

Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. Its ensemble cast includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Produced by Lucasfilm and Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part " Skywalker saga". Even new faces, like Keri Russel as the mysterious Zorii and Naomi Ackie as the heroic Jannah, feel fully integrated into this universe, rather than mere scene-fillers.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (also known as Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker) is a 2019 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J.

Familiar faces from the earlier movies also appear, with actors like Ian McDiarmid and Billy Dee Williams easily readjusting to their decades-old roles. Adam Driver brings a surprising complexity to Kylo, especially as his relationship with Rey becomes more fraught. The characters feel fully fleshed out in a way they hadn't even in the previous films, allowing the natural chemistry among Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac to carry the movie when plot contrivances threaten to upend it. If the sacrifice for the sheer scale of The Rise of Skywalker is to move at lightspeed, then it's well worth the rapid-fire revelations and rewrites that bring the story to an satisfying, and emotional, conclusion. It's an ambitious decision that brings with it an appropriate weight. The film doesn't only resolve plot threads left dangling in the new trilogy, it's willing to explore some of the biggest thematic elements of the series. However, it also imbues the film with a frenetic energy that such an ambitious finale requires to accomplish what it has set out to do.
