Fan Service Mess

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2019)

While clinging onto nostalgia and the mess that was "The Last Jedi, JJ Abrams closes the saga off in the most stylish and lousy way.
There is no sense of threat in "The Rise of Skywalker", everything seems so easy to overcome and suddenly everyone is force sensitive...which was hinted at in the last installment. Not only is there no threat, but the threat that is brought back is...lazy and uninspired. Palpatine being brought back from the dead as some sort of clone is simply just lazy writing. If Johnson didn't kill off Snoke in "The Last Jedi" there would have been room for a greater evil in the finale. But that wasn't how it went down...
There are certainly highlights and exciting moments in TROS like there are in all Star Wars films. The cinematography is spectacular, the visuals stunning, and the chase scenes as always are fast paced, blood boiling eye candy.
The whole cast do their best with the material given and stay true to their characters, which in my opinion, and this may be divisive, are very well much there own, but fall flat on trying to be reflective of the original trio of Han, Luke, and Leia. Nevertheless they are loveable.
Most Star Wars fans will be divided on this film, but don't let that stop you from seeing it because even though the flaws are present, doesn't mean you shouldn't find joy in a saga that has helped many people find solace in life.