A missed opportunity

Rating: 3/10 (19 December 2019)

JJ Abrams had a chance to salvage the perceived mistakes of the previous title, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but this film felt like a rushed, confusing mess where nothing makes any sense, and we jump from one planet and instance to another in a desperate attempt to provide closure to the epic Skywalker saga. That attempt failed miserably, and I am one-hundred percent convinced that this episode will come to be almost universally reviled by the Star Wars fandom, exceeding even that of The Last Jedi. Everything we see unfold in The Rise of Skywalker completely undermines the sacrifices made by our beloved heroes like Luke Skywalker, and it renders Anakin Skywalker's original role as the Chosen One as meaningless. The narrative ending of the film (and that of the Skywalker family's saga) leaves one feeling like this trilogy should never even have happened in the first place.
All in all, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a depressing, missed opportunity, and stands as one of the worst - if not the worst - Star Wars film we've seen on the big screen thus far.