What started out with some potential ended up being a trilogy of emptiness

Rating: 3/10 (2 February 2020)

Wow. I thought this was a HUGE disappointment!
Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn't great imo, but had some interesting characters and ideas. I was excited to see what would happen next.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was very bad imo. It concluded stories that should have been concluded in the 3rd film, introduced terrible characters, had the unnecessary Canto Bight subplot, and had many more problems, including the annoying comedy. And with Rian Johnson as director, it retconned many elements from The Force Awakens. I lost a lot of faith, but still had hope that the 3rd movie would be great.
Star War: The Rise of Skywalker is that 3rd movie. Is it great? Definitely not. Is it necessary? Far from it. Did it learn from the mistakes of The Last Jedi? Well it retconned elements from that, but that's also what made this worse.
So Palpatine returns once again. And this is one of the biggest problems with the film. So the victory of Return of the Jedi wasn't actually true, and wasn't actually warranted. HOW GREAT ISN'T THAT JUST SO FANTASTIC?!
I hate everything about this. Return of the Jedi basically means nothing now, Darth Vader's redemption and sacrifice was for nothing. Even if this was in The Force Awakens, I still wouldn't like it. And this was also just introduced in this last film. I thought this series was about Anakin. Also, Rey's parents is replaced with Palpatine being Rey's grandfather. Wow, so interesting and totally not at all terribly executed.
Lando is brought back, but he's not actually utilized. Chewbacca seemingly dies, but is actually still alive, and that's where his character development ends. Leia now all of the sudden is one with the Force, and gives her life to Kylo, who later gives his life to Rey. How stupid. And Finn, Poe, and the others are not well utilized either. Also, Hux is still a horribly portrayed and written villain. And the ending where Rey says that her name is Rey Skywalker instead of Rey Palpatine ruins the message about how the name of someone evil doesn't affect who you are.
There are 2 things I hate most about this film, and this trilogy. One, this trilogy steals many many elements from the original trilogy. The Force Awakens is a repeat of A New Hope, Kylo and Rey are basically Vader and Luke, and nothing new happens between the 2 besides a strong relationship (that is one thing I like), and with the return of Palpatine, The Rise of Skywalker is basically just Return of the Jedi, only it sucks. Two, this trilogy is Disney's Star Wars, not Star Wars. They add little heart to these films and just want money.
I will admit that there is good acting, great action, and nice visuals, but the lack of character development, plot issues, elements stolen from the original films, and stupid scenes are what cause this trilogy to be pointless, dumb, and unneeded.
2.5/10. I will go back to the original and the prequel trilogies. Those films had heart and the story was full circle. This is just an unnecessary addition.
AND WHY IS IT CALLED "RISE OF SKYWALKER" WHEN IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT ABOUT SKYWALKER?!