Daisy Ridley is back in the Star Wars cosmos. As is well known, the Rey actress will be the linchpin of a new film and was very enthusiastic about its plot in a recent interview.
Now the actress continues to tell the truth. More precisely, it allows itself to become one surprisingly honest answer over the sequel trilogy, which is unpopular with many fans.
Still annoying
Daisy Ridley does not represent the PR-compliant opinion that episodes 7 to 9 did everything right. Overall, she still seems proud of what she and the rest of the cast and crew have achieved in the podcast Happy Sad Confused
Rian [Johnsons] Film [Episode 8] was so divisive. It really felt like the first movie [Episode 7]…everyone reacted to it in a similar way. And then the Rian one was super divisive and the last one was super divisive. This has nothing to do with my feelings [für die Filme] changed.
Rey’s origins, the romance with Kylo Ren, Snoke’s sudden death, Somehow Palpatine returned
– According to her own statement, Daisy Ridley is annoyed that the sequel films have caused controversy. Because she doesn’t want Star Wars fans to be disappointed:
It’s still annoying because you don’t want people to feel like you didn’t do a good job of the thing they’re a fan of.
You can watch and listen to Ridley’s statements from minute 27:30 here:
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Kiss scene felt like a farewell
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Let’s stay briefly with one of the controversies mentioned: Rey and Kylo Ren’s kiss at the end of Episode 9. Even Disney themselves backed away from this decision.
Daisy Ridley comments on this scene in more detail in the podcast.
Interesting: A version of the scene without a kiss also exists. Nevertheless, the actress doesn’t want to miss the version that ultimately ended up in the film, because the kiss also felt personal to her earned
My feeling at that moment was that it was a goodbye, and that felt deserved. You can call a kiss a thousand things, but I felt like it was a goodbye and that whole scene was so emotional.
What Daisy Ridley could mean by this: The kiss scene was a farewell from Rey to Kylo Ren. But also a farewell from the actress to her partner Adam Driver. And also a goodbye to the role she has held for years.
After the controversial sequels, Star Wars was able to recover over the years. With The Mandalorian, a new chapter in the star saga that was popular with fans was started in 2019, which has since been expanded by series such as Ahsoka and The Book of Boba Fett, and whose storylines should lead to a cinematic film and reach its conclusion.