Episode IX Plot Leaks As SpoilerMan Rises Yet Again
Rejoice — SpoilerMan has risen yet again, and he’s filled our Easter baskets with… what else… spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker! Here’s everything the legendary leaker shared with us over the holiday weekend. Enjoy. Also, SPOILER ALERT if that wasn’t already apparent.
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“The film is about finding something to stop the First Order. If that sounds frustratingly cryptic, that’s because the movie itself does not reveal WHAT exactly the crew is after for most of the film.
The Resistance is essentially defeated, and Rey has this big idea she claims she got from Luke, justifying it as this big Jedi secret they can’t comprehend, and leads them on a quest to get “the thing.”
It’s almost immediately apparent that Rey doesn’t actually believe what she’s selling, though. For most of the film it’s a bit like the “rabbit’s foot” from JJ’s Mission: Impossible III: a MacGuffin for MacGuffin’s sake.
There’s a lot of bouncing from planet to planet, finding clues to the whereabouts of “the thing,” with skirmishes with pirates, aliens, the Knights of Ren, and the First Order. Hardly any of that matters, and it’s the journey that counts.
It’s like a fun road movie, in space. The core of the film is the bond between the main characters, on a desperate last adventure with no other options; a bit like The Goonies.
The MacGuffin is not the mystical superweapon Rey suggests it is, but rather something she learned about when salvaging junk on Jakku: it’s the code base of an old Republic Holonet system, an antenna from the second Death Star, and C-3PO.
The film is essentially about broadcasting the story of Luke Skywalker to everyone in the galaxy.
There’s the typical big space battles and a final showdown with Kylo Ren, but that all goes about how you expect. Even the Palpatine is more of a Kylo-motivating dark side red herring (it’s a holocron he discovered years ago, which inspired his fall from the start).
There aren’t any major twists or canon-shaking lore reveals.
As far as I can tell, “The Rise of Skywalker” refers to his name being known everywhere. A speech he recorded addressed to the ordinary people of the galaxy plays over the ending montage, which shows Rey training a new generation of Jedi.”
TL;DR the Star Wars saga is really about spreading hope throughout the galaxy by way of the Skywalker story. Which, on a meta level, helps explain the iconic opening line. So the fact that the story has gotten to us and continues to inspire audiences around the world proves that the “good guys” won. From a certain point of view.
What do you think about SpoilerMan’s Easter Egg Spectacular? Is Star Wars really all about pushing the right propaganda in order to win a culture war? Does such a metaphor cheapen the saga, or make it more relevant to today? Let us know in the comments or social media!
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