Hmm it's kinda Star Wars in some ways

Rating: 4/10 (3 January 2020)

Palpatine is back... I'm NOT against it, although I feel like they should have used him properly. Palpatine is THE sith of Star Wars and Anakin is THE CHOSEN ONE. Rey's part in this story feels forced since we didn't get anything from her character arc in the first two films, The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. I'm not a fan of The Last Jedi and it's a film that has become even more disconnected from the story after the Rise of Skywalker which should please me. I don't like it at all because this movie felt the need to redo everything from The Last Jedi which just resulted in a disingenuous trilogy. I love the originals and like and somewhat love the prequels and I really did enjoy The Force Awakens. In my opinion The Force Awakens was the right amount of familiar and new to set up the new Star Wars. The Last Jedi took me for a spin and a twist which I didn't enjoy at all and now we got this mess of a movie. The funny thing is that the most appealing character in this story is not the lead Rey but the antagonist Kylo Ren (Ben Solo), making her a Palpatine didn't help that one bit. There are some great scenes in this movie but NOTHING connects this trilogy to the prequels which is seriously confusing. Anakin Skywalker is the chosen one but now Rey is I guess? Palpatine returns, but Anakin don't, not even Luke Skywalker gets a serious redemption in this movie. This trilogy is a serious mess and, in some ways kinda insulting because it's advertised as the conclusion to all the movies we love but they ignore an entire trilogy. Not to mention the ending, Rey kills Palpatine in the matter of seconds, SECONDS!! Kylo Ren/Ben Solo who is the LAST SKYWALKER is just pushed along Reys journey. Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is evil, and now his good, I like it, but does it matter...NO. He does nothing in the end except being unconscious and then giving his life to a character we don't really care about, really Disney? I'm thinking I'm done with Disneys Star Wars mess and it's just too bad since there were scenes, arcs and characters that could have been truly, truly, truly great but no. It's over and the ending sucked. I almost feel disgust over how they treated George Lucas vision and his Star Wars universe. This trilogy doesn't matter but Disney's acting like nothing before this matter... This excuse for a trilogy is nothing and I seriously don't consider it connected to George Lucas movies because that would be insulting to myself and George Lucas.