Wasted potential for the Trilogy

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2019)

Well, I'm one of the die hard fans of Star Wars, one of the guys who consumed almost all the good old Expanded Universe and video games. When Force Awakens was first released I was lucky to watch it a day earlier and I was amazed how J.J Abrams handled the movie, introducing us interesting characters and a new Star Wars world which we are familiar but strangers at the same time. The cinematography of Force Awakens was one of the best movies, each frame deeply influenced me. I like the idea of a female protagonist, Rey, being a mysterious character, leaving us with tons of theories about who she is. Finn, a First Order deserter showing us that a simple soldier in an evil faction can actually have humanity in themselves. Poe, a dynamic character setting the pace in a relatively well seated movie. Kylo Ren, a struggling character haunted by the voices of the past. And of course our beloved characters from the original trilogy. Everything seemed fine. Up until the Last Jedi. I don't want to blame Rian Johnson for the storyline, but apart from it, the Last Jedi lost the cinematographic quality and slower pace of the Force Awakens. Luke Skywalker, being in an isolation seemed too strange, but everybody changes. Why not Luke Skywalker? And it seemed a little justified in the final movie of the saga.
Rise of Skywalker answers a lot of questions, which satisfied me. However, the main problem of this movie was the pacing, weaker dialogues and the feel of rush. Surely this trilogy deserved much better in a technical way. Directors can make a simple story looked amazing by shooting and editing, this is what is all about. Force Awakens started with a huge potential but with every new episode the quality of the movies lost the spirit. Faster pace means weaker character development, disconnectments in storyline and so much plot-holes.
What I liked about the Rise of Skywalker is Rey being a Palpatine, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious the Emperor and Kylo Ren, who is the grandson of Darth Vader having a bond with each other. Like Darth Revan and Bastila Shan in the Knights of the Old Republic series. This symbolism amazed me.
Emperor Palpatine returns from the dead using the dark side of the Force. It's not cheap. On the contrary, we know the dark side is capable of such "pathways" as Emperor himself stated in the Revenge of the Sith.
Rey's and Kylo's character development was finally completed, but I'd like to see both survived or Rey sacrificing herself in order to kill the Emperor and Ben survived. Nevertheless, the conclusion is OK for me. Producers cannot satisfy everyone right?
Well, that's all. The movie will exhaust you, it is unnecessarily fast paced, introducing us new characters who we wish to have seen in previous installments in the trilogy. In addition weak dialogues could upset you. Surely this trilogy deserved much better!
And thank you John Williams for the amazing soundtrack!
6/10