The main problem with this new trilogy is the lack of a unified vision and that comes down to them not having any idea they were going with it when they started it. Then when they hired two different directors who obviously don't agree on what a Star Wars movie should be, it turned into a hot mess.
It can be simply illustrated with Kylo Ren's mask:
- J.J. Abrams thinks masks are cool so when he made The Force Awakens, he gave Kylo a mask.
- Rian Johnson thinks masks are stupid so first thing he does is make Snoke denigrate the mask and Kylo smash it in anger in The Last Jedi.
- J.J. Abrams comes back Rise of Skywalker and says "I SAID MASKS ARE COOL!" and Kylo welds his mask back together.
Hiring different directors would have been fine if they had a strict idea of what the story was going to be and tied the directors to it. After all, it worked splendidly with the first trilogy where Irvin Kershner stepped in for Empire Strikes Back and Rchard Marquand for Return of the Jedi and that was because George Lucas' vision was still present throughout all three films.
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