"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" the hasty ending of a great universe
Liao Weitang
Everything that was once glorious is now falling apart, and all bloody struggles have become comic doodles. "This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper." (This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper.)-The famous ending of Eliot's "Hollow Man", a so-called star that everyone can expect The conclusion of the end of the war. Although in the final battle, the Imperial Fleet rumbling into the sky like burning firecrackers, for Star Wars fans, it is not as good as Chubakka's howl when he heard the death of Princess Leia, because the latter confirmed one point: the myth has long ended. , The rest is nothing but farce.
There has always been a stalk of a YouTube show parodying "Star Wars": The so-called Force-driven lightsaber is nothing but a flashlight. Unexpectedly, in the ninth episode of the main story, many people expected that in the final epic masterpiece, director JJ Abrams himself practiced the sacred object and made Skywalker’s lightsaber light up in Rey’s hands. , As the illumination in the snake cave, at the same time, let Bo Daimlun turn on his torch and look at her face to face.
Before this funny scene, it was the most elite squad of the Resistance Army. It was hunted down by several colonial storm soldiers and almost killed in the desert. Rey completely forgot that his force and lightsaber could save his life, the veteran Chubaka. Going out for a walk for no reason, was taken prisoner, and was in a hassle-but an hour later, this group of idiots led a universal rebel army that did not know where it came from, and destroyed hundreds of thousands of empires that were enough to destroy the universe many times. Star destroyer.
The plot flaws of such a deserted mood are everywhere in the ninth episode of "Star Wars" "The Rise of Skywalker". It all looks like a copycat version of self-defeating-perhaps between maintaining the aristocratic character of Lucas's "Star Wars" and the new owner Disney's affinity for the people, satisfying the tribute of old Star Wars fans and catering to the immersion of the new generation of video game generations During the experience, JJ couldn't find North.
However, Star Wars fans who truly understand the spirit of Lucas will know that the noble Jedi is opposed to pedigree theory, prohibits reproduction, and seeks a new generation of Force sensitive people from among the civilian population. Disney, which emphasizes being close to the people, uses its consistent method of creating a romantic princess mythology, bringing Lucas' rebellious spirit back to the strict hierarchy of the empire, for example, giving the scavenger Rey the most prominent life experience.
It can be said that the biggest failure in "The Rise of Skywalker" is also the secret it thinks is the most proud of, which is to subvert the pioneering work of setting Rey as Nobody in the previous two episodes. This setting is of profound significance to the already solidified Star Wars family myth, and it was expected to be the starting point of a true new Star Wars universe. Unexpectedly, "The Rise of Skywalker" summoned Palpatine, the Sith demon king, who had long since disappeared, and made "The Rise of Skywalker" another bad revenge of the Sith.
Nobody’s Wrangler slave at the end of the eighth episode picked up the broom and imitated the lightsaber more exciting, because he echoed Anakin Skywalker’s original slave status and represented the ubiquity and ubiquity of the Force. All are expected to become Jedi Knights. Yeah, there is something like Skywalker and Palpatine? "In an age without heroes, I just want to be a person"-Bei Dao said in a poem to commemorate Yu Rok, but JJ was not reconciled to let Rey be a person. The surname was imposed on her, as if it could not illustrate the "balance of force" otherwise.
What a simple and rude Disney logic, which regards the IQ of Star Wars fans as the same level as Mickey Mouse's audience. Regarding the profound truth of the balance of the force, Lucas has already used Anakin’s death to perform, and Ryan Johnson has also used Luke Skywalker’s guidance to Rey in the eighth episode of his director "The Last Jedi". Fan, do you still need to add a pedigree certification to her?
Simultaneously with Rey’s return to the royal descendants, the second protagonist, Kailoren, returns to him as the son of the civilian adventurer Han Solo and the noble Princess Leia: Ben Solo, so one person has won the sky that the other person gave up. The identity of the last person in the Xingzhe family, but the latter proved what Skywalker should do with his actions, and obtained the tragic way of death such as "Return to the Original Force", together with his mother and uncle (Luke Skywalker). The ranks of the Jedi Heroes.
Although the transition of Ben Solo/Kayloran has been ups and downs, his story line is the best in this Star Wars movie. The point is that his final enlightenment began with the last call of his mother, but was completed because of a dialogue with his father Han Solo’s Phantom. Based on Han Solo’s not a Jedi, it is impossible to become a heroic existence. It can be said with certainty that this The dialogue was Kailoren's self-dialogue. He truly faced his light and dark sides and completed the salvation of his father-killing behavior. Such a method of choice is closer to Lucas' popular existentialism.
Characters other than Kailuolan are mostly flat and sloppy, and the creation of values other than the role is also reluctant. How did the Star Wars series, as a great universe and space opera of a fictional world, be made? It is not only the madness of science and fantasy, but also the deep-rooted obsession with "resistance" and "justice".
As a generation of the anti-Vietnam War, George Lucas believes that fighting is the best thing to do. The force is only used to defend and resist, and never violate the rights of others; practice is for balance, not for victory or defeat. Therefore, in his first six Star Wars movies, he drew circles one after another-showing one after another yin and yang pictures. In the final analysis, he was a believer of Taoism and Zen, just like his Western hippies of his generation.
In the era of the new Star Wars trilogy, only the eighth "The Last Jedi" and the rumor "Rogue One" have understood this (for details, please refer to my article "
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But in "The Rise of Skywalker", this has become that as long as there is justice, we are not afraid of nothing. The scene where the poorly equipped rebels trampled on the imperial fleet on horseback, I’m sorry to remind me of the Boxers... Finally, there was a sudden emergence of Rebel reinforcements from all over the universe. The previous two episodes were completely invisible, without even the most basic foreshadowing. , Even if you give me a shot of awakening from the grief and anger of Princess Leia's death everywhere, okay?
From forbearance and despair to stealth, change, and counterattack, this was originally the masterpiece of the old Star Wars, but in this era of movie role-playing gamification, all of these can be omitted, meaning, adding some special effects will just be perfunctory, just like "hope "The word "can be flickered." JJ or "Das Mickey" (Star Wars fans' contempt for Disney) said Skywalker would rise, so would Skywalker rise? What does "rise" mean? Anakin, Luke and even Leah have all risen, and Skywalker, as the hub of the deep conflicts of the Jedi spirit, has never fallen.
"The Rise of Skywalker" is aware of the importance of this contradiction, but it has no power and will to deal with this contradiction. The dark side of Rey appeared in the Sith Phantom the moment she stole the Sith Navigator. It was the most amazing moment in the film, but it was fleeting. In the following, the word darkness was directly replaced by the ugly Palpatine, which is a blasphemy on the philosophical meaning of "darkness" in Star Wars.
But helplessly, this Star Wars universe is over long ago. At the moment when Lucas, who didn't need money, sold it to Disney, this is the dagger that has been dripping blood in the hearts of old Star Wars fans. Thank you
(Originally published in Tencent's Liao Weitang column)
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