Lackluster Ending Relying Too Much On Nostaglia

Rating: 3/10 (1 April 2020)

Star Wars is a franchise that has fallen from greatness once Disney bought the rights to it. From releasing one film every year, resulting in people getting what is called Star Wars fatigue, to making decisions that have caused a lot of diehard Star War fans to rage on the internet, it seemed Star Wars will never be good again, especially after The Last Jedi proved to be a bad film. With The Rise Of Skywalker, this would not only end what is known as the sequel trilogy, but also the Skywalker Saga as well. And sadly, it fails to be anything exciting.
Basically, The Rise Of Skywalker is basically full of plot twists and relies way too much on nostalgia. One of those plot twists: Emperor Palpatine (a.k.a. Darth Sidious) is alive, having survived his death in the second Death Star by "unnatural" means granted by the dark side. Yeah, typical Disney changing the rules of how the Force works (with Darth Vader, Revenge Of The Sith explained he had cybernetic enhancements put in him along with the armor, which was his life support, to keep him alive after the fight with Obi-Wan put him near death, hence why Return of The Jedi had the Jedi Master call him "more machine than man", but Palpatine? No, all we get is a lecture on the many powers the dark side has to offer to justify how he survived being thrown into the reactor of the second Death Star, which, along with the space station's destruction, would surely kill him off).
The film's story is good, but sadly, plot twists weigh it down a lot (including the infamous one with Rey I won't mention). Also, the film relies way too much on nostalgia to try and make up for The Last Jedi (like bringing back past actors who played jedi in the films before this, and even bring James Earl Jones back to voice Darth Vader in one scene). However, it has some great action scenes, and the ending is a nice way to end the Skywalker saga. I hope it also ends Star Wars, as any more movies may not be great.