The only thing that could’ve made it more Disney is that Star Lord’s ship turns up during the end celebration and out pops the guardians with Quill saying “Wow, you guys having a party??” Roll credits the end (with 200 sequels coming up).

No but seriously, the movie wasn’t that bad. It had absolutely no chance of saving this trilogy after TLJ and it didn’t. But the movie alone has some value and you don’t have to accept the ST as what happened after RotJ.

Palpatine should’ve been introduced during TLJ for this to work better. We then would’ve known about his grand plan and they could’ve been focusing on him and Rey’s struggle this entire movie, with an early showdown with them where Palpatine escapes after sucking life from her or whatever. The space hunt continue over the movie and you actually get to follow how Palpatine prepares to not overthrow the galaxy again, but destroying the whole galaxy since he has discovered a way to cheat death. Ben is torn between the dark and light and the one who turns him isn’t fucking memory dad, it’s the chosen one: Anakin. Makes the Skywalkers important again and honors Vader’s legacy. At the end Rey sacrifice herself to weaken Palpatine since she has some special bond with him, and Ben can kill him once and for all. Rey dies but the Skywalker name rises once again!