As a big fan of SM and the old anime, I think it dragged down the entire series' quality.
Galaxia was depicted as a very evil, super ruthless villain, who was extremely cruel against her own sailors and brutally murdered all other senshi. Then it suddenly said: She was possessed! Also Chaos had little screentime/buildup as well. So it just felt so odd. Compare to S, we saw Hotaru's character very well. Mistress 9 is evil but she didn't kill many ppl, and almost got killed by her own boss. I don't see a problem with Usagi trusting Hotaru. The only problem is just one part of the plot: Usagi giving her the Grail and summoned out Pharaoh 90, this part of the plot could have been handled better.
Also the final fight was purely about redemption without a beatdown of Galaxia first to let the audience feel relived for her wrong doing, nor did she make sacrifice to atone her crime. So it left the audience pissed off. Good redemption have the villain to suffer a breakdown for their wrong doing, and sacrifice themselves to help atone the crime. Nephrite, Demande and the black moon sisters being the good example.
It also ruined Usagi's character as well. In the DK arc she was able to stand up and hurt the brainwashed Mamoru because of the Inner Four's sacrifice. Their death(and Mamoru's) made progress and help develop Usagi's character to the heroine who bravely stood against Super Beryl, but in Stars meh, they all died in vain. So it lacks of the impact and development even though there were more deaths.
It would have been much better if it was a Sailor team stand together to beat down Galaxia, THEN redeem her or let Usagi stop the killing blow because Chaos was the true villain. I like Stars overall, but the ending has always been my biggest complain of the entire series.
Galaxia was depicted as a very evil, super ruthless villain, who was extremely cruel against her own sailors and brutally murdered all other senshi. Then it suddenly said: She was possessed! Also Chaos had little screentime/buildup as well. So it just felt so odd. Compare to S, we saw Hotaru's character very well. Mistress 9 is evil but she didn't kill many ppl, and almost got killed by her own boss. I don't see a problem with Usagi trusting Hotaru. The only problem is just one part of the plot: Usagi giving her the Grail and summoned out Pharaoh 90, this part of the plot could have been handled better.
Also the final fight was purely about redemption without a beatdown of Galaxia first to let the audience feel relived for her wrong doing, nor did she make sacrifice to atone her crime. So it left the audience pissed off. Good redemption have the villain to suffer a breakdown for their wrong doing, and sacrifice themselves to help atone the crime. Nephrite, Demande and the black moon sisters being the good example.
It also ruined Usagi's character as well. In the DK arc she was able to stand up and hurt the brainwashed Mamoru because of the Inner Four's sacrifice. Their death(and Mamoru's) made progress and help develop Usagi's character to the heroine who bravely stood against Super Beryl, but in Stars meh, they all died in vain. So it lacks of the impact and development even though there were more deaths.
It would have been much better if it was a Sailor team stand together to beat down Galaxia, THEN redeem her or let Usagi stop the killing blow because Chaos was the true villain. I like Stars overall, but the ending has always been my biggest complain of the entire series.