The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

What I liked:

• C-3PO plays the Hero - and there's plenty of R2D2 and BB
• Adam Driver has grown into the role - Daisy Ridley is great
• Stunning visuals, and mostly well-done action scenes. Love the Sith world
• Marvelous John Williams score
• Ian McDiarmid is back as Palpatine. Great voice! 
• The 7 foot slug - thank God he's on our side -plus Admiral Ackbar Jnr. 
• Luke's Ghost acts like the "old Luke"
• No more Old Lady Admirals with secrets 
• Final scene with Rey is awesome.

Things I didn't like:

• Until the last act, plot is just a endless series of chases, fights, and escapes as our 3 heroes (Rey, Finn, and Poe) go searching for the MacGuffin 
• Story makes little sense and has no connection to Episode VIII. Why is Palpatine still alive? What happened to the First order? Why are Kylo and Rey constantly talking and fighting? 
• Final act is recycled. Once again, the Good Guys have to destroy Death Stars. And we end with another simultaneous confrontation with the Emperor and a star-ship battle.
• The Palpitine Confrontation is a copy of Return of the Jedi,  Rey = Luke,  Kylo =  Darth Vadar,  Zombie Palpatine = Live Palpatine
• Rey is now a comic-book superhero. She can heal mortal wounds, destroy star-ships with her light saber and halt others in mid-air. Along with: sending objects instantaneously through space, coming back from the "dead" and beating everyone in combat. 
• Dead no longer means dead. There are no rules/limits. Palpatine at one point, stops thousands of Space ships in mid-battle. So, why does he need a death star? Luke's ghost raises his old spacecraft from the Sea. And Kylo brings Rey back from "the dead" - after himself being "Killed" and thrown down a 100 foot shaft.
• Leia is creepy. Cary Fischer has been dead for 3 years, but Leia is still commanding the Resistance and training Rey. Eventually, Leia dies onscreen - but whole thing is too weird.
• Poe and Finn are given little to do except shout "Rey" a lot, and engage in badly written banter. There's zero character development, and they have little chemistry or warmth with each other.    
• Final battle gets silly with horses charging about on the deck of a Star-ship destroyer. 
• Dull Harrison Ford shows up - he should just retire.