker is a young man of fate like King Arthur, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Merlin-like magician who gives our hero an excaliburous magical sword, etc. Creator again created archetypal characters. The climb of SkywalkerEven in the worst case, a narrative triumph that made Rey three -dimensional in her search for self -explanation three -dimensional.
Apparently, Disney The sequels confused in almost every level, which is why Rey was established by a possible connection to Obi-Wan in The awakening of power (Sir Alec Guinness Reyās name called a little digital magician after having nobody in the noise daughter of nobody in Luke Skywalkers lightsaber The last Jedi. The climb of Skywalker She made her famous for the granddaughter of Kaiser Palpatine, and although this is the worst decision of storytelling that they could have made, thanks to Reyās knowledge, it became a random triumph that self -determination is a social construct.
From a practical point of view, this means that Rey, the character, finally recognized something that had withdrawn countless fans and Disneyās own topic: the debate about Reyās identity is complete meaningless. Everyone wanted to take over who they could be connected to in the Star Wars universe and how these connections define who they really are. The climb of SkywalkerBut his worst story Beat (Reyās connection to Kaiser Palpatine) turned into a triumph by showing our new Jedi what almost everyone in the audience recognizes: Identity does not have to be determined by the family.
That may sound like a fairly fundamental idea, but it is a concept that Star Wars has never really hugged. Most of the three trilogies were about how the Skywalker switched between the dooming and the rescue of the galaxy, so that the almighty force only takes care of a family. The climb of SkywalkerFor all of his defects, the home drives home, which our heroes define themselves and can lead a full life outside the shadow of their predecessors.
Before you say it, I will be the first to admit that this is not magical The climb of Skywalker A good film. Everything that from the Hokey return from Kaiser Palpatine to the Fetch Quest -Action to the inexplicable considerations of the Death Star is stupid enough to wonder why they fell in love with this franchise at all. And even Reyās revelation, which she identifies as a skywalker, caused a silly sting of an end, but that stupidity hides a rather important message about the selection of her own identity.
Again for the cheap seats: The climb of Skywalker is the worst Star Wars film that has ever been shot, but it is also a secret triumph because it restores the entire franchise. After eight films that insist on something else, the franchise on cosmic fate has Finally admitted that our heroes are free to choose their own ways and their own identities. Hopefully Star Wars himself can follow the example and his connection to Disney will not identify again as a decent franchise company.
