Fell flat

Rating: 1/10 (13 January 2020)

I actually have enjoyed the sequel trilogy, I'm not a "hater" but this was not a satisfactory ending to the Skywalker saga. It actually had the worst possible ending. The story felt rushed and convoluted... the main protagonists spend over an hour looking for the sith way finder that only gets destroyed and serves absolutely no purpose. I hated how Kylo Ren/Ben Solo was handled, as well as his relationship with Rey. The whole point of the last Jedi was to build up a relationship between the two of them, only to have them fight each other for about 90% of the movie and Rey would have actually killed him if she didn't have some new force healing ability. All the stories from the past two movies and comics from Lucasfilm we're painting Ben Solo to be a sympathetic character, only for him to die and we see no one mourn him or speak of him again, even after risking his life to help Rey defeat Palpatine and ultimately sacrificing himself for her to live. It was just a really disappointing ending. I realize JJ had his work cut out for him making this movie, but overall, it just feels underwhelming from a story telling perspective. Feels like the sequel trilogy is incomplete because the main focus seemed to be wrapping up all 9 films instead of telling a good story about the characters we've come to love in the past 6 years. Star Wars is a fairytale and I guess I was expecting a happy ending... nope