A Disrespectful Finale to the Skywalker Saga

Rating: 3/10 (25 December 2019)

What a messy disrespectful movie. The Skywalker Saga goes out with an enormous middle finger to the audience as The Rise of Skywalker tries to distance itself from The Last Jedi and please everyone which isn't possible with Star Wars. I love the choices they made for the story in Episode VIII (The movie does have some significant problems but overall is a strong entry) and IX just goes back on every single choice which really just proves that there was absolutely no communication or plan shared between Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams. This entire trilogy just feels like separate films that all have distain for each other which is not how you make a coherent trilogy. JJ just immediately going back on Rians choices feels so disrespectful and completely counterproductive. This entire movie is just scenes of trying to "fix" TLJ and blatant fan service. There is nothing interesting happening here, it's just a safe and boring movie. The movie is technically well made but that's not something that even counts when talking about Star Wars because that's true for all of them. TLJ has a lot better visuals and color grading as well mostly because Rian Johnson is a much better director than JJ Abrams. There is nothing here that even sticks out to me. I was bored watching it and the only emotions it was able to illicit were disappointment and anger. I would give The Rise of Skywalker a D+.