The Exiles look back on Star Wars Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker and bring you our spoiler-filled review and long-awaited follow-up to our speculative preview!
(2:25) High-level thoughts on the film;
(13:24) What did this film say about TLJ and does it make TLJ/TFA better or worse?;
(25:05) Parallels to ESB/RotJ? Nostalgia pandering/fan service or JJ taking his story back?;
(41:53) We review the questions we discussed in our speculative preview podcast:
(42:40) Luke’s role;
(50:34) Leia’s role;
(1:03:21) Rey’s origin and force abilities;
(1:16:14) Snoke’s origin and rise to power;
(1:24:43) The Emperor;
(1:34:34) Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader?;
(1:44:45) Will Rey turn to the dark side? Will Kylo turn to the light?;
(1:54:03) The Knights of Ren;
(1:59:38) Finn, Po and Rose;
(2:15:27) Lando and cameos from the extended universe;
(2:26:39) What caught us by surprise in this film?
(2:31:55) Reddit rumors, extended cuts, #ReleaseTheJJCut
(2:47:00) Is this really the end of the Skywalker saga? Will we see more of these characters?
(2:51:27) Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge review from Craig. Were there any tie-ins to the film?
