Have they failed us for the last time?

Rating: 4/10 (8 February 2020)

Why do we like Star Wars so much? Is it the concept of the Force that attracts us? Is it the maneuvers of the Millennium Falcon and the light saber duels? Perhaps it is the complicated father and son relationship between Vader and Luke or the scoundrel under the name Han Solo that attracts the love of a beautiful princess. Whatever the reason we were used to Star Wars episodes that were based on original content. This originality was expressed with strange new worlds, fascinating characters and unparalleled storytelling. George Lucas has admitted that he was inspired by many movies but for us everything was brand new because of the magical synthesis he performed inside his head.
On The Rise of Skywalker I saw great execution of a script that makes little sense. This was all accompanied with a feeling that I had seen the movie before. Just the same old Star Wars action presented in a different planetary setting.
In general, this is a movie made by a group of people who preferred to compromise and chose to hastily produce another mediocre film instead of taking some artistic risks.
What a pity! To be given an enormous opportunity to write film history and miss it in such a spectacular way.