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 behindthescenes 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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