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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

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CERTIFICATE 12A DIRECTOR J.J. Abrams STARRING Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac SCREENPLAY J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio DISTRIBUTOR Disney RUNNING TIME 142 mins

Along time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (Los Angeles, 1973), George Lucas saw his 13-page treatment for a space opera titled turned down by multiple studios before 20th Century Fox was released in May 1977, and you arrive at a time when the nine-movie Skywalker saga has shaped cinema, pop culture, generations… And now lands the film that concludes not just the story arcs unfurled in and , but those running through a trilogy of trilogies. How can director/co-writer J.J. Abrams orchestrate such a feat satisfactorily?

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