A great 3nd to a trilogy with a bad start

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2019)

The ball was fumbled right out of the gate with The Force Awakens, an uninspired 2 hour bout of dÃ¨ja vu.
The Last Jedi, whilst flawed, took risks, tried to be original.
The Rise Of Skywalker finally develops its characters, has them interract with eachother, and pulls all the threads together.
I'm not going to give spoilers in this review.
JjJ hadn't retconned the plot devices some people hated in TLJ. That would mean that Disney, a multi billion dollar powerhouse, had allowed the writer directors of each movie complete freedom, without any kind of framework or plan.
When Abrams & Kennedy commented and were interviewed after TLJ, they couldn't say "Don't worry, we'll change that, and this, and that in the next one."
It would have spoiled all the big reveals of TRoS
Johnson's TLJ was designed to get TFA to TRoS without ruining all the fun of finding out the truths in the finale.
As for the movie itself?
2hrs & 21 minutes of rollercoaster action, huge plot reveals, genuine character development, easter eggs, cameos, and genuine jaw dropping moments.
It has its flaws, it's not perfect. I didn't agree with where the trilogy started. But for something rooted in poor soil, it's grown very well.