Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Episode IX)
U/A; Fantasy/Sci/Fi
Cast: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Keri Russell, Ian McDiarmid, Kelly Marie Tran, Domhnall Gleeson, Billy Dee Williams, Joonas Suotamo, Dominic Monaghan, Anthony Daniels and Richard E. Grant
Director: J. J. Abrams
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The end to a 9 movie story (that did not need to happen), encompassing 40 years of franchise film making, this 'Rise of Skywalker' purportedly the last of the Star Wars expulsions, is an example of what happens when money becomes paramount in franchise-building.

Despite George Lucas' intermittent pronouncements about 'being done with' the franchise, the Star Wars brand just got too big for that to happen. So when Disney paid Lucas $4B for the rights to his Galaxy Far, Far Away in order to strip mine it for a sort-of passing-of-the-saber from the old gen to a newer lot, the mythology suffered big-time. The resultant - a series of rather legend hurting supplement films that took away from the nostalgia of a unique and unforgettable experience.