Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker might be one of the most highly-anticipated films of the year, and yet, it seems like the film hasn't been doing so well with critics. The film just made its global premiere in Los Angeles this week, and early reactions for the film have been pouring out online, revealing divisive reviews. Not only that, but official critic reviews for the film have begun pouring in, and it looks like the film hasn't been doing too well with that either.
The Rise of Skywalker's score on Rotten Tomatoes is now in, and it looks like the film has a pretty rotten score that's come up to 59% as of this writing. The score is based on 241 critic reviews on the review aggregation site, and according to the critic consensus, Episode IX "suffers from a frustrating lack of imagination, but concludes this beloved saga with fan-focused devotion."
It's been nothing but dreadful, and fans have been taking to social media sites like Twitter to express their concern over The Rise of Skywalker's score.
Star Wars fans have been shocked by the film's early results – entries from the galaxy far, far away usually do well among critics. Despite its divisive turn out among fans, critics loved Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the film came out with a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score out of 455 reviews.
Now, it seems like the new Star Wars movie has the second-worst score for a live-action Star Wars film. The Rise of Skywalker's poor 59% is just a little above Star Wars: The Phantom Menace which earned 53%.
We just hope that The Rise of Skywalker proves to be a decent end for the Skywalker saga.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premieres December 20, 2019.
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