Completely faithful to the originals

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2020)

Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were formulaic. A brilliant formula with heroes, good v evil, sacrifice and friendship. A big bad thing (deathstar) overcome by a small band of rebels. The prequels lost sight of this and were poor as a result. The most recent trilogy embraced the formula and I for one loved them. I have been a massive fan since the original film, The Rise of Skywalker was predictable for me, and joyously so! I loved seeing aspects of the previous films played out again! The characters mirroring those from the first 3, situations playing out almost (but not quite) as they have before. That is Star Wars, and Rise of Skywalker was triumphant in this. An extremely emotional end to a 40+ year obsession! Go and watch it, but watch with the eyes of a child, not a critic (remember these are and always have been kids movies), and if you do you'll love it!!!!!