Surprislying worse than VIII. Fails in every possible way.

Rating: 1/10 (1 January 2020)

The low standard that the masses reward is a harbinger of the end of Western civilization. Unfortunately, people don't recall the state of cinema pre Star Wars. The film companies were going out of business. First Star Wars, and then Raiders of the Lost Ark, revitalized the industry. The key thing about these films, both from George Lucas, was that Lucas had, as he asserted, made quality of story the central ingredient. That really meant something to the audience of that time. Unfortunately, audience today only sees action, the vacuous roller coaster rides that people like JJ make. And he's one of the better ones.
One of my pet peeves is that Daisy Ridley spends 9 hours in 3 films wearing crappy clothes that don't fit. I put it aside in the first film, because Rey is supposed to be a dirt poor nobody. In SW4,5,6, Luke's clothes evolve as he does. As Rey's clothes don't evolve, neither does she. It turns out, she really is a Mary Sue of the Worst Kind.
I was conflicted about SW7:TFA. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, assuming(?) that the problems would be resolved with further information in SW8. When the director of SW8 was announced, I lost all hope, although I hadn't it expected it to be as much of a horror show it is. It was no surprise that no one wanted to direct SW9.
When JJ was announced as the director of SW9, I expected him to ignore SW8, maybe giving it the Dallas dream treatment. Once again, I hoped JJ would resolve the issues from SW7:TFA. But no. JJ did the unfathomable. I could tell from the very start of the first trailer, when Rey backflips over a fighter. I mean, there's just no possibility to justify that scene, which as you might not want to believe, but must if you've seen SW9, is that scene perfectly sums up the film. Indeed, the film would have been better if it was nothing more than that one scene from the trailer.
I'm not surprised that SW9 is doing worse at the box than SW8 did. I am surprised by how well it's doing. And I'm shocked and dismayed by anyone who gives this film more than 1 star, which is infinitely more than it deserves.