Poor Editing, Poor Script

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2019)

I am a hard core Star Wars fan and I liked all Star Wars content, except the Holiday Star Wars Special and Rise of Skywalker. Actually, I would compare Rise of Skywalker to the Holiday Star Wars Special in the 70's. The third film of the sequel trilogy is out of place with the first two. There is no build up from the prior films for Palpatines introduction and the film was all over the place in terms of story. Emotional gut punches for the fake death of Chewie, fake memory wipe of C3PO, and the ridiculous name change of Rey Skywalker. The idea that she is a Palpatine is good, but there was poor execution in the delivery of her origins. I found Palpatine in the Outer Regions hanging out for 30 years completely ridiculous. A cloned Snoke emerging would have been an interesting concept and the Knights of Ren should have been developed more. I came out of this move disappointed in what JJ Abrams did and the Star Wars franchise in general. Please, do not go see this movie and wait for it digitally/Blu Ray, because a message needs to be sent that Disney needs to stop making bad Star Wars content, like Solo and Rise of Skywalker.