THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Actually Ties A NEW HOPE As The Shortest STAR WARS Movie Yet

THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Actually Ties A NEW HOPE As The Shortest STAR WARS Movie Yet

Despite rumors that The Rise of Skywalker was set to be one of the longest Star Wars movies yet, director J.J. Abrams has now revealed the official run-time, and it's quite a bit shorter than we expected.

By MarkCassidy - Nov 25, 2019 10:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Via EW
Previous reports indicated that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was going to clock in an 2 hours 35 minutes, making it the longest Star Wars movie yet. However, director J.J. Abrams has now revealed the film's real run-time, and it turns out the final installment in the Skywalker Saga is actually going to be one of the shortest.

During an interview on EWLive on SiriusXM 109, Abrams confirmed that work has now officially finished on The Rise of Skywalker, and the movie is “two hours and 21 minutes” long. This means The Rise of Skywalker has the exact same run-time as 1977’s A New Hope, tying that classic adventure as the shortest installment in the entire saga.

Interestingly, Abrams also revealed that a copy of the movie's script was being sold on eBay after a cast member (he didn't name them) left a copy under a hotel bed! A Disney exec was apparently able to 
purchase the script before a member of the public got their hands on it, however. 

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BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 11/25/2019, 10:39 AM
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope – 121 Minutes.
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back – 124 Minutes.
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi – 131 Minutes.

I think you meant to say that Rise of Skywalker is going to be 121 min long.. not 2 hours and 21 minutes
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 11/25/2019, 10:40 AM
@BigMikeReviews - Thank you. Came here to write this.
BestAtWhatIDo
BestAtWhatIDo - 11/25/2019, 11:25 AM
@BigMikeReviews - Yeah it's longer than every OT film, and only shorter than The Last Jedi and Attack of the Clones. Did the OP think an hour is 50 minutes?
BestAtWhatIDo
BestAtWhatIDo - 11/25/2019, 11:31 AM
@BigMikeReviews - It's 141 minutes. I believe JJ said "2 hours, 21 minutes, thereabouts."
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 11/25/2019, 6:15 PM
@BigMikeReviews - Amazing that this article STILL hasn't been updated.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 11/25/2019, 10:40 AM
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 11/25/2019, 10:40 AM
Unless it is 2 hours and 21 minutes, making it longer than any of the films in the original trilogy
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 11/25/2019, 10:49 AM
Maybe that's why the plot leaked so quickly. Whoever sold it on eBay probably sold the plot as well. I'm not mad I would've done the same
Vegetaray123
Vegetaray123 - 11/25/2019, 10:50 AM
Yeah this doesn’t make my head hurt at all...Is it 121 minutes like ANH or “two hours and 21 minutes”?
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 11/25/2019, 11:00 AM
Read the 4Chan spoilers earlier today....if true ....then yes this movie does indeed suck majors balls !!!!
clornelas
clornelas - 11/25/2019, 11:29 AM
@emeraldtaurus - if these SPOILERS are the ones you're talking about, no chance in hell this is the actual plot of the movie. Worse than the worst Twilight fan fiction. I don't have much faith in the current braintrust, but even they can come up with something better than this: https://cosmicbook.news/star-wars-rise-skywalker-ending-leaks
shadowspider9
shadowspider9 - 11/25/2019, 12:51 PM
@clornelas - Somebody in Hollywood signed off on the Catwoman movie. That is all you need to know to know how stupid Hollywood is.
The movie already has hundreds of millions of dollars sunk into it. It's coming out even if it's worse then The Room.
BiggerLuke
BiggerLuke - 11/25/2019, 1:11 PM
@clornelas - Imagine unironically reading, let alone posting a link to the alt right, comicsgate fixated cesspool that is cosmicbooknews.
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 11/25/2019, 2:31 PM
@clornelas - hope so dude....
Philvis
Philvis - 11/25/2019, 11:01 AM
I fully expected this movie to be 3 hours long, considering it had an entire movie to make up for.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/25/2019, 11:03 AM
CaptaCornflakes
CaptaCornflakes - 11/25/2019, 11:16 AM
@BlackBeltJones - That was terrible. But here have an upvote.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/25/2019, 11:27 AM
@MrFox -

Kyos
Kyos - 11/25/2019, 11:05 AM
Would be wild if the epic conclusion of three trilogies was just over two hours long. Source states 2 hours and 21 minutes, though, which would make it one of the longer entries in the franchise. Think the "shortest" conclusion was just a small brainfart situation. Happens. ☺
FleischerSupes
FleischerSupes - 11/25/2019, 11:45 AM
Not much time to clean this kind of mess.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 11/25/2019, 12:35 PM
This films gonna be
Tufasrox
Tufasrox - 11/25/2019, 12:42 PM
I couldn’t find a picture of a dumpster fire. Lol
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 11/25/2019, 2:03 PM
@Tufasrox -
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