Wraps Up Things Nicely

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2019)

I saw "Star Wars:The Rise of Skywalker", starring Daisy Ridley-Murder on the Orient Express_2017, Scrawl; Adam Driver-The Dead Don't Die, Logan Lucky; Keri Russell-The Americans_tv, Mission:Impossible 3 and Ian McDiarmid-The Lost City of Z, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
This is the 9th and final chapter in the Skywalker saga-don't worry, there will be more Star Wars movies, just not about the Skywalkers. Daisy returns as Rey, the Jedi uncertain of her past or future and her family tree is finally revealed-and it is not what you might think. Adam returns as Kylo Ren, always trying to turn Daisy to the dark side. Keri is a new character that helps Daisy and friends on their search for answers and Ian returns as Palpatine-didn't he die before? Well, everything is explained on that front. There are several older characters that pop up and one of them is Carrie Fisher-it's been widely known that she is in this film so I am not spoiling anything here. Since she died shortly after completion of the last movie, the footage of Carrie is not CGI, but unused footage from episodes 7 & 8-The Force Awakens & The Last Jedi, respectively. The music is still by John Williams, it's directed by J.J. Abrams and there are some major character deaths-not just Stormtroopers but big name characters. As far as the plot goes, Ian is trying to relaunch the First Order and become the Emperor of the Universe and Daisy and crew are trying to stop him. There isn't any scenes after the end credits. Although it does get a little slow and repetitive at times, it does wrap up things nicely.
It's rated "PG-13" for sci_fi violence and action & has a running time of 2 hours & 21 minutes.
I enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.