A harmadik Star Wars-trilógia vizuális retorikája
The visual rhetoric of the third Star Wars trilogy

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the visual techniques of the Star Wars films The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), starting from the system of extreme wide and close-up shots and the thematic and dramaturgical function of masks. The visual rhetoric that runs through the three films is modelled by the face photographing story, which links the visual constructs to the characters’ identity. Seen from this perspective, this series of figures connect the characters (Rey, Finn, and Kylo Ren), while its significance lies in the fact that it presents Darth Vader’s legacy as a visual material, as a series of superimposed close-ups. The paper will show that, in this effect, a long visual process gains its final representation. Consequently, the trilogy can be understood as a film series whose visual system is based on a single extreme close-up.

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