This video won't make you like The Rise of Skywalker, but I hope it helps you hate it less.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
02:16 - Before The Rise
20:29 - JJ's Early Draft
33:31 - Production Interlude
36:18 - Untangling The Film
1:16:24 - Epilogue

If you'd like to dive deeper into the Star Wars Saga's development history yourself, here's all the behind-the-scenes sources I usually pull from:
https://pastebin.com/NthWEvbG

The Empire Wreckers actual play podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/141856/

Or Elsewhere on the internet:
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