They are back, of course — played with unflagging conviction by Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac. Also back is everyone’s favorite Dark-Side-curious emo-Jedi bad boyfriend, Mr. Kylo Ren, formerly known as Ben Solo and irrefutably embodied by Adam Driver. “The Rise of Skywalker” has at least five hours worth of plot, and if that’s your particular fetish, I’m not going to get in the way of your fun. Fights are fought in the air, on the ground and in deep cavernous spaces where … but that’s enough for now. Ridley and Driver are downright valiant in their pursuit of tragic dignity in increasingly preposterous circumstances.

Source: New York Times December 18, 2019 08:01 UTC