It tries to fix an impossible problem, and does, and doesn't succeed at it

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2019)

Star Wars:The Rise of Skywalker was supposed to end the 9 movie saga, bring a close to one of the most epic movie series of all time, beloved by millions across the world... At times, it manages to accomplish this, but in the end, fails. I will however defend J.J Abrams as much as possible, I salute the man, for trying to at least, satisfy the fans. I will try not to repeat what most people have said, but the Last Jedi is responsible for this movies failure. You can tell a story was set up in episode 7, and that episode clearly had a path, and episode 8 rewrote the path, and now we have what we have. The sequel trilogy could have been a remarkable adventure, with out old trio of heroes alongside the new, but it never does this. It just felt like another generic visual blockbuster, with no heart, no soul, no imagination, and no respect for its fanbase.
The Rise of Skywalker tried to hard to end the series, and this isn't a bad movie at all. I will look at it the way I look at Game of Thrones season 8. Something with potiental, that failed to deliver, not because of the cast, or crew, but from the ones who lead it all. The producers of this series should have had a goal, a planned out storyline, but instead, they went off course, and steered us into a ditch. This movie has a lot of good points about it, there are truly some gut-wrenching moments, one with Chewbacca scream, that had me fight a tear. The movie is filled with so much, it could have been great, but was bogged down with a story that doesn't fit in with the rest of the series. Bringing Emperor Palpatine, may have been their plan the entire time, but he wasn't even hinted at, previously, not once. His presense should have been looming over all our heroes throughout the trilogy, but instead he shows up randomly, like .... hey folks. The Leia scenes were good, a little weird, but I think it's in our brain to see it strangly, due to Carrie's sad death, it makes me wonder what they had instore for her. The visuals are brilliant, the acting is great, Adam Driver is clearly the standout here. The music .... I'm not sure of. John Williams' seems to have been shoved off at the side in this trilogy, while, in episodes 1-6, you felt his music. It was like a character in itself. The music in here, is difficult to even listen to.
Episode 9, is a good movie, not great, but I didn't hate or despise elements that I did in the previous movie. But this film is a mess, it tries too much. I don't blame it though, because of what has come before.
7/10