DAISY RIDLEY Blames ‘Social Media’ for Poor STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER Reception

“It’s changed film by film honestly, like 98% it’s so amazing, this last film it was really tricky,” Ridley explained of her process understanding the criticism of the film, speaking to Entertainment Weekly. “January was not that nice. It was weird, I felt like all of this love that we’d sort of been shown the first time around, I was like, ‘Where’s the love gone?'”

“I watched the documentary, the making-of [The Skywalker Legacy], this week,” Ridley went on to say, discussing the documentary feature included in Rise of Skywalker‘s home video release. “And it’s so filled with love, and I think it’s that tricky thing of when you’re part of something that is so filled with love and then people [don’t like it]. You know, everyone’s entitled to not like something, but it feels like it’s changed slightly. But I think in general that’s because social media and what have you.”

The Rise of Skywalker currently sits at a 52% ‘Rotten’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes – the lowest rated of the modern Star Wars trilogy by a wide margin, with immediate predecessor The Last Jedi rated 92% ‘Fresh’, and the first film The Force Awakens rated 93% ‘Fresh’.