It’s safe to say Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (which marks its third birthday today) is the franchise’s most hated big-screen release. The prequel trilogy is now solidly into its critical rehabilitation phase as those that enjoyed it as kids find many reasons to love it as adults, The Clone Wars animated movie is at least appreciated for introducing us to Ahsoka Tano, and the other Disney-era films may be divisive but absolutely have their merits.
But there’s little love for The Rise of Skywalker, which is widely considered a cinematic disaster by fans and critics alike (as proven by its lowly 52% Rotten Tomatoes score). However, on Reddit the final scene of the movie, in which Rey buries the Skywalker lightsabers in the Tatooine sand and takes on the name Rey Skywalker as Luke and Leia’s Force Ghosts look on approvingly, is now getting almost universal praise: