Lana Hunt-Brock

I did not feel like there was anything left undone or unexplained. I loved this entire movie. I've never felt so excited about a movie in my life. The atmosphere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was an absolutely amazing film. Thank you JJ and cast. I also enjoyed seeing a yellow lightsaber at the very end. I loved the scene between Rey and Ben when they were fighting on the same side, side by side...Just as Ben had seen before in his vision. Look there was nothing in the movie that I anticipated. I didn't expect to see Harrison Ford at all. I didn't expect to hear the force ghost voices; the Jedi who had died before. I didn't expect to see Force healing. I didn't expect to see Ben or Rey passing objects through the Force to one another, and it would later serve them in the battle against Palpatine. I didn't expect to see so many scenes with Carrie Fisher. And the way they wrapped up the ending for her was beautiful. She held the gold medallion in her hand and gave all she could to reach Ben. What energy she could muster to reach him drained her of her life and along with Rey's healing of Ben which gave him exposure to the Light Side of the Force and Leia's Love to reach him. The scene with Harrison Ford was even more poignant with the lines which came from Force Awakens. Having Palpatine in it was perfect to explain why there was still so much darkness in the universe. But the hope came from Kylo Ren when he told Palpatine he would kill him also. And while Kylo was busy getting his strength to face the Emporer, Rey was getting her strength to reach Ben. Finally, the kiss between Ben and Rey. Was amazing. We had seen them fight using the Force so long. When they were fighting on the sea I couldn't believe how much energy they put into their fight. It was astonishing. It seemed they were fighting themselves. And they were. Because they were a dyad. And together they could win but not on the dark side of the force but the light side. All the things I witnessed to wrap it up happened. I hated to see Ben die. But it made sense. He showed genuine proof that he had changed by giving his life for Rey. She deserved to live. And he knew that. You could see it in his eyes when he held her close to him. I could just see him saying, it should be me dead and not you. So I thought his sacrifice was just as beautiful as Leia's sacrifice to reach Ben...or her death would have been in vain. Palpatine was destroyed, this time melting down into nothing. And all the Sith were killed as the giant cave came down. Rey was brought back by Ben. The metal medallion was given to Chewie just as it should. None of the rest of the cast died. They lived to see a happy ending. I couldn't have imagined it any better than this. Thank you so much to JJ Abrams and to the cast of all the Star Wars movies. Thank you to George Lucas for bringing us the world of Star Wars. And for the small pitiful amount of negative naysayers, boohoo. There are more "real fans" of Star Wars out here that loved every minute of it. So absorb it all Star Wars fans. It was a perfect ending for the world of Star Wars as we know it. ~~Lana