While the First Order continues to ravage the galaxy, Rey finalizes her training as a Jedi. But danger suddenly rises from the ashes as the evil Emperor Palpatine mysteriously returns from the dead. While working with Fi...
While the First Order continues to ravage the galaxy, Rey finalizes her training as a Jedi. But danger suddenly rises from the ashes as the evil Emperor Palpatine mysteriously returns from the dead. While working with Fi...
The film's central conflict against a tyrannical empire is universally condemned, and its solution blends themes of diverse unity and anti-fascism with traditional heroism, legacy, and clear moral lines, resulting in a broadly appealing and largely apolitical narrative.
The movie demonstrates significant DEI primarily through its intentional and prominent diverse casting of the new generation of lead heroes, featuring a white female, a Black male, and a Latino male in central roles. The narrative itself maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on classic themes of good versus evil rather than explicit critiques.
The film features a brief, background same-sex kiss between two minor female Resistance characters. While a notable first for the franchise, the moment is fleeting and lacks narrative significance or character development, resulting in a largely incidental and neutral portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes.
The film features Rey, a Force-sensitive individual, who engages in and wins multiple close-quarters physical fights against male opponents using a lightsaber, including a duel against Kylo Ren and a confrontation with the Knights of Ren.
The film is a direct sequel featuring established characters from previous installments of the Star Wars saga. All returning characters maintain their canonical gender, and no new characters are introduced as gender-swapped versions of prior established figures.
All major and legacy characters in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker maintain their established racial portrayals from prior canon. New characters introduced do not constitute race swaps.
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