JJ Abrams ruined the sequel trilogy with the last film. It sucked. A decent finale would have made a serviceable trilogy, not the hot mess express we got that's what Disney has to live with. That they let the POS that is Rise of Skywalker get released instead of delaying it for a few years and putting something better out.
The real problem with the prequels is that Episode 1 doesn't need to exist. It's a backstory movie that could have just been trusted. Like we never saw Obi Wan defending Duchess Satine, but they talked about it and showed it a bit in their personal relationship and that was it.
Can you imagine instead and episode 1 being episode 2 with some fixed holes to it but more just fixing the pacing you can end before the battle of geonosis properly takes place (like the military siege. Like end it right after Yoda/Dooku battle) Episode 2 would mainly be about the clone wars and the fall of Anakin. Episode 3 would be about the rise of Empire, Jedi Hunting, and Padme, Organa, and others setting the proper start to the rebellion.
But that's jsut a simple man's simple opinion on that.
Sequels issues are mainly that JJ is a **** closer. Always has been always will be. That was their mistake. Honestly anything else could have been better than Rise of Skywalker.
Trevorrow's script was so much better than JJ's.
https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-reason...-of-skywalker/
JJ sucks, that's it.