The worst possible way to end it

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2019)

I know, the title can be a little harsh but as a lifelong fan of the saga I feel that way.
The movie by itself is not that bad, instead it is enjoyable even with its huge problems. In fact the feeling is that The Rise of Skywalker is two movies compressed in a single one: everything is rushed, there's not character development (the two main characters have their arc but it's like their changes happen because they have to and not because of what they go trough and of their experiences, failures and growth) and the story is so predictable and full of cliches. Despite all of that it is an entertaining movie, pretty generic (which it's not what you want from a Star Wars movie) but fine.
Now the fan's prospective:
Once upon a time there was no Star Wars until episode 4 came out in 1977. There were no rules nor a lore and nothing was previously established. At the end of the original trilogy the situation was pretty much the same, as we knew almost nothing about what came before and about the rest of the galaxy because all the focus was on the protagonists. Then the prequel trilogy came out in 1999 and expanded the mythology and gave so much informations about what's a jedi, a sith, the old republic, how Anakin became Vader and so much more. At the time I was a little child so, even if I know that the prequels are generally bad movies, I grew up with them and I feel a sort attachment to that characters, their stories and their awful dialogues. And I know a lot of people hate them but I can't, they are MY movies.
Fast forward to 2015 and the sequel trilogy sees the cinemas. "The Force Awakens" awakened my passion for the brand once again: it is very very inspired to "A New Hope" but it is a great movie because of its well balanced pace, its semplicity and the overall tone. And it has a few nostalgic moments that I appreciated. So it was a good setup for the upcoming movies. I was super hyped up for episode VIII and I really liked what Rian Johnson did. I can see why people hated it and I can think of what could have been if someone different made that movie, but I still appreciate "The Last Jedi". And I loved how they treated Luke because I had always find him one dimensional but with this arc they made him more relatable for me and now he is one of my favourite characters in the saga.
But episode IX is a different beast. The movie as I said has it problems but I was accepting that because it has a lot of thing inside of it and not every film comes out great, so as long it isn't bad it's ok. But the last 20 minutes are horrible, they are the worst thing possible that can happened to the franchise. They absolutely break all the prequel trilogy, all of it. And I wrote about my attachment to it previously so you can imagine how hurt I was. And the problem is only with the prequels because if we pretend they don't exists it's all fine. The fans of the original one can say (and they are right) that the ending of episode VI was perfect but I had no problem in going forward with the story and knowing how much the prequels meant to me when I was a kid I was happy that the new generations could have their movies too. But breaking what had come before is not the way. And in all of that in this "beautiful ending" there is one of the most unnecessary and cringy scene ever. Not to mention how the Skywalker family comes out of this movie, very disappointing
In conclusion the movie is fine, it isn't the best blockbuster of the year but absolutely not the worst. But I was very hurt at the end and I couldn't ask for a worst ending of the Skywalker saga.