Muddled, disjointed and unsatisfying

Rating: 4/10 (12 May 2020)

Haven't even finished watching it on Disney+ and already I am lamenting the complete waste of potential.
The main problem (in my opinion) with all three of the latest Star Wars films (the main ones) is the lack of narrative and plot.
Rogue One was the last Star Wars film that they made. We'll never see anything like it again (probably). Solo was complete trash, just incredibly dull and hideous.
The Force Awakens was a complete rip-off of A New Hope. Shameless and also really disappointing.
The Last Jedi's central plot point was a small spaceship outrunning a bigger spaceship by going slightly faster than it.
The Rise of Skywalker is a muddled jumble, lacking any real narrative focus. Apparently the Sith have a new massive army... that does nothing. Kylo Ren wants to take over the galaxy... until he doesn't. Everything in the film is cheap and poorly written.
The whole trilogy has wasted so many really good ideas and there's clearly been no coherent leadership at the helm from Disney. Each film goes in different directions and nothing really joins up properly. Characters are important in one film, and then not mentioned in another. Plot directions in one are discarded in another. They've made a bunch of money, but hopefully they're not fooling themselves that they've created anything special. The originals are classics; these are just more bland entertainment. All of the virtue signalling and agendas that has been half-assed into the new films are just distracting and ultimately pointless.
Ben Solo turning into Kylo Ren - that would've been the perfect way to start the series. Introduce the new characters and link them to the past (Luke) and then move on with a new story. Have Luke training an apprentice, and then have Snoke lead him astray. Introduce Rey and give her a reason why she might turn to the dark side. Use that as the basis for her and Kylo throughout the trilogy.
Kylo Ren and Rey - Kylo clearly has a major hard on for Rey (he keeps offering to take over the galaxy with her and she keeps turning him down). But! there's no hint of Rey possibly turning to the dark side, so the whole thing is pointless. And why does he want her at all? There's been no chemistry or even hint of attraction between them, so why? What happened to the "anger is the path to the dark side"? They threw away all of the original Star Wars good stuff, but never replaced it with anything in return.
As an aside, Daisy Ridley always looks sweaty. I am not sure what's going on there, but still...
The characters have no arc to their stories. No development. No setbacks and no growth. Rey starts as super powerful, and that's it. She never needs to learn anything, never needs to struggle to become something new - the literal most basic aspect of life. Kylo is pure evil (even murdered his own father) til the very end and then he isn't for no good reason (apparently because Leia sacrificed her life for his - that's not a good reason).
Look, they're okay, but mostly they're boring. The plot jumps around and never really forms any sort of story. There's no stakes, no danger. The originals had a story that was clean, simple and focused. The new ones are muddled, disjointed and ADHD.