Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has had its final trailer. Fans finally have an idea of what to expect from the finale of the Skywalker story. But how long is the latest Star Wars movie, and how has it broken a major record?
How long is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? What is its running time?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has broken a major record in the Star Wars franchise.
Compared to its predecessors, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the longest Star Wars movie to date.
The first film A New Hope clocks in at 121 minutes, so just a little more than two hours.
The Empire Strikes Back is just a little longer at 124 minutes, while Return of the Jedi came in quite a bit longer at 132 minutes, showing a pattern for Star Wars films.
The next film to be made was the first in the prequel trilogy, The Phantom Menace, which came in at 133 minutes and saw George Lucas return from a 22 year directing hiatus.
He followed this with Attack of the Clones, the second in the prequel trilogy, which was the longest movie to date when it clocked in at 142 minutes.
The final prequel movie, Revenge of the Sith, came in at 140 minutes, so these movies were certainly creating a pattern for the upcoming series of films, which follow the events of the original trilogy.
The next film to be released was The Force Awakens, which is set 30 years after the destruction of the second Death Star in the original trilogy.
At this point, the films were maintaining their length at just more than two hours, with The Force Awakens clocking in at 135 minutes.
The Last Jedi, the eighth movie of the Skywalker saga, broke away from this and went quite a bit longer, with a running time of 152 minutes, meaning it is longer than two and a half hours.
Finally, The Rise of Skywalker, the final movie in the Skywalker saga, is a staggering 155 minutes, making it the longest movie in Star Wars history.
With a running time like that, fans will definitely need to stock up on snacks and be prepared for a bathroom break.
Of course, as the action unfolds, it will seem unlikely fans will want to be torn from their seat.
What is The Rise of Skywalker about?
The official synopsis for the film reads: “Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.”
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is in cinemas on December 20