The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition by Rae CarsonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
The novelization of the last film of the Disney sequel trilogy The Rise of Skywalker hit shelves four months after the film’s premiere in theaters, written by fantasy writer Rae Carson based on the screenplays written by Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, and Colin Trevorrow.
Faithfully following the Terrio-Abrams shotting script with elements from Trevorrow’s script tacked on where they could fit the narrative, Carson was able to add the inner thoughts of various characters to help improve the story and attempt to add details to justify the retcons and the Force power creep that just appears in this Episode of the saga. Unfortunately, Carson couldn’t figure out a way to better handle Palpatine’s return nor why he first wanted Rey dead only for her to kill him nor why he didn’t realize Rey and Ben were a dyad when he was so powerful to be a voice in Kylo/Ben’s head but not read his thoughts or understand his connection with Rey. Poe’s Force sensitivity was hinted at throughout before everyone acknowledged it at the very end which didn’t make much sense. Yet even with these negatives, Carson was able to make a better story than the film itself which to be honest wasn’t hard, but much appreciated.
The Rise of Skywalker novelization is better than the film but couldn’t answer the plot holes created by the retcons introduced in the film even though Rae Carson did her best.
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