Rather enjoyable if uneven finale to the decade spanning skywalker saga

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2019)

After the fallout that is The Last Jedi, JJ Abrams and the makers of this film had a near impossible job of pleasing the fan base and tying up the Skywalker saga. The effects of this is a largely uneven first act where the story goes everywhere as the film frantically tries to lift off.
There are some very poor character decisions in this film that tried outright too hard to strip away the doings of The Last Jedi. I found that incoherent and though The Last Jedi made some questionable decisions, I would have enjoyed a film that tried to build upon The Last Jedi, instead of outright destroying it, as that would have surely made the trilogy a more cohesive and logical one.
While the first act jumped from one set piece to the next, giving us no time to explore and develop our characters, the pacing improved from there and delivered a divisive but satisfying ending that grants a re-watch.
As the end of the sequel trilogy, this film fail. But viewed on its own, this film is a worthy fan-fiction-like companion film to the originals.