![]() MCDIARMID: (As Emperor Palpatine, laughing) IAN MCDIARMID: (As Emperor Palpatine) I have been every voice you have ever heard. ![]() He's here to pay homage to what's gone before and takes that task seriously. ![]() MONDELLO: Abrams pulls everything back in this one. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) No idea. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Which way? MONDELLO: Now, as that exchange suggests, repetition and reinforcement are the director's stock in trade, where the most recent "Star Wars," Rian Johnson's "The Last Jedi" pleased critics and annoyed super-fans by suggesting some mildly new directions the series might head off in. OSCAR ISAAC: (As Poe Dameron) They fly now. He also has to tie up a lot of loose ends, genuflect before the six movies in the first two trilogies, name check, voice check and face check a whole lot of characters and somehow still make us feel we're seeing things we haven't seen - A new stormtrooper tactic, for instance.ĪNTHONY DANIELS: (As C-3PO) They fly now. Abrams doesn't just have to end the third trilogy that he started with "The Force Awakens" a few years back. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) We've spotted the fugitives. ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER") It was a lot to process, as is "The Rise Of Skywalker." But in mid eye-roll, I remembered leaving a first-day matinee of the original "Star Wars" in 1977 and getting right back in line to buy tickets for the midnight show. ![]() As a theoretically jaded movie critic, my first response was to chuckle. We're betting many of you never got the chance to hear what Bob had to say, so here is an encore of his "Rise Of Skywalker" review.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Earlier this week, I overheard a guy in the NPR elevator saying, whenever a new "Star Wars" movie opens, I try to see it twice on the first day. And all across the country, member stations switched to NPR's live coverage from Capitol Hill. But, as you may recall, that was when the House of Representatives debated the articles of impeachment against President Trump for hours. Movie critic Bob Mondello tells us he worked like a droid to finish his review of "Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker" in time for Wednesday's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. ![]()
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