There has never been a sequel that disrespects & retcons the previous movies at this level

Rating: 2/10 (23 December 2019)

This is not a review but a sincere statement. If you really, REALLY don't care about logic & coherent storytelling, you may have fun with this movie. But before giving it a rating, think about these and realize we deserve a better film:
*How did Palpatine survive being thrown by Vader to a freaking abyss and subsequently the explosion of the death star ? Forget about that, how did the throne room even survive the fall from SPACE? Also, wasn't Anakin the chosen one who brought balance to the force at the end of ROTJ? I guess not.
*How did Poe perform the lightspeed trick at the beginning of the movie? Just like "Holdo's maneuver", it completely breaks canon and makes every escape scene from previous movies stupid for not attempting this.
*The sith dagger makes NO SENSE at all. Who built it? How did they know what was in those death star remains ? How does Rey know where to EXACTLY stand for it to function properly?
*After 3 movies, not only do we ignore how the First Order came to be, but all of the sudden you also must buy Palpatine's fleet of endless battleships and the Final Order? None of that with any proper explanation. It's just there because they need a threat.
*What the hell is FORCE HEALING? How come Rey & Kylo are suddenly able to perform such a miracle? Force Skyping wasn't enough to completely break suspension of disbelief ?
*Why would Palpatine keep going for force lighting when Rey started her counterattack?
This movie not only has awkward, frantic pacing and an incoherent story with increasingly unbelievable mcguffins & random uses of the force, it even retcons TLJ (as much as I'd like to see that as a good thing, it isn't):
*Old Leia is suddenly a Jedi. Her scenes are also hard to watch because you can tell they've been heavily retooled.
*Force Ghost Luke suddenly does not want lightsabers being disrespected.
He can also lift up his old X-Wing that somehow functions after decades of being sunk in the water.
*Rose Tico is no longer a relevant character. Every development she had with Finn? Meaningless.
*Rey's parents are the OPPOSITE of nobodies now. You also need to be a part of a legendary blood lineage to be a Jedi, so I guess broom kid at the end of TLJ is out of luck.
I could go on and on, but I suspect that you don't enjoy reading too much if you love this movie and no amount of reasonable questions is going to convince you of the contrary. Ep IX is a perfect closure for the Disney sequel trilogy...but not in the way they intended to.