Thoughts: Rise of Skywalker
The following is a long rant I wrote about one week after seeing the movie that I sent to some friends. Obviously, it’s been a half decade since this came out, and the audience and critical consensus has settled into “that was awful” and “Someone X has returned” jokes, but I found this in my notes recently and figured I should dump it somewhere. So this was all fresh at the time with no backstage knowledge or Baby Yodas. And who doesn’t love a good foaming at the mouth nerd rant? ...