Probably the best of star wars movie outside the clones wars and empire strikes back

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2020)

This captures everything star wars should be a star war it has a cast of well acted and good but flawed characters who are put up against a superior force and pull off the impossible but unlike the original trilogy it doesn't end well for our heroes which is a great twist on the normal formula where you expect all the good guys to live.
On to the truly great bits the action scenes fast paced and incredible visuals and sound make them very effective unlike a lot in the sequels and prequels and even some in the original trilogy they have a lot of weight to them you feel the harshness of the rebel struggle like in the battle of both, also a rebel ship Rams a star destroy into another one and Darth Vader cuts up a bunch of rebels at the end it's absolutely class.
There are notable bad parts like the underuse of Mads Mikkleson or Forest Whitaker and the weird grand moff tarkin CGI also Diego Luna is a bit bland in it compared to Donnie Yen and Felicity Jones Eve Alan Tudyk as the cool Droid does a damn sight better job than him the pilot guy I can't remember his name is also good got some fun lines nothing to special, overall great acting brings a lot to the star wars brand more than the sequels and prequels do it's no clone wars but it's probably better than return of the Jedi definitely worth watching even if you don't like star wars it doesn't rely on nostalgia to be good like force awakens clearly does.