Star Trek into Dumbness - Part II

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2019)

The Burial of Skywalker is a triumph of production values, music and little else. Many actors did their best to elevate the canon and lore destroying material but only Uncle Palps succeeds from start to finish. Kylo does his best but even a beast as Adam Driver is undone by the abhorred 3rd act. Whoever has to follow this is cursed. JJ gave it his all with EP VII (8,5/10) it is now a bit undone by the followups, Rian made an interesting but meandering non-sequel with EP VIII (8/10) and JJ then came in with a poorly thought out killing blow that was designed to serve all and thus serves none. Only the 4 Clone Era films are (slightly) worse as they fail basic film making criteria. They have better stories though.
What kills me is how many questions I am left with after seeing this film outside of the spotty film making. I keep up with the EU that isnÂ´t exclusively made for children. Always have, always will. I take the good with the bad, I roll with the punches (the Dark Nest) but why did we burn the old EU if THIS is what makes it into the cinemas? I could obviously say screw it and just accept that this was a science fantasy popcorn film made for test audiences but I never left a SW film with basic lore questions even if I disliked it!
This film made SW smaller and is the end result of a parade of fired directors. Thank the Force for the Disney+ shows, some of the upcoming books/comics (the poor Knight of Ren) and the final Clone Wars season. 4,5/10
PS: The back paddling by JJ, the cast and the left in the rain story group has to be seen to be believed. No more cinematic films till at least 2025 and no more this-has-to-come-out-no-matter-what trilogies for at least another decade. And i say this as someone who likes 4/5 Disney film.