What can be even said about this unmitigated disaster that hasn't been said already? I think the thing I also wrote in title is the summary of the entire Disney saga and their legacy. They managed to kill the franchise, bury it, then dig it back up, skin it dead, take its skin, wear it and assume they are the true Star Wars franchise. Disney managed to kill each of the main legacy characters - one in each of the three movies and also not have them share a scene together - and then when all the Skywalkers were dead the only choice was to become the Palpatine and in the end assume the Skywalker name in an attempt to tie this botched trilogy to the legacy of the original one.
Inadvertently they managed to have this trilogy be about a Palpatine girl and kill all the Skywalkers to then have her assume the name Skywalker. If you are normal human being you would have to begin to wonder now if this wasn't done on purpose. If it was, then shame on Disney for essentially giving us a story in which the evil overthrones the good and has the audacity to call itself good in the end, even if a "good" girl is representing that evil in family relationship. If it wasn't, then you have to wonder how stupid the writers of this trilogy must have been that such an enormity has come out of this trilogy, essentially destroying everything the original one achieved - Vader's sacrifice, Luke's defiant last stand and character growth and Han's journey from a hot-headed mercenary to a believer and fighter for freedom and truth. Everything was undone in every way possible: Han reverts to being a mercenary, Luke turns into a hermit and Vader's act and prophecy fulfilling act is made irrelevant.
The only reason I am giving this movie more than 1 is that this movie actually tried to have a story and have a somewhat character growth or struggle for Rey even though everything completely fell apart.
As a quick note here's an ideea that could have fixed some things and could have left a not so soured taste in everyone's mouth. What if Rey died in the end and this all story turned out to be about a real Skywaler - Ben Solo - who was the only Skywalker left and the one who would carry the name forward? Then the last scene wasn't an insult to every fan by having a Palpatine character assume a Skywalker name and plus it would have made for a better character journey by having someone going from the dark side to the light side. As it stands Rey never had a character journey. She was just someone who witnessed all these events, killed the emperor and then thought she could become a Skywalker. At least Kylo had something resembling a character arc, even though that something was every director projecting their own vision over his character. But something compared to nothing still would have been a lot better. But nah, they went the safer route: Kylo dies just like Vader did, the emperor dies again and the main jedi survives just like in the OT. Wow, what originality. Thank you Disney for destroying everything Star Wars stands for, stood for and will stand for. 2/10.
Inadvertently they managed to have this trilogy be about a Palpatine girl and kill all the Skywalkers to then have her assume the name Skywalker. If you are normal human being you would have to begin to wonder now if this wasn't done on purpose. If it was, then shame on Disney for essentially giving us a story in which the evil overthrones the good and has the audacity to call itself good in the end, even if a "good" girl is representing that evil in family relationship. If it wasn't, then you have to wonder how stupid the writers of this trilogy must have been that such an enormity has come out of this trilogy, essentially destroying everything the original one achieved - Vader's sacrifice, Luke's defiant last stand and character growth and Han's journey from a hot-headed mercenary to a believer and fighter for freedom and truth. Everything was undone in every way possible: Han reverts to being a mercenary, Luke turns into a hermit and Vader's act and prophecy fulfilling act is made irrelevant.
The only reason I am giving this movie more than 1 is that this movie actually tried to have a story and have a somewhat character growth or struggle for Rey even though everything completely fell apart.
As a quick note here's an ideea that could have fixed some things and could have left a not so soured taste in everyone's mouth. What if Rey died in the end and this all story turned out to be about a real Skywaler - Ben Solo - who was the only Skywalker left and the one who would carry the name forward? Then the last scene wasn't an insult to every fan by having a Palpatine character assume a Skywalker name and plus it would have made for a better character journey by having someone going from the dark side to the light side. As it stands Rey never had a character journey. She was just someone who witnessed all these events, killed the emperor and then thought she could become a Skywalker. At least Kylo had something resembling a character arc, even though that something was every director projecting their own vision over his character. But something compared to nothing still would have been a lot better. But nah, they went the safer route: Kylo dies just like Vader did, the emperor dies again and the main jedi survives just like in the OT. Wow, what originality. Thank you Disney for destroying everything Star Wars stands for, stood for and will stand for. 2/10.