You thought the prequels were bad? Well here we are longing for the days of Jar Jar Binks and endless senate squabbles. Disney straight up did not care about the Star Wars Universe at all. They only wanted to make money, so they threw together this sad excuse of a story and shoved down our throats then told us to like it because it's "original". Yes, it's original in how truly awful it is.
After Snoke was killed in TLJ, Abrams could've gone the safe route and just kept Kylo as the big bad. Apparently that made too much sense so he decided he would bring back Palpatine. This was absolutely forced. There was no lead up to it at all. We are told in the opening crawl that "Palpatine has somehow returned" and the only explanation is that he "used the dark side." But the man was electrocuted, thrown down a reactor, and then blown up along with the Death Star. Even if his body somehow survived, it would've been left floating in space. Yes, I get that he seems to have mastered Plagueis' power of manipulating midichlorians, but again there was just not enough setup or explanation for this to work. This was a sad cop out and was extremely forced.
Apparently he also has this massive fleet of planet-killing Star Destroyers that can be blown up with a couple shots to their external cannon. They are stored...underground for some reason? Also, we get no explanation as to how he built these aside from "oh hey, these weird sith people built them". Give us a little explanation somewhere in this entire film please. I could also go on and on about the wayfinders and the ridiculous dagger that is actually a map leading to the Death Star wreckage that is out in the middle of the ocean but I will spare you the time on that.
Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter? Cheap rip-off of the big reveal from Empire Strikes Back. Then at the end she claims to be a Skywalker? She straight up is not and her claim to this tarnishes the legacy of Luke and Anakin (this entire trilogy is an insult to Anakin). Ben should've survived instead of her and gone on to say "I am Ben Skywalker." This would at least be somewhat true.
We have never been given a reason to care about Finn or Poe. And after watching this, I care about them less than ever. Any plot points involving them go for a out 2 minutes then fizzle into nothing, usually because more tie fighters are attacking out of nowhere.
The Knights of Ren are...who exactly? Three films later and they still haven't told us. And don't tell me to go read a book. I am a huge fan of Star Wars books and other added material, but the films CANNOT depend on a book to make sense. They must make sense on their own and then the extended material adds depth to that. If you can't explain your characters in the actual movie then that's your problem.
Lando randomly amassed a gigantic fleet in a matter of hours from out of nowhere and they all suddenly know how to get to the unknown planet of Exegol?
When Rey blew up the transport, they should've made it so Chewy actually died. Yes, it would be hard to see Chewy die, but at least there would actually be some conflict within Rey and some consequences to her actions. We later see her encounter her dark side self on the Death Star wreckage (which has magically been floating in the same spot all this time). We are supposed to be concerned about her turning to the dark side but they never give enough reason to be concerned. This entire trilogy she is unconflicted, underdeveloped, and overpowered.
Speaking of which, Disney threw in these stupid force connections that now cause people to drop dead from grief? What a horrible way to kill Leia.
"I am all the sith/I am all the Jedi"? This part was just a joke. It felt like it was written by a 12-year-old.
A random woman in the middle of the desert on Tatooine asking for Rey's last name? Extremely forced.
Adam driver is the one and only redeeming quality of this film. Star Wars has had some rough moments in the past but this takes the cake. Completely destroys the entire purpose of Anakin/Vader, has hundreds of plot holes, doesn't abide by the rules of its own universe, and it is a shame this film exists at all. Shame on you, Disney.
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