I COULD DO BETTER THAN THAT – STAR WARS EPISODE IX It’s been a week since the release of Rise of Skywalker. To say that the film was a crushing disappointment is an understatement. The story makes no sense, main characters are reduced to sidekicks with nothing to do, the pacing is so fast that the film feels like a 4-hour film that was cut down to 2 ½ hours by making every scene 30s long. It’s exhausting and boring at the same time. I’ve thought about almost nothing since its release. As I drove home for Christmas, I listened to an episode of the podcast Blank Check, about Rise of Skywalker. I thought about what I would have done had I been the one to write the final chapter of the saga. I was sure I could do better at constructing a coherent and exciting story that honoured the characters and themes of the series than what we got. So, I spent the Christmas holidays thinking about Star Wars, and ignoring my family. THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Obviously, I have the be...