It wasn't until 1999 that George Lucas officially resurrected and dramatically expanded this lost piece of his own mythology.

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Those were just some of the decisions that led to The Rise of Skywalker being negatively received (it has 51% on Rotten Tomatoes), and it remains the most recent new Star Wars movie to hit theaters.