A letter to Robert Iger, Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2019)

To Robert Iger, Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams - Rise of Skywalker is not beyond saving. The only way for you to get out of this mess is DVD/Blu-ray/Disney+ release with some changes (watch out! - spoilers): 1. In the first half of the movie give more room to breathe - it is fine that it is dynamic, just let those scenes actually have their impact. 2. Deus ex machina concept for the main plot twist ending 9 films is a narrative disaster - let the pressure grow throghout the film or at least tweak the scene when it is revealed - it does not have an impact in its current form. Maybe Palpatine could reveal it by himself like in ROTJ or at least make it more sophisticated by Ben. Let those scenes be powerful like Vader/Luke in ESB or Anakin's transformation in ROS. 3. CUT OUT THIS REY/BEN KISS. It is absurd! There is NO romantic relation between them throughout 3 movies - it ruins the climax!!!!!! 4. Revealing techniques of the Emperor at the very beginning in such a way was a waste of pressure potential. Make this reveal a shocker - build it up like point 2. 5. Let Hux die without more to it - the guy destoyed a few planets - he is a maniac, he should be neither funny nor collaborative.
To sum up: this movie is too important to be broken. It has wonderful scenes (bravo for handling Leia's plot and the same concerning Luke and Han!), great actors with chemistry, SW Expanded Universe/Legends background, a lot of good ideas. Just repair it - because those mistakes ruin the experience. I am counting on you.