...and in
No Shit, Tell Us Something We Didn't Know news,
The Rise of Skywalker was rushed and is a bunch of fan-service, according to the film's editor. 
Kinda disheartening to read how moviemaking is dictated by release dates/marketing reasons. Could this have been a better, stronger (and more coherent) movie if maybe they'd kicked it out until May (historically a pretty good time for SW to be released to the world), and they put in a little more work? Who knows. But this article proves there was a flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/cobbling-it-together-as-you-went aspect to the production, as I've suspected/said. They didn't sit in a traditional editing bay for a decent amount of time and maybe think about, or try different, approaches. Or maybe even view it all in a "big picture" way before going to work on it? It seems it was "Action! Cut! How's this? Print. Next!" affair, editing/making big decisions in the field, in real time. That can't be an ideal approach for this kind of movie.
And it shows, IMO.
A kangaroo on PCP might've put together a more nuanced, better-flowing and easier-to-follow movie. But don't hold me to that...I'm merely speculating, based on my limited knowledge of marsupials and angel dust.
As for the final paragraph:
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One of the biggest complaints thrown at “Rise of Skywalker” is that the movie is pure fan service, which is not a claim Brandon will try to fight. “Look, sure, it’s fan service,” the editor said, “[but] if you didn’t service the fans, it would be, ‘Oh, he didn’t go along with the history of ‘Star Wars’ and what it all means.’”
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Yeah, but you managed to botch both. Congrats.