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It is but many still refuse that.
Darker themes don't always mean it's not for kids. My generation grew up on Spielberg / Lucas / Zemeckis / Donner adventure films, some of which are replete with darker themes and/or darker moments. Learning to understand them and cope with them is an essential part of growing up. Kid films that play things perfectly safe are easy to forget. It's from watching Poltergeist when slightly too young, or from seeing the face-melting in Raiders at an impressionable age, or from figuring out some of Marty's conflicts in Back To The Future that we can allow ourselves to raise the bar and take another step towards maturity.
Star Wars and Empire may have their darker moments, but the good-versus-evil logic and young hero's journey underpinning all of Star Wars form the perfect basis for a kid movie. In fact, those darker moments are probably the reason why we're still so fond of Star Wars in our adulthood. As kids, we loved the spectacle and funny bits and the little bits of edgy stuff our parents wouldn't have condoned in any other movie. As grown-ups, we enjoy Star Wars for some of its deeper layers combined with nostalgic appreciation.
I don't think SW is for kids nor not for kids. SW is for all ages, and that's probably its major strength.
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The others don't deserve to be included. I thought The Rise of Skywalker was absolute garbage.
Looks far more interesting than TRoS: Coruscant battle, Finn leading the Stormtrooper rebellion against FO, Rey with a double saber, Rey facing a monster outside the forest of Mortis, Luke blocking Kylo's lightsaber, Vader vs Kylo. Depressing.
Some awesome concept art
Script rewrites seems to be to blame.
"Want to enjoy your audience? Just remake an iconic from a previous movie and they'll all be joyous."
https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-duel-of-the-fates-colin-trevorrow-confirmation/
(almost all of it)
Nothing can be more fancervicwey than what JJ did. Two times, damn.
Skyfall has grossed more than Rise of Skywalker.
Skyfall - worldwide $1,108,561,013
Outside of the US it took a huge 804 million.
Rise of Skywalker - worldwide $1,046,183,140
Outside of the US it took 544 million, almost 300 million less than Skyfall.
ROS still on general release so it could gross more than Skyfall but I'm gonna predict/make a wild guess it won't. Another factor to consider Skyfall was released in 2012 and ticket prices were likely to have been a little less than 2019 so in 2019 terms it's possible Skyfall would have grossed more than 1.1 billion.
Yeah... especially since there's a lot of missed fresh stuff in those concepts. Public executions in Coruscant. Stormtrooper rebellion against the First Order. Hux committing suicide. Luke's ghost hunting Kylo. Rey with a double blade lightsaber is a big missed opportunity.