The Rise of Skywalker: Memorabilia without Memory, a Misunderstanding of Hope

Note: this contains basically all the spoilers

It’s impossible to talk about The Rise of Skywalker without addressing the huge, hateful backlash to The Last Jedi and to a lesser extent, The Force Awakens.

The endless, painful conversations about how Rey is a Mary Sue, how she must be related to powerful legendary Jedi, how Rose Tico is a terrible character, how Luke’s character was ruined because he’s not a superhero, etcetc, have all been rattling around the internet, along…