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MOVIE REVIEW: “Star Wars : Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”
"We've passed on all we know. A thousand generations live in you now. But this is your fight" (Luke Skywalker)
Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Adam Driver
Directed by J.J. Abrams
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