A top Star Wars movie

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2019)

As far as Star Wars movies go, this is the only one I can honestly say I enjoyed as an adult - the others being the original 3 I watched as a kid but no longer care for.
This is what I wish Star Wars movies were all about, rather than the cliche eye-rolling fluffiness that the franchise has mostly produced.
A very brave entry overall that surprised me.
Why? It's ominous and bleak, no 'cute and fun' characters (unless you count the robot drone, who grew on me fast and was a worthy addition), and most importantly, none of the main characters survive this suicide mission of a plot. All those people on the poster... they all die. No one's sugar coating anything here, there's no 'coming back from the dead' type tricks. Now that's space opera cinema I can get on board with.