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What a great idea, just make the entire story arc of the prequels and original trilogy completely redundant and pointless by having their achievements totally undone and negating the entire point of Anakin's redemption.

I'm sure nothing can go wrong with this.

It reeks of "This trilogy is a dumpster fire, quick, bring in more old characters people love to spark interest!"

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'The Phantom Menace' turns 20 years old in the UK.

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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace in the UK.
It was first released on Thursday 15th July 1999 (I still have the ticket!) before it had its general 'official' Friday release on the 16th.
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The Rise Of Skywalker - D23 Special Look

(Star Wars) 26th August 2019

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Looks good.

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The Rise Of Skywalker - Final Trailer

(Star Wars) 22nd October 2019

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I need that music.... and why is there a mounted charge along the hull of a Star Destroyer?

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Can't wait till December to find out....




Please don't fudge this one up Disney :geek:

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The Rise Of Skywalker is 155 minutes long (2 hrs, 35 mins), making it the longest Star Wars film made, beating The Last Jedi by 3 minutes.

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Today is the 41st anniversary of the first and only broadcast of the Star Wars Holiday Special on 17th November 1978. :mrgreen:


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I'm now off to see a midnight screening of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker....
Review to follow... :wave:

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The Rise Of Skywalker - Review by SKB

Plot (SPOILERS!)
One year after the events of The Last Jedi, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren obtains a Sith Wayfinder device and travels to the planet Exegol. He discovers a physically impaired Palpatine, who reveals he created Snoke as a puppet to control the First Order. Palpatine unveils a secret armada of Star Destroyers with which to create a new Galactic Empire. He tasks Kylo with finding Rey, who is continuing her Jedi training under General Leia.

Meanwhile, Finn, Poe, and Chewbacca retrieve information on Kylo's discovery originating from a mole in the First Order. They are ambushed and chased by TIE fighters, but escape and return to the Resistance base. After learning that Palpatine has returned, Rey discovers notes on a Sith artifact in the Jedi texts Luke Skywalker left behind. Rey, Poe, Finn, Chewbacca, BB-8, and C-3PO leave for Passanna to seek a contact Luke knew, while R2-D2 stays behind with Leia.

On Passanna, they encounter Lando Calrissian, who explains that he and Luke had traced the artifact to its last known location in the desert. Kylo learns where Rey is through their Force bond and travels to Passanna with the Knights of Ren. Rey and the others discover the remains of a Sith assassin, his ship, and a dagger inscribed with Sith text, which C-3PO’s programming forbids him from interpreting. Sensing that Kylo is nearby, Rey goes to confront him. The First Order capture the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca and the dagger; Rey, attempting to save Chewbacca, accidently destroys a First Order transport with Force lightning. The group escapes on the assassin's ship, presuming Chewbacca was killed in the explosion.

Poe suggests they head to Kijimi, to have the Sith text extracted from C-3PO’s memory. It provides coordinates to a Wayfinder device on Endor leading to Palpatine's location. Rey senses Chewbacca is alive and the group mount a rescue mission. While Kylo searches for Rey, the group infiltrate his Star Destroyer with the help of Zorri Bliss, an old friend of Poe's. Kylo initiates a Force bond and tells Rey that she is Palpatine’s granddaughter, who had ordered her death as a child, fearing her power. Rey recovers the dagger and has visions of the assassin using it to kill her parents. General Hux discovers the group and reveals himself to be the mole. He allows them to escape on the Falcon, but is executed for treason.

The group follow the coordinates to Endor. They meet an orphan, Jannah, who leads them to the wreckage of the Death Star. Rey locates the Wayfinder; upon touching it, she envisions herself as a Sith. Kylo, having tracked the group to Endor, destroys the Wayfinder and engages Rey in a duel. A dying Leia calls to Kylo through the Force, but Rey impales him. Sensing Leia's death, Rey heals Kylo and takes his ship. She exiles herself on Ahch-To, shaken by her Sith lineage. The spirit of Luke Skywalker appears and encourages Rey to face Palpatine as he once faced Darth Vader. He provides her with Leia's lightsabre and raises his old X-wing from the depths of the sea near the island. Rey leaves for Exegol, using Kylo’s Wayfinder from his ship. Meanwhile, Kylo has a vision of his father and they converse; Kylo redeems himself and throws away his lightsaber and reclaims his identity as Ben Solo.

Rey arrives on Exegol and transmits her location to the Resistance. She confronts Palpatine, who is surrounded by Sith loyalists. He demands Rey kill him as a sacrifice, becoming a Sith herself. The Resistance engages in battle with Palpatine's fleet. Ben arrives to help Rey, overpowering the Knights of Ren. Palpatine uses the Force to absorb the life essence of Rey and Ben, rejuvenating himself. He incapacitates Ben and attacks the Resistance fleet with his Force lightning. A weakened Rey hears the voices of past Jedi, including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda. They encourage Rey to rise against Palpatine, who attacks her with his Force lightning. Rey deflects the lightning with Luke and Leia’s lightsabres, killing Palpatine, but she dies from the energy used. Ben resurrects her using the Force and the two kiss before he dies and becomes one with the force. The Resistance, backed by reinforcements, destroy Palpatine’s fleet.

As the galaxy celebrates, C-3PO and R2-D2 are reunited, a mind-wiped C-3PO introduces himself to the clearly confused and surprised blue astromech droid. R2 realises what has occured and uploads a copy of C-3PO's memory files back into C-3PO's brain, (which R2-D2 had been carrying all along) which restores C-3PO back to his normal self.

Rey flies the Millennium Falcon to visit the homestead where Luke was raised on Tatooine. She buries the Skywalker lightsabres having built her own, which has a white blade (being the combination of the traditional red, green and blue lightsaber colors). A local asks her name; she replies with Rey Skywalker. The spirits of Luke and Leia appear as the twin suns set.

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The Rise Of Skywalker is a long fast-paced glossy mess of a film which attempts and fails to undo the damage done to the Star Wars saga by 2017's The Last Jedi. The ending of the film is terribly weak, fan-servicey and unsatisfying, and with Rey taking the name of Skywalker downright weird and inappropriate. I felt an overall feeling of disappointment and sadness from this film, but no reactionary hate or anger, as I expected this film to be terrible anyway. I'm glad that these three "sequel films" are now finished, as I can now enjoy watching the originals and prequels while ignoring the three later sequels forever....

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4/10

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Thunderbirds Legends: The Complete Origins of International Rescue

(Gerry Anderson) 3rd October 2020 (Duration: 25 minutes)
Enjoy the complete three part drama series of Thunderbirds Legends: The Origins of International Rescue, based on the original prequel comic from the 90s. Jeff Tracy brings up his sons and after a family tragedy, is compelled to start up International Rescue. Learn how he did it in this compilation episode...

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OBI-WAN KENOBI Series Trailer

(Star Wars) 9th March 2022
The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
The series stars Ewan McGregor, reprising his role as the iconic Jedi Master, and also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. Joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.

Obi-Wan Kenobi begins streaming on Disney+ on 25th May 2022

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