Love is never perfect

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2019)

Review bombs are obligatory nowadays and were inevitable I think...
Is The Rise OF Skywalker a perfect movie? No. Does it have massive flaws? Sure. Is Star Wars more than the sum of it's parts? HELL YES. I had the time of my life seeing episode 9. Not because the story plays out so well written (it's pretty decent though. I loved the Indiana Jones style archeology thing), but because the film is made with so much heart. Every emotional beat hit me like a jackhammer. I'm not the kind of person who gets as struck by plotholes or logical inconsistencies as others and I tend to watch this kind of movie with my heart and not my head...
That being said, the movie's inconsistencies or flaws in storytelling didn't bother me at all, especially when you consider that many of them result from the fact that they had to build a story around Carrie Fisher's existing material. She's pretty much responsible for that rough first act and the clunky exposition. Beside from that, her scenes just WORK and they're amazing.
The only downside would be some unnecessary "apology" - scenes to make up stuff from The Last Jedi. You could have let the story play out the same way and leave some choices from TLJ intact.
I guess the sequel trilogy is hit or miss to you, depending of what kind of viewer you are. I overall loved it, knowing it has it's flaws. To me TROS really is a worthy sendoff to this trilogy AND the entire saga.