The actors involved with “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” are keeping their lips sealed about the major plot of the film, as well as any details that might be construed as spoilers. We’re a little more than a month away from the film’s release, and yet, we really don’t know anything about the film other than the montage of footage we’ve seen in the trailers. But in a new interview with EW, Daisy Ridley gives four words that she’d use to describe the film. Obviously, without giving any plot details away.
And while she does what was asked, it’s unclear if the four words she gives fans are really enough to shed light on what we might expect in December.
“Definitely dark….” Ridley said. “There are bits that are genuinely scary. And sad. And joyful.”
Okay, so for fans keeping score at home, ‘Rise of Skywalker’ will be dark and scary, maybe bringing to mind ‘Empire Strikes Back.’ It’ll be sad, making us think of the ending of ‘Rogue One,’ perhaps? And it’ll be joyful, maybe similar to the end of ‘Return of the Jedi.’ Got all that?
Does this tell us anything about the film, at all? Not really. Honestly, if you take 90% of most PG-13 films being released in 2019, you’ll likely find moments that are dark, scary, sad, and joyful. But it is interesting that she started with “definitely dark,” making it seem as if the film might have an overall feeling of dread and uncertainty.
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With Palpatine set to make a return (in whatever form it happens to be in), there was always going to be darkness over the film. Did we really expect Ewoks and Jar Jar-esque shenanigans? But considering this is the end of the Skywalker Saga, it’s clear that “joyful” points to what is likely going to be a happy ending.
But seriously, who’s to say? We’ll just have to wait until December 20 to find out for ourselves.