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The Rise of Skywalker had a slew of problems, but its nearing $1B at the box office anyway – BGR

Jan 2nd, 2020

In a new interview, director J.J. Abrams longtime film editor Maryann Brandon paints an unfortunate picture of just how rushed things were behind-the-scenes for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, adding more weight to complaints from critics who feel like the film botched the finale of one of the most storied pop culture franchises of all time.

The movies unmoveable December 20 release date, Brandon told IndieWire, made production so challenged and the schedule consequently so tight that editing had to actually be done on-set. Thats in spite of Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy insisting that J.J. has got to spend more time in the cutting room, and I knew that wasnt going to happen. Not with the schedule that we were on. Comments that will no doubt confirm the bias of critics but which, as we noted above, dont account for the fact that the conclusion to the Skywalker saga is nevertheless raking in the dough at the box office.

The films performance is still behind that of its two predecessors The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens and about two weeks after its release, heres where things stand. The latest movie has earned $407.5 million domestically so far, per Variety, and an additional $407.9 million internationally. That puts the movies current total global box office sales at $815.4 million, a total that is expected to easily climb to at least $1 billion by the time the movies initial run is complete.

Brandons interview, however, goes on to note that the crew behind The Rise of Skywalker had three months less to work on the movie than did the crew for The Force Awakens. She goes on to acknowledge that complaints about the film doing more fan service than advancing the franchise arent entirely off-base, adding that: In a time when the whole world is polarized, it should not be a film that is polarizing. Basically, the message of the film is, Hey you know what? You can be bad and good can come into your life. And maybe if youre open-minded to it, extraordinary things can change your mind.

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