Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will leave you strangely dissatisfied

The movie is set at an almost breathless pace that seems to be a continuation of a chase that started many movies ago

It’s hard to know where to begin discussing the latest instalment of the nine-part series which has popularly come to be known as the “Skywalker Saga”.  One of the greatest rides across galaxies, this is a journey that has lasted 42 years. Director J J Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit theatres this week and in all likelihood will mark the end of the saga. 

For those who’ve managed to evade the cultish magnetic pull of the series, Star Wars is a space opera epic (do not, please, confuse it with Star Trek — that’s a piece of science