This really was the last hope, and it failed

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2020)

What was it about the original trilogy that made it so magical ?
I remember going to Leicester Odeon in London in 1979 as a 10 year old boy, and being blown away, nothing was ever the same again.
Sure thats alot harder to do in this day and age, but its like they didnt even try.
Episodes 1-3 are best forgotten, though #3 is likeley better than #8, but that is not saying alot.
I liked #7 more because it went back in the direction of Star Wars compared to #1-3 than it being itself a great movie, it was kinda above average repeat of #4, but it gave us hope for the future.
#8 was an absolute joke of a movie, insulting our intelligence, and 40% of the movies being totally unnecessary.
But #9 was our last hope, JJ was back to build on his safe version of the Star Wars Universe kickoff, but its fell hugely flat.
There were some very good fresh ideas that were started in #7 that were crushed in #8 and could have worked better in #9 but did not.
As multiple reviewers have said before, its like they had no outline of the basic plot for #7 thru 9. They just made it up with each movie.
JJ said he laughed when he saw that Snokes had been killed off in #8, i think that is code for he was really "pissed off", so its almost like he used #9 as revenge for killing off snokes.
How can Rian murder a star wars movie, then go and make something as intricate as Knives out ?
Its scary they have given Rian the rights to direct the new star wars trilogy.