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Fans the world over are very excited for the release this week of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Just not Star Wars fans. At least that’s how it appears on social media when one peruses the comments on the official Star Wars Twitter account.
The hate is strong with this one.
We’re talking hundreds upon hundreds of negative comments, most of which are coming from people who haven’t even actually seen the movie yet.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn’t doing much better over on review sites like Rotten Tomatoes where it currently sits at just 59% and Metacritic where it’s only at 52%.
There is good in Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker. But there is more that is disappointing. There are a number of choices that just don't track, fan service that doesn't work, and ignored details that are missed. I'm bummed. #StarWarsRiseofSkywalker pic.twitter.com/Ztk0VzGc6H
— Eric Eisenberg (@eeisenberg) December 17, 2019
Review: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is terrible, a concession to imagined Star Wars fandom that forgets to entertain its actual audience. Fatally boring and incoherent. That said, Babu Frik is my small boyfriend now https://t.co/rh9qYgBPau
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) December 18, 2019
Obviously, not everyone who is a fan of Star Wars hates Rise of Skywalker, but there is still an amazing amount of backlash being spewed forth.
Epic. All of it. #TheRiseofSkywalker is a terrific finale that is just stuffed with so much of everything. Action, adventure — answers!! — humor, heart, love, and grit. I spent the entire second half with tears in my eyes – a wonderful way to end the Skywalker story pic.twitter.com/K2NhHSGWzM
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) December 17, 2019
The crux of the issue it would seem is the fact that a large segment of Star Wars fans are still unhappy that 1) George Lucas is not involved, and B) the stories that have followed since Lucas sold the franchise have not been up to snuff.
https://twitter.com/ScottWamplerBMD/status/1207313122110914562
Check out some of these replies and comments to tweets the official Star Wars Twitter account has posted this week.
3 Days. See #StarWars: #TheRiseOfSkywalker in theaters this Friday. Get tickets: https://t.co/EbJ0vDHKyt pic.twitter.com/Gf55CZfswg
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 17, 2019
no thanks we good
— ruby ❤️ (@alilsunshiny) December 17, 2019
— ✴︎ 𝔼𝕝𝕚 ✴︎ (@KNIGHTlNGALE) December 17, 2019
And on and on it went.
Replies to this innocent tweet weren’t any better.
See #StarWars: #TheRiseOfSkywalker in theaters this Friday. Get tickets: https://t.co/EbJ0vDq9GV pic.twitter.com/P7aNl0aB4I
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 17, 2019
— sofia 🦋 (@riseofbenjamin) December 17, 2019
— 💙Katie💛 (@KatieK0057) December 17, 2019
Wanna see some photos from the world premiere?!
Check out photos from the World Premiere of #StarWars: #TheRiseOfSkywalker! See it in theaters this Friday. (1 of 2) pic.twitter.com/ISetmpn2AH
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 17, 2019
Decanonize the Disney trilogy and have George redo the whole thing properly.
— Ray from NEPA (@raytul_12) December 17, 2019
Own your mistakes cowards pic.twitter.com/PqqnRGOj0g
— Carina (@heron_thorn) December 17, 2019
George not being here speaks volumes......... #notmystarwars you’ve made a mess of Star Wars.
— insert name here (@dumfriesbat) December 17, 2019
If only there were over 120 novels to draw source material from
. Strong female characters like Mara Jade, Jaina Solo and Winter that you could have used. If only Ben had been Jacen Solo... But no..... Yep it's the fans fault we did this to star wars.— FuriousLomax (@FuriousLomax) December 17, 2019
Man… I sure hope all of this venom doesn’t hurt Rise of Skywalker at the box office. Eh, I’m sure they’ll be fine.
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