Let me start with a disclaimer... I actually liked Rise of Skywalker, despite what the bulk of this post will discuss. It was fun, it was Star Wars, Rey's battle with Kylo on the Death Star remains was pure spectacle... Overall I think they did a fine job of telling the story they wanted to and wrapping up the Skywalker saga. Sadly, there's a lot of room in "fine" to find fault. More revelations/admissions/what have you... I really liked Last Jedi. It took me a couple of viewings, but I came away loving the chances they took and the changes they put in motion. My annoyance with Star Wars fandom after the blistering meltdown Last Jedi triggered knows no bounds. So I was really frustrated by the way Rise walked back so many of the plot points from Last Jedi, despite all J. J. 's assurances to the contrary. I was even more annoyed by the way these things were handled... It wasn't sufficient to sideline those changes, but they did their best to invalidate them
in my NOT so humble opinion
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