STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mark Hamill (Brigsby Bear), Carrie Fisher (The Blues Brothers), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Daisy Ridley (Ophelia), John Boyega (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Anthony Daniels (I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle), Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth), Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Lupita Nyong’o (Us), Keri Russell (Waitress), Joonas Suotamo (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Kelly Marie Tran (XOXO), Ian McDiarmid (The Lost City of Z), Billy Dee Williams (Undercover Brother), Dominic Monaghan (Mute), Brian Herring (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), Billie Lourd (Booksmart), Jimmy Vee (Rocketman), Greg Grunberg (Malibu’s Most Wanted), Jeff Garlin (WALL-E),  Denis Lawson (Providence)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

J.J. Abrams (Super 8), director, writer, producer; Chris Terrio (Argo), writer; Kathleen Kennedy (Jurassic Park) and Michelle Rejwan (Star Trek Into Darkness), producers; John Williams (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial), composer; Dan Mindel (Enemy of the State), cinematographer; Maryann Brandon (How To Train Your Dragon) and Stefan Grube (Tully), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

As the First Order and its fierce new leader Kylo Ren (Driver) cracks down on its rule of the Galaxy and its stance against the Resistance, Rey (Ridley), Finn (Boyega) and Poe (Isaac) band together with old friends Chewbacca (Suotamo), C-3PO (Daniels) and General Leia Organa (Fisher) for a climactic showdown that will change the fate of everything…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The closing chapter of the Skywalker saga promises resolutions, answers, and space-set action like the Star Wars series has never seen before, with faces both old and new joining in to bid the ground-breaking main story a fond farewell.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2019

Want to decide what the movie’s like for yourself?
Check out Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker showtimes in London
via 

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Plainclothes (dir. Carmen Emmi)

An undercover police officer falls for his latest target…

Tron: Ares (dir. Joachim Rønning)

A super-intelligent program is sent from the digital world to ours for a bold mission…

Good Boy (dir. Ben Leonberg)

A loyal dog witnesses his owner succumb to supernatural forces…

I Swear (dir. Kirk Jones)

A young man with Tourette’s syndrome struggles to live with his condition…

BFI London Film Festival 2025 Reviews: The Secret Agent, Twinless and more!

Our first collection of reviews from this year’s BFI London Film Festival includes write-ups on some of the most anticipated titles from this year’s edition, including Sirât, Left-Handed Girl and others!

Him (dir. Justin Tipping)

An aspiring football player is put through a testing regime by a former quarterback…

The Smashing Machine (dir. Benny Safdie)

Former wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr helps usher in a new era for the sport…

The Lost Bus (dir. Paul Greengrass)

A bus driver rescues a classroom from a destructive wildfire…

Urchin (dir. Harris Dickinson)

A homeless man attempts to turn his life around…

Steve (dir. Tim Mielants)

At a struggling reform school, a headteacher attempts to make it through the day…

Optimized by Optimole