A jarring mess of plot holes and Deus Ex Machina that is an embarassing end for the SKYWALKER SAGA

Rating: 1/10 (17 March 2020)

After the previous entry in the series, I did not think I could be more disappointed by Disney's Star Wars trilogy and couldn't imagine a reality where the final movie in the series could possibly be worse than the last one. However, I was sorely mistaken!
Where does one begin with this, oh that's right, by introducing Palpatine in text in the opening crawl. I realise Sheev was revealed to be a part of the movie in all the promotional material but what an absolutely awful way to establish his character as the villain of this movie. The concept alone completely deflates the elation that one would have felt at the conclusion of The Return of the Jedi, which completed Luke's and Anakin's arcs wonderfully, despite a few miss-steps in narrative throughout the movie which could easily be forgiven for that wonderful conclusion.
There are many aspects of this movie that serve as metaphors for the direction and treatment that Disney has given Star Wars and the Skywalker Saga; bringing Palpatine back to practically kill himself with lightning for arguably a third time, Rey burying Anakin's lightsaber on Tattooine in the sand (a planet and compound which he hated most of his life), Leia killing herself to get her son killed, Kylo proceeding to pose no threat to Rey Sue throughout the entire film - almost getting a redemption - and then killing himself anyway. If anyone deserved to have their moment on Tattooine at the end of the movie and make claims to the Skywalker name after a tumultuous journey of character development, I argue it was Kylo/Ben, where exactly does Rey go from there? To be honest, I dont care.
This movie was a pretty horrible experience, with numerous cringey dialogue exchanges and narrative choices. It was quite obvious that Jar Jar Brams did his best to use throw away comments, or short sequences, to quash some of the major complaints that were brought up regarding the Last Jedi (such as the Rey "training" sequence/montage or the "Holdo manouever...one in a million" comment. In other instances, it seemed like he was trying to hint at or open up new plot threads such as various romances between Finn and Rey and Poe and that mask lady, which never really amounted to anything, just some really terrible narrative structure that should have been sorted out at the editors desk.
This review is all over the place, as was this mess of a movie, but really felt I should at least attempt to throw in my two cents - even if it is pretty reflective of a lot of the other feedback the film has received. I think a complete overhaul of Disney's division in charge of Star Wars is in order as this trilogy has been the biggest disappointment in cinematic history for me by a mile. It isn't hard to make a Star Wars movie, if its Star Wars flavored the fans will lap it up. Even then, with all the basic framework set up for the films, Disney managed to blow it in all the areas where they needed to actually use some creativity and actually do some real bloody work (writing). Pretty ironic that Kathleen Kennedy had Dumb and Dumber from Game of Thrones writing infamy lined up for their own trilogy, but I think that deal might have thankfully gone down the toilet, so there's a positive! Good work Kathleen! /s