10 Movies That Are Basically One Big Apology
2. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Not all apologies are warranted, and that's certainly the case with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
After the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, The Force Awakens, was criticised for being too much of an homage sequel to A New Hope, Rian Johnson's follow-up The Last Jedi went in the entire opposite direction.
Critically lauded though more divisive with fans, The Last Jedi threw most of the fan theories out with the bath water, hurling several big narrative curveballs at audiences while refusing to pander to the more sentimental quarters of the fanbase.
Following the massive controversy, J.J. Abrams decided to fashion the saga-capping follow-up as a course-correction of-sorts, walking back The Last Jedi's biggest controversy - that Rey (Daisy Ridley) was a nobody - bringing back Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) for kicks, and basically vomiting two hours of lazy fan service at the screen.
The Rise of Skywalker ended up falling flat even for many who loathed The Last Jedi, because it felt less like a coherent, motivated story than it did a soulless attempt to please the most vocal complainers among the fanbase.