Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker co-writer Chris Terrio says he rewrote the script more times than any other he's ever worked on. Ahead of production kicking off, The Rise of Skywalker endured some drastic changes that affected the film. Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) was initially tapped to direct the film and write the script, but he was removed from the project and replaced with JJ Abrams. While Trevorrow had already written a script for Episode 9 (which we now know was titled Duel of the Fates), Abrams ended up writing a new script along with Terrio. Trevorrow still retained a story credit for The Rise of Skywalker, but the final script remains Abrams and Terrio's.
Terrio and Abrams had the difficult task of completing the Skywalker saga in a way that would please most fans while also adjusting the film to give Leia (Carrie Fisher) a proper ending after Fisher passed away in 2016. It was a given that they would be unable to please everyone, but The Rise of Skywalker proved especially polarizing among fans, similar to the previous Skywalker saga installment The Last Jedi. Some fans took issue with how The Rise of Skywalker opted to resolve certain plots, and its use of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) has become particularly divisive.
In an excerpt from The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker shared by Business Insider, Terrio reveals how difficult writing the film was. According to Terrio, he had never rewritten a movie as much as he had The Rise of Skywalker. He explains, "It’s like a tide. There’s a new script every morning. But we just keep going at it and going at it, loosely thinking that it’s not good enough. It’s never good enough." This led to frequent adjustments to the production, but Terrio says everyone was able to adapt. Per Terrio:
Luckily, the production team is so good that they can shift and adjust. We’re course-correcting as we go – we’re trying things, and some things don’t work and some things aren’t ambitious enough. Some things are overly ambitious. Some things are too dense. Some things are too simple. Some things are too nostalgic. Some things are too out-of-left-field. We’re finding our balance.
One of the criticisms lobbed at The Rise of Skywalker centered on its frenetic pace and jumbled plot points. The film had several plots to wrap up, from Rey's (Daisy Ridley) journey to Kylo Ren's (Adam Driver) battle with the dark side. That's not to mention the whole Rebellion vs. the First Order conflict, which culminated in an epic battle on the Sith planet Exegol.
Fans can debate for hours upon hours about how successful Terrio and Abrams were, but it sounds like Terrio tried his best to craft a conclusion that would please fans. When it comes to something like Star Wars, it would be impossible to make every single fan happy. Terrio and Abrams wrote the Rise of Skywalker that made it into theaters, and now it's up to the fans to decide how well it all came together.
Source: Business Insider
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