Overall a disappointment with some decent parts

Rating: 3/10 (29 June 2019)

Half of this film is terrible and adds nothing to the story and the other half isn't too bad. It feels as though Disney never really planned these films out but made it up as they went along. Apparently JJ Abrams had the story worked out in his head and gave Johnson his ideas but these were thrown away. The reason the MCU has done so well is that they plan something like the next 10 films.
There are some decent parts. Mark Hamill's performance is probably the best part of this film. In interviews he seems sad that they took the most optimistic guy who wouldn't give up on Darth Vader no matter what and ruined him. Now he tries to kill his nephew over sensing darkness. Luke teaching Rey about the Force and the Jedi is also very interesting and it feels like they could have explored that a lot more. They could have taken out the pointless side quest and spent more time on the island. Yoda appearing is a very good scene. The special effects are very good as well. The relationship between Kylo Renn and Rey is interesting. Snoke is a very interesting character and he seems to be wasted, a bit like Darth Maul. The throne room scene is great though. Adam Driver's acting is pretty decent.
The rest is either completely pointless or just terrible. The new character Rose is very annoying and the side quest she goes on with Finn is absolutely pointless and seems like filler. For some reason they decide to preach about slavery. Laura Dern's character keeps secrets for no reason and the fact that she can fly her ship through another ship just makes you ask why they didn't do that to the Death Stars. Some of Daisey Ridley's line delivery is very poor and seems like she's just reading off a script yet at other times her acting is good. Also, they set up some great questions in The Force Awakens but pretty much discarded them or answered them poorly. The forced comedy is terrible as well. Leia Poppins was probably the worst part of the film.
Overall, the fans were obviously disappointed which was shown by the Solo film doing poorly. If you compare they hype for Avengers: Endgame to the hype for The Rise Of Skywalker, you can see how poor this trilogy has been. They should have just hired JJ Abrams for the entire trilogy. Hopefully the 3rd film saves the trilogy.