Don't worry, it's okay

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2019)

Lets go straight to the main question: Is The Rise of Skywalker good?
Well...that depends. It's basically a piece of okay fanfiction with a billion dollar budget. Just like the previous ones. It does a lot of things wrong, will have you rolling your eyes and at the same time fires a million cool things at you as well.
The bad: There still is barely any character development outside of Kylo Ren. Rey's heritage is meh. There are lines that make writing in the prequels look almost Shakespearean. The story is waaaaaay too fast paced at first, leaving no room for anything other than "See this? Now check this!!!!!!". Force powers are once again laughably overpowered.
Worst of all: it doesn't really tell you a story. It presents you with a collection of set pieces where things happen, but there is little to no time to actually delve into a real story.
So how can it be good at the same time?
Well, once you accept the ST is not a cohesive thing and is best viewed as fanfiction you might be able to enjoy the insanity of it all. C3PO is amazing in this movie! If you ask me he is the best character in the entire movie. D-O is dope. Some mistakes of TLJ are 'fixed'. Everything looks slick as hell and the movie is one giant rollercoaster of all your childhood fantasies of what Star Wars is. See: fanfiction.
There are great nods to the past. Some things are retconned to make sense. It's just really enjoyable, even if you're able to see its flaws at the same time.
It's not cool as the Mandalorian. It's also not as boring as Solo. It's not the closing you were hoping for or what the series deserves, but its a pretty damn good time.
6.5/10