Just back from The Rise of Skywalker.
You'll know if you want to see it or not.
I did not like it. I was not bored at any time during the movie, but it was not good. I shan't go into any spoilers here, but no. Just no. Too many plot contrivances, too much retconning. Looks nice and there's plenty of action in the first act, but I can't recommend this one.
This is the first time I've not gone to see a Star Wars film on opening day ever. Even the rereleases.
I'll still see it in a theater, but haven't yet. I'm not one of those people who think their "childhood has been ruined" but I didn't care for the new trilogy on the whole, which is why I haven't bothered to see it yet. It will probably be a bit before I do actually as I'm kind of busy, prior to TLJ I would have made time for this, but given the current state of things I don't think that is worth it.
I didn't hate TLJ and see what Rian Johnson was going for, but it didn't work either. I initially liked the film a lot less, but over time and another viewing given some distance has improved my take on it. That doesn't mean I think it is a good movie, it's just that some of it makes more sense now than it did when I first saw it, and I can see the shell of what they wanted to do and didn't pull off.
Some of the character elements make more sense than a lot of the salty fans give it credit for. It wasn't as "subversive" as a lot of people think and makes more sense in some places than it's given credit for, but it's also so subtle and obtuse sometimes that it's not surprising that people missed it.
I don't think Rian's filmmaking style goes well with the kind of movie Star Wars probably should be.
I don't think TLJ in particular left enough to build this filrm on either, so I'm not expecting it to be a "good" Star Wars movie. It has too much ground to make up even for a 2+hour film. Also, Rey as a character kind of sucks. I don't blame Daisy for that as nothing about the character's flaws are her fault.
Kylo has the most interesting arc in the new Trilogy so far. Adam Driver has been the best thing about the new Star Wars movies. Finn was great in TFA, he had the most original and interesting arc in the film, but TLJ kind of ruined that by basically not knowing what to do with him.
Overall, I'm not really impressed with any of the new Star Wars movies. However, I also wasn't with the Prequel Trilogy. Particularly Episode 1, but Episode 2 wasn't that much of an improvement. Revenge of the Sith was really the only film in that trilogy I'd say is actually good to this day, though they all had good sequences in them.
I kind of wish they'd move away from the whole Skywalker thing at this point. I'm hoping we get new characters in a different time period that have nothing to do with them when they make another Star Wars film. They don't have to go back in time and do the Old Republic, but just far enough away that they can sever the connection with this story pretty much entirely and start fresh. There is just too much division with staying where they are, and it's been building since Episode 1. TLJ and Rise are just the peak of it.