The best part of this movie was the Imperial March during the credits!

Rating: 3/10 (22 December 2019)

42 years amazing history, the greatest saga that inspired generations! I grew up with the Skywalker's story and I had big expectations for this ending. It turned out to be VERY BAD! These 2h. 21 min. were really embarassing and I felt betrayed from these terrible film-makers who were in it only for the money. I would like to share my experience and thoughts during these 2h and give some suggestions for a better story.
I wish to begin with the positive aspects of "The Rise of Skywalker", because it's no secret that the cast is absolutely amazing: Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley were both brilliant in this trilogy and they have no fault for the problems with story and directing. Overall, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, John Williams, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver really managed to save these few movies and I would rate positively the 2015 - 2019 period because of them. Seeing again Lando Calrissian in a Star Wars movie is always a win, while the visual effects and the sound editing were best quality.
Unfortunately, I am giving this movie 3/10 and there are several reasons for that.
1) LACK OF LOGIC AND CONSISTENCY
You need to watch your previous movies and work with what you have already established - it's clear the director really decided to leave everything that was created during "The Force Awakens". Snoke, Knights of Ren, General Hux, Maz Kanata, Captain Phasma, DJ - so many characters that needed development, but the fans got only more from Palpatine...
What was the point of creating Snoke and the Knights of Ren? It seemed they were a big deal and I had huge expectations for them before "The Last Jedi" - Snoke was killed (which I really accepted and thought it might be very interesting to see Kylo Ren as the main villain), while the Knights of Ren were there only for the cool camera shots and the final small battle with Ben. General Hux was an important character, although at some point he looked ridiculous, but his death was another sign for the lazy writing in this movie. "The Rise of Skywalker" abandened all the characters from the previous movies (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi) and decided to focus on Palpatine...AGAIN.
2) EMPEROR PALPATINE
He was a character that didn't need to be in this movie. Firstly, if you respect the ending of "Return of the Jedi", you would never include the Emperor in this one, because there is no logic in it. I didn't like his contribution to the plot, it seemed the film-makers didn't have any clue on what to do with their characters and decided to revive him and even make him Rey's grandpa which is absolutely lame. Palpatine is selfish and cruel, it's not in his nature to have a child - when was this child even born and why wasn't his son mentioned in the previous movies? Anakin Skywalker was the chosen one and he destroyed the Sith, everything else just doesn't count.
3) Chris Terrio
The man that destroyed the DC Universe is now demolishing Star Wars. I have already watched Batman vs Superman and Justice League - both movies had terrible screenplay and this led DC to great crisis. I saw that Terrio is about to be responsible for the next Justice League instalment - I have a feeling I am going to miss this experience.
4) "The Rise of Skywalker" would have been much better, if it was more focused on Kylo Ren and his Knights of Ren. A final showdown between Rey and Kylo together with his Knights could have made this movie awesome. Kylo was a perfect villain and his relationship with Rey was very positive for these 3 movies. A change in the approach towards General Hux might have also made this film good to watch - he was dangerous and ambitious and that could have led to a promising climax against Finn and Poe.
Overall, it is sad that the Skywalker saga finishes like that, but all 9 movies are entertaining and I would watch them anywhere and anytime. This one was bad, but don't worry, there is still much to come!