Death of a franchise

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2019)

I understand its not easy making a movie but Rise of Skywalker sums up why most big blockbusters this year underperformed. Everything in this movie was hacked together, poor executed, and no real character development. It was literally watching JJ Abrams put on screen every idea he could think of because he could. There are two ice planets and two desert planets in this movie for lack of originality. Palpatine was brought back as an attempt to make more money and his plan to bring forth the Final Order is the worst evil genius plan of all time. The movie features the laziest lightsaber duel of all time and other lazy and uninspired action scenes. The biggest space battle in Star Wars history is also the most anti-climatic. I can go on all day but one of the greatest movie franchises of all time is finally reduced to nothing in the name of maximizing profits instead of delivering something of quality. The prequels had their own issues that George Lucas mostly rectified in Revenge of the Sith but the JJ Abrams Sequel trilogy went completely downhill once Last Jedi came out and rock bottom with this movie. Despite the leaks and whatnot, the ending actually is pretty decent, maybe a bit hokey to some but most of the dramatic moments in the movie are quickly undone by pointless scenes and exposition. This was a sad way to end a 9 film saga. Rogue One and Solo outshine Episodes VIII and IX. Wait till its on video if I were you.