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Hello there. As great a franchise as Star Wars is, it is not immune to the odd stinker, perhaps more than we fans would care to admit. And in celebration of Star Wars Day, we thought we would pick five of the worst. If you haven\u2019t watched what\u2019s on the list, consider yourself lucky and avoid it like the plague. You can disagree with this list, but let us remind you that Qui-Jon once said, \u201cThe ability to speak does not make you intelligent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nThe worst of Star Wars<\/p>\n
<\/default:svg><\/button><\/p>\n\n1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/li>\n 2. Solo<\/li>\n 3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/li>\n 4. The Acolyte<\/li>\n 5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\nStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/h2>\n\nThe Rise of Skywalker<\/p>\n
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If you\u2019ve been a fan of the franchise, you probably already know how bad Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker is. Widely panned by critics and fans when it was released in 2019, the final part of the sequel trilogy brought the Skywalker saga to an end that could be likened to a car crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While we widely agree that the sequel trilogy was all somewhat disappointing, The Rise of Skywalker took things to another level with its incoherence and lazy writing. Notable examples include retconning Rey from a \u201cnobody\u201d in The Last Jedi to a shock reveal as Palpatine\u2019s granddaughter, and bad dialogue like \u201cSomehow, Palpatine returned.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And let\u2019s not even talk about how Kylo Ren\u2019s story is essentially a rehash of Anakin Skywalker\u2019s fall to the dark side, eventual redemption, and return to the light side just before dying.<\/p>\n
In a movie titled \u201cThe Rise of Skywalker\u201d, you would assume the last remaining person from the Skywalker lineage would achieve redemption, live on and figure out a way to rebuild a better Jedi Order together with Rey. But no, we got none of that. Instead, we got someone who wishes she were a Skywalker.<\/p>\n
Worryingly, Rey is getting her own movie in Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, and the signs are not good. Production has been plagued with multiple screenwriters leaving, script changes, and countless delays. We\u2019ll be waiting to see if the movie releases as expected in 2027 or if it eventually gets canned like Rogue Squadron and the unnamed Boba Fett movie.<\/p>\n
Solo<\/h2>\n\nSolo<\/p>\n
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Okay, calling Solo one of the worst\u00a0Star\u00a0Wars\u00a0movies is probably a bit harsh, but mostly it\u2019s because it failed to live up to expectations and was so boring. It had so much potential. An origin story of one of Star Wars\u2019 most beloved characters? That sounds like cinema gold. But actually, it barely added anything new to the story. Finding out exactly how Han Solo got the Millennium Falcon, did the Kessel Run, and met Chewbacca actually took away some of the mystery that made him cool in the first place.<\/p>\n
We already knew he joined the Imperial Navy, got kicked out, won the Millennium Falcon playing cards, saved Chewie, and became a smuggler. And while all of those things were in the movie, put together as a\u00a0whole,\u00a0it just wasn\u2019t exciting and ended up coming across as more of a snooze-fest.<\/p>\n
Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/h2>\n\nThe Last Jedi<\/p>\n
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We\u2019d argue Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi runs into problems because several of its key choices don\u2019t line up clearly with what came before in the original trilogy, and the movie doesn\u2019t spend enough time explaining those changes.<\/p>\n
Take Luke Skywalker, for example. He\u2019s shown as someone who has cut himself off from the Force and refuses to help, largely because he once considered killing Ben Solo in his sleep. That\u2019s a major shift from how he was portrayed in Return of the Jedi, where he believed even Darth Vader could return to the light. The film explains this in a few short flashbacks, but it doesn\u2019t fully show how he went from that earlier mindset to this point, which makes the change feel incomplete.<\/p>\n
The film also spends a large portion of its runtime on the Canto Bight sequence with Finn and Rose Tico. They travel there to find a codebreaker who can disable a tracking system, but they fail, get captured, and the Resistance ends up in a worse position because their plan is exposed. In terms of the main plot, their mission doesn\u2019t achieve its goal and doesn\u2019t change the outcome of the chase.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the central conflict involving the Resistance fleet is handled differently. Vice Admiral Holdo keeps her evacuation plan from Poe Dameron, which leads him to organise a mutiny. The film frames Poe as reckless, but it also shows that the lack of communication is what triggers the conflict in the first place, which makes the situation harder to understand.<\/p>\n
These are just some of the specific examples where director Rian Johnson\u2019s decisions don\u2019t fully connect with each other. It introduces major character changes and plot threads, but doesn\u2019t give all of them enough development to feel consistent across the entire story. And don\u2019t even get us started on that \u201csuperwoman\u201d Princess Leia scene, and how Snoke was killed off as if on a whim.<\/p>\n