Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker follows Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) on the hunt to find the source of a mysterious transmission sent throughout space. It turns out to be the sent by none other than Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid), who is somehow still alive and ready to take over the galaxy… again. He commands Kylo Ren to bring him Rey (Daisy Ridley), who Palpatine believes will fulfill all of their destinies… again. Kylo heads out to retrieve Rey, all while she, Finn (John Boyega), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), and General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) plan to defeat the evil First Order for good.

When JJ Abrams made Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, in his traditional fashion, he introduced a lot ofchess in the same upper tier, the two K's were just a tad better.

(This may yet change if Carlsen picks it up and plays consistently as well as he did in 2013 to 2014 for the next 10 years.)

(BTW I am no Kasparov fan. I hate his politics in and out of chess. I have to admit though that he is the most brilliant attacker humanity has ever produced.)

Fischer I believe was well within the level of the two K's. Had he continued playing chess, the 1980s might well have been the strongest era in chess history, with an 'old' but still strong Fischer, a Karpov just past his prime, and a surging Kasparov playing in the same tournaments together. As it is, a waning Karpov managed to