Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - 26 WTF Moments

18. Rose & Maz Kanata Get Totally Wasted

It's plainly clear from the movie's frantic, rushed pacing that it struggled to do justice to its massive canvas of characters, and there are a few blatant cases where pivotal characters had their presence majorly de-emphasised.

Though Rose's relationship with Finn divided fans, her role in The Rise of Skywalker is depressingly scant, relegated to hanging out in the Resistance base and, well, basically doing nothing else. For someone who played a major part in The Last Jedi and should've done so here, that's incredibly disheartening.

And the other major neglected character is Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong'o). Though Maz had a terrific introduction in The Force Awakens, she showed up in The Last Jedi for all of a forgettable holographic cameo.

And while she does show up for a few scenes in this movie, she doesn't really do much notable at all, beyond handing Leia's (Carrie Fisher) medal to Chewie, that is.

Given that we know a scene was originally shot for The Force Awakens which saw Maz revealing her Force abilities by collapsing a roof on some Stormtroopers, it's extremely disappointing that the character doesn't get involved in the action this time.

What a waste of Lupita Nyong'o this was.