Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the ninth and final film in the Skywalker saga, directed by J.J. Abrams and released in 2019. This film concludes the sequel trilogy, which began with The Force Awakens. The story follows Rey, a scavenger who discovers her lineage as Emperor Palpatine's granddaughter, and Ben Solo (Kylo Ren), the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa. The narrative centers on their struggle against the First Order and the return of Emperor Palpatine. The film brings together new and returning characters, including Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, to resolve the conflict between the light and dark sides of the Force.1234
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Jodie ComerMoviesAbrams’s blockbuster Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019); she portrayed the mysterious mother of the main character, Rey, a rising Jedi. In 2021 Comer starred with Matt Damon and Adam Driver in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, a 14th-century drama in which a medieval knight’s…
Read MoreAbrams’s blockbuster Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019); she portrayed the mysterious mother of the main character, Rey, a rising Jedi. In 2021 Comer starred with Matt Damon and Adam Driver in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, a 14th-century drama in which a medieval knight’s…
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Adam Driver…VIII—The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019). In addition, he won praise for his portrayal of a government investigator in the sci-fi thriller Midnight Special, a bus driver and poet in Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson, and a 17th-century Portuguese priest in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Read More…VIII—The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019). In addition, he won praise for his portrayal of a government investigator in the sci-fi thriller Midnight Special, a bus driver and poet in Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson, and a 17th-century Portuguese priest in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
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Carrie Fisher…of her was featured in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Fisher’s other films included The Blues Brothers (1980), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and When Harry Met Sally… (1989).
Read More…of her was featured in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Fisher’s other films included The Blues Brothers (1980), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and When Harry Met Sally… (1989).
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Mark HamillActing career and Star Wars…VIII—The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He also played Luke in two episodes of the TV series The Mandalorian (2019–) and one episode of the series The Book of Boba Fett (2022), both set in the extended Star Wars universe. His character’s age…
Read More…VIII—The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He also played Luke in two episodes of the TV series The Mandalorian (2019–) and one episode of the series The Book of Boba Fett (2022), both set in the extended Star Wars universe. His character’s age…
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Oscar IsaacCareer…VIII—The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He took on a different sort of science-fiction role in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), playing mutant supervillain En Sabah Nur, also known as Apocalypse. In 2019 Isaac voiced the character of Gomez Addams in the animated dark comedy…
Read More…VIII—The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He took on a different sort of science-fiction role in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), playing mutant supervillain En Sabah Nur, also known as Apocalypse. In 2019 Isaac voiced the character of Gomez Addams in the animated dark comedy…
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Samuel L. Jackson…voice of that character in Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Read More…voice of that character in Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
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Liam NeesonThe 2000s and beyond… and lent his voice to Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker. Neeson’s films from 2020 included the action thriller Honest Thief, about a bank robber who faces unexpected trouble when he turns himself in to the authorities. In The Marksman (2021) he was cast as an Arizona rancher who…
Read More… and lent his voice to Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker. Neeson’s films from 2020 included the action thriller Honest Thief, about a bank robber who faces unexpected trouble when he turns himself in to the authorities. In The Marksman (2021) he was cast as an Arizona rancher who…
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Lupita Nyong’oFilms: 12 Years a Slave, Black Panther, and Us…role as Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Read More…role as Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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Keri RussellThe Americans and The Diplomat…had a supporting role in Star Wars: Episode IX —The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and later starred in the horror-comedy Cocaine Bear (2023). In 2019 she made her Broadway debut, appearing with Adam Driver in a revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. Four years later she began starring in the…
Read More…had a supporting role in Star Wars: Episode IX —The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and later starred in the horror-comedy Cocaine Bear (2023). In 2019 she made her Broadway debut, appearing with Adam Driver in a revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. Four years later she began starring in the…
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Kelly Marie Tran…short appearance in the movie Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker.
Read More…short appearance in the movie Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker.
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