It needed time to breath.

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2019)

JJ did his best to pick a up and end a story from the force awakens (ignoring TLJ mess) in one movie. It was too crowded. I'm sure the studio wouldn't let him release it as two parts so the ideas materialize better. It would have been less overwhelming and people would have time to theorize, hype and anticipate the second half of the twists.