STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER: C-

Accepting that Star Wars is sort of meant to be silly is key to enjoying The Rise of Skywalker, an entertaining enough trifle in the flashy JJ Abrams style. As in The Force Awakens, characters bicker, Rey scowls, and Finn screams her name a lot. It’s very urgent, this saving the galaxy business, as Mr. Abrams is apparently afraid we will forget at any moment. The lens flare-filled finale, featuring the literal puppet corpse of the big bad of the past two trilogies, is as unintentionally brilliant a metaphor as anyone could offer for Disney’s Star Wars.

Matt Guerrero, Founding Editor