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Originally Posted by psmith2.0
Is it the Rise of Skywalker of the Star Trek movies? Pointless and incoherent? Stupidly written and everything (including the kitchen sink) tossed into the mix, looking for a reason to exist?
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In fairness, Rise of Skywalker had to pick up and close off from the absolute mess of The Last Jedi.
Sure Kennedy et al greenlit three billion-dollar franchise movies without an overall story plan, and deserve much of the blame.
But Rian Johnson knowingly signed on to produce the middle chapter of a trilogy. Then he discarded what came before and and left no great threat or big bad for the final chapter. While none of the sequel trilogy plays particularly well, I feel Rise of Skywalker was severely hamstrung by what came before.