This is just a bad movie

Rating: 2/10 (2 January 2020)

Forget that it's a Star Wars movie and has a legacy to live up. Judge this movie on its own merits and it really is just a bad movie. The characters are bland at best and the stakes are non-existent. Disney never built any sense of a galaxy to be threatened.
The plot:
I have a hard time believing anyone cared about Rey being Palpatine's granddaughter. I get it, the reveal in the original was about family ties, but this just felt forced and unnecessary. She doesn't even seem to be old enough to be his granddaughter. I mean Luke is old enough to his grandson and he's old enough to be Rey's grandfather. Perhaps Rey is really 120 and figured out some other force power previously unknown.
The Emperor should have stayed dead. When the mechanism for bringing a character back makes as much sense as Freddy's return in Elm Street 4, the return just shouldn't happen. Really, that is what the Emperor was reduced to anyways; a horror movie slasher icon who can't die. Instead of just having one Deathstar, now he has.................who really cares..........
The rest is just nonsense about finding items to move to the next stage.
Rey makes it through 3 full movies of scowling at the camera while experiencing no personal growth or intrigue. She is plot device who questions nothing and solves everything.
I gave this 2, because I think in theory it's possible to make a worse movie. They could bring JJ back for part 10 where Fin learns that he's yoda's nephew.