Not really Star Wars - it would have been an intense video game, however.

Rating: 3/10 (24 January 2020)

-1 stars for rushing the movie and compressing different scenes too close together and for having forced and unnecessary scenes (such as Kylo Ren smashing one of his generals into the ceiling - that was unexpected and senseless) and having old experienced (at life) living beings answering to a young kid (senseless)
-1 for no character development (except for Rey's heritage, but that's very little)
-1 for not going back to Coruscant and not having coming a full circle (Jedi Tower / Temple, etc.) and only showing Luke/Leia as force ghosts at the end as opposed to... a lot more force ghosts
-1 for allowing an abomination to live on and take the name of Skywalker over Ben Solo, a true Solo/Skywalker
-1 for wrongfully naming the movie "Rise of Skywalker" as opposed to "Rise of Palpatine" or "Annihilation of Skywalker"
-2 star for not following Treverow's script which seems to be far superior to the release of this one
One more thing: all Skywalkers are utterly dead. I'm not sure how this is the "rise" thereof. I'd say the title should either be "The Annihilation of Skywalker" or "The Rise of Palpatine". Perhaps the movie intended to convey the message that a Palpatine can turn to the light side and assume the name of light, Skywalker. However, something like that cannot hold under stress regardless of the movie's attempt to say that there are things that are thicker than blood. Rey is always going to be a Palpatine regardless of her desire of being called a Skywalker.
3/10 stars for me.