Somehow, Star Wars has not returned to theaters since 2019.
Actually, there’s not really any “somehow” about it.
There are clear reasons why Disney has pumped the brakes (at least temporarily) on new Star Wars movies since the start of the current decade.
It’s a franchise that’s been in troubled waters for some years now.
While the potential uncertainty around its future on the big screen isn’t the result of a single issue, there is one movie that has soured its legacy more than any other: 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which controversially brought back a long-dead villain in the laziest way possible.
And sure, before 2019, plenty of other Star Wars movies proved divisive.
The prequel trilogy (1999-2005) wasn’t exactly well-regarded for most of the 2000s, perhaps with the exception of 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, which was generally liked – even by prequel naysayers – for at least…
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