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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Kathleen Kennedy didn't ruin the franchise, Star Wars fanbase did after they whined there way to a mediocre fan service stuffed conclusion after not letting The Last Jedi take the franchise where it wanted to go, and being unable to let go of the Original Trilogy.
To paraphrase Vince McMahon....
"Star Wars fans screwed Star Wars fans" (in a gravely, and very raspy voice)
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I respectfully disagree. The Last Jedi was a fundamentally poor movie and a disastrous second movie.
The Force Awakens played it safe, but planted the seeds for the second movie... which was likely also intended to play it safe, but grow the seeds for the third movie. All those seeds were tossed aside in the name of trying to make an edgy Star Wars movie.
The injection of not-so subtle politics and unlikeable characters aside, it totally derailed the flow. If Kylo is the primary antagonist, where do you go? It kills the redemption arc. If the First Order is decimated and the Resistance is down to what the Falcon can hold, where do you go?
No Snoke, no Luke, Carrie Fisher dying between movies, and The Last Jedi seemingly acting as a standalone ending meant a third movie was going to be a challenge. Now add to it that a section of the fanbase felt alienated and there was a risk they would stay at home for the third film and further damage box office (like Solo).
JJ Abrams had to re-plant new seeds and resolve them all in the same film, and what we got what a hack job. The fanservice in the Rise of Skywalker wasn't the problem (it wasn't great either), but the plot was the problem.
Because Disney/Kennedy were determined to make sure everyone loved the new characters (especially Rey), this meant the tail wagged the dog plot wise. The shock moment (if you must resurrect Palpatine) should have been that not only was Rey his grandchild created by randomly impregnating some farm girl on Jakku... but that he had done it once before... and he was also the father of Anakin (and also Luke's grandfather), making the whole saga one f-ed up family fight. The final scene should have had Anakin, Luke AND Rey fighting Palpatine and Anakin being the one to actually kill Palpatine, and maybe fully dying and losing his abaility to be a ghost or something. This way, Rey is both a Palpatine AND a Skywalker (so you get that cringey moment, but in a way that adds to the mythos, and keeps Anakin as the chosen one).