Disjointed trilogy but JJ sticks the landing

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2019)

One thing is you have to put in your brain. There will never be a match for the Original Trilogy. Never! That doesn't mean that you cannot give some quality movies or series inside the realm of Star Wars. The prequels had major issues. Most of the dialogue was bad, some acting and too much CGI for a universe that was applauded for being realistic and lived. It was still fun to watch. When Disney bought Lucasfilms I feared the worse and then I they told us that they wanted something with the vibe of the OT and we were satisfied. The Force Awakens, while being a rehash is a hell of a ride and it felt like Star Wars. The problem came afterwards. There was no plan for the trilogy. The producer and president, Kathleen Kennedy, rushed everything and with firings and mishaps, didn't came out of this with a good image. The Last Jedi burned almost all bridges that JJ set and divided the fandom. People hated it. Didn't felt like a Star Wars movie, although had some good moments. But what really stood was that it was disjointed from the previous film. JJ set a thing (Rey's heritage, Luke's hiding on a island of the first Jedi Temple, surely for gaining more knowledge, he was in his Jedi Robes when Rey found him). Who was Snoke. Everybody failed in the Last Jedi and the movie felt almost like the end of a trilogy instead of the middle chapter. When things got out of control, Kennedy fired the third director/writer and JJ came back. Now he's in charge again and he needs a plan B because there's almost nothing for the story to move forward. What to do? Retcon almost everything that Rian Johnson burned. It's sad that there was no overall plan. Palpatine was never in the mix, they lied when they said he was. And the franchise was poorly handled. Can you imagine that only four years after the major impact of The Force Awakens people stop caring about Star Wars, the merchandising is selling, the parks aren't getting the visitors they were expecting, one movie (Solo) bombed. It's sad but it's what you get when you think that the name of Star Wars only will give you everything. And so we got to the final part of this sequel trilogy. Expectations were low and I only wanted was a fun movie. And that's I got. JJ sticks the landing, even though there are a lot of issues and pacing problems with it. It felt like two movies condensed into 2 hours and a half and many things felt a bit rush. But it is what it is and, keeping in mind that it's only a movie, it was a well spent time in cinema and sometimes you just have to let it go. And, after watching Return of The Jedi for the first time, in 1988, I say goodbye to my beautiful franchise and take a last look at my "friends". The Saga ended and for me the thrill of Star Wars ended too.