‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Review: What a Piece of Junk

By his own admission, director J.J.

Abrams is bad at endings.

“I’ve never been great at endings,” Abrams told The New York Times.

“I don’t actually think I’m good at anything, but I know how to begin a story.

Ending a story is tough.” So perhaps it should come as no surprise that Abrams’ grand conclusion to the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is a failure.

The nature of the failure is also not entirely unexpected if you look at Abrams’ filmography.

A skilled mimic, Abrams has trouble drilling down on the finer …

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