CoachRTM said:
The Rise of Skywalker wasn't great, but Abrams was forced into a corner with a bunch of mis-managed s*** that he had to wrap up with only 2+ hours to do it. Rian Johnson taking a left turn (that's what it seems like anyway) on some of the plot points in the second movie ruined the whole trilogy to me because it basically forced the third movie to be a hodge-podge of story wrap up.
All the "left turn" plot points you're referring to were created by JJ, not RJ.
- Luke abandoning the galaxy
- An unbreakable schism between Ben and Luke
- Luke not immediately returning when Han was murdered or when a whole system was wiped out
- Luke not being able to be physically present for the final confrontation
- An entire massive invading army with superweapons just hanging out waiting to be unleashed on the galaxy
- Rey's identity as a nobody and her incredible innate power
Etc
That stuff is all JJ. RJ took it and ran with it. I get that the recurring theme of subverted expectations rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and that was all RJ. I get not liking the type of Star Wars movie TLJ was. But people pin a ton on the wrong guy. JJ made a mess of a lot of things in TFA and did a horrible job with TROS.