An Epic Finish!

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2020)

I am absolutely in love with this film, it was the ending to a long running series that I needed, and what a way to finish. This one is right up there with SW: A New Hope (1977), SW: The Force Awakens (2015) and Rogue One (2016).
It picks up where that God awful film, SW: The Last Jedi (2017) ended and might as well have just carried on from The Force Awakens (I see no point to The Last Jedi at all). My only real criticism is that there is a lot in this film, which perhaps could have been spread out a bit more in its predecessor to make it more interesting, and give time for this one to flow a little easier, but I have to say they all did a brilliant job, especially as they had to fix what had happened before and deal with the death of the brilliant Carrie Fisher, I thought they were very clever with that and not over the top or gushy as they could have been.
They tease you throughout that others may die and the trailer makes you think that Lando will play a bigger part, but I think they had a good balance of everyone.
Bringing Palpatine back is not a cop out at all and the revelation of Rey's parentage helps to make more sense of all of the "Sequels".
I'm still not a fan of Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, feeling that he lacks the charisma and appeal necessary for the character, but I absolutely loved the others in this one, especially Oscar Isaacs who was hotter than ever, particularly in those trousers.
The return of many characters, even if only by voice, was very clever to show that we are at the end and give some closure to our favourites, that we have lived with for so long.
This is what a Star Wars film is all about, a small band of rebels bringing hope and saving the galaxy, uniting the universe defeating the bad guys!
So many things to list that made me happy, but I suggest you watch it yourself and find out what makes you happy instead. I'm sure you will have the warm fuzzy and joyous feeling that I had when the plan all comes together and success is achieved.