Tragic end of a saga

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2019)

When the original Star Wars came out it was simply amazing, the next two films were also brilliant in their way. The next three films - prequels if you like followed a different path but to me were highly enjoyable despite some of the flaws.
Then came episodes 7-9, GL had sold out to Disney and the franchise handed over to directors and scriptwriters who again tried to advance the story to what in all intents and purposes was a cross between botched reboot and a woeful facsimile of the original films.
In this latest and final instalment, the same weak and utterly confused storyline was extrapolated to it's inevitable conclusion, although it probably should have been called Rise of Palpatine since it transpired that the major character was the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine (who had somehow managed to resurrect himself).
This was one of many plot twists or exposes ranging from horse-like creatures charging across a star destroyer, love interests randomly thrown in from out of nowhere. Leia in reference to the fan-fiction that followed the original trilogy, suddenly exposing herself as a Jedi Knight oh and then voluntarily following Luke into a green-glowy existence to save Rey. A very fat and wooden Lando Calrission, entering from stage right, ghosts of Han and Luke appearing to help out every now and again - what an absolute tripe-ridden and confused ending to the series.
Comedy interest as usual come from C3PO and frankly this was the best performance in the film. Sadly this is about the only good thing I can say about the film except perhaps that it was less tedious than episode 8 and had all the usual special effects that we have come to take for granted. Nods were given to past characters, with an obligatory show of Ewoks celebrating the evil empires downfall (again). Hell they even threw in a pointless lesbian kiss at that point for good measure (why??????).
As a Star Wars fan since the first movie, I felt obliged to go see the film, but also I feel saddened by the utter corruption of the series which really can be summarised as follows:
Ep 1 : Sowing the seeds of the Empire and Darth Vader
Ep 2 : Start of the Clone Wars
Ep 3 : Rise of the Empire, Palpatine and Darth Vader
Ep 4 : Start of Luke story and the Rebel Alliance, Death Star #1 is blown up
Ep 5 : Luke's journey to becoming a Jedi
Ep 6 : Destruction of Palpatine and the end of the Empire, Death Star #2 is blown up
Ep 7 : Who knows but there is some kind of Death Star again, gets blown up
Ep 8 : Hell hath no fury like a long drawn out space chase
Ep 9 : A thousand Death Stars each mounted on the ass of a Star Destroyer, they all gets blown away!
Enjoy (if you can)!