J.J. Abrams Reveals The Real Running Time For The Rise of Skywalker

Via Ew.com:

J.J. Abrams is revealing the length of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — and it’s shorter than what’s been previously reported.

Earlier Monday, the director confirmed on Good Morning America that the final Skywalker Saga film was just finished this weekend.

So in an interview for EWLive on SiriusXM 109, Dalton Ross asked the director how long is the final cut. There had been earlier reports that the film was the longest Star Wars movie ever based on approximate run times sent to theaters. But nope, it’s not.

The Rise of Skywalker is “two hours and 21 minutes,” Abrams says (and then added “I believe,” which could add a minute or so of end-credits wiggle room).

But it’s firmly not two hours and 35 minutes, which is what listed was in earlier stories that were posted before the film was finished.

That means The Rise of Skywalker is the second-longest Star Wars movie behind The Last Jedi.

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