The Rise of Skywalker Broke The Trilogy - Fireside Discussion

The Rise of Skywalker Broke The Trilogy - Fireside Discussion

From Stole My Line - A Fireside Film Podcast by Fireside Podcasts

May 15, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 129

About this episode

Grant and Drew discuss the final installment of the Star Wars saga, evaluating its impact on the trilogy.

So this is how it ends… Grant and Drew finish their Star Wars marathon with Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Is it as bad as they say? (Yes.) Grant's Letterboxd Drew's Letterboxd Grant's Blu-ray of the Week Drew's Blu-ray of the Week Watch this episode on YouTube! Our Team Grant Crenshaw - Host Drew McKinney - Host Chapters (00:00) - Intro (02:38) - Revisiting Episode IX (05:10) - Sequels Comeback? (No) (09:15) - Childhood Star Wars (11:36) - Positives…? (15:13) - Negatives (26:25) - Our Rating (28:35) - Star Wars Rankings (29:40) - The Hunt for Ben Solo (32:45) - The Last Jedi Cleanup (37:36) - Shoutout @fusion_bricks (39:05) - Coming Up & Take a break… *Stole My Line is an Amazon associate. Thus, any Amazon link in this description is an associate link. The purchase of an item from this link would result in Stole My Line receiving a portion of the payment.

People in this episode

Hosts: Grant Crenshaw, Drew McKinney

Topics covered

  • Star Wars
  • film review
  • trilogy analysis
  • sequels
  • nostalgia
  • ratings

Keywords

  • Star Wars
  • The Rise of Skywalker
  • film discussion
  • trilogy
  • movie review
  • Drew McKinney
  • Grant Crenshaw

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Letterboxd, Amazon

Books & works: The Rise of Skywalker, The Last Jedi

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