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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review

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  A mess. And I don't even feel like reviewing it. I watched it with a student discount for the ticket price and I watched The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi with IMAX screening(s). Just tells how much I didn't care anymore. If anything, it clearly shows that Disney totally have no plan whatsoever since the beginning on the "sequel trilogy" and George Lucas was right that he sold Star Wars to "white slavers". 6/10 but most marks are for the impressive visual effects only.

Solo: A Star Wars Story Review - A Setback For Disney's Star Wars?

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What went wrong? Solo: A Star Wars Story is the fourth Star Wars movie by Disney, and the 10th Star Wars movie in total (not counting the 2008's Clone Wars movie). Considering how Disney never failed to impress with their other Star Wars products, which at least had made USD1 billion mark in the worldwide release, sadly, Solo is far from reaching this minimum threshold. After a month of release, Solo made only $344 million, worldwide . That was a major setback and downfall for Disney. Their non-stop success with their products, especially the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and Star Wars movies, should ensure their non stop money-raking movies trend. But Solo fell far from the 1 billion mark. It could not even rake $500 million. So, what went wrong? When Solo was announced, I was curious on how would they tackle the movie as fans would only relate the legendary character Han Solo to Harrison Ford and we know that Ford, already decided to stop appearin