5.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.8
Overview
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film primarily focuses on an archetypal struggle between good and evil, depicting a universal fight against authoritarianism and for freedom. Its narrative balances themes of individual heroism and collective action, without explicitly promoting specific modern left or right-leaning political ideologies.
The movie features a visibly diverse main cast with prominent roles for actors of various ethnicities and a central female protagonist. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, without explicit critique.
Secondary
The film features a very brief, incidental kiss between two female Resistance fighters during a celebratory scene. This moment is not central to the plot or any character's development, resulting in a neutral overall portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes that neither uplifts nor denigrates.
The film features Rey, a Force-sensitive individual, who engages in and wins multiple close-quarters lightsaber duels against male opponents, including a significant victory against Kylo Ren. She also defeats multiple male Sith Eternal guards in melee combat.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative does not engage with transsexual identity, experiences, or issues in any capacity, leading to a determination of no depiction within the film.
The film is a direct sequel featuring established characters from previous installments of the Star Wars saga. All returning characters maintain their canonical gender, and no new characters are introduced as gender-swapped versions of prior established figures.
All major and legacy characters in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker maintain their established racial portrayals from prior canon. New characters introduced do not constitute race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.3
Critic Ratings
5.1
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