Second time was better

Rating: 9/10 (20 June 2020)

At first I thought this sequel was just ok. After the the last Jedi which I'm my opinion did everything it could to end the Skywalker saga, I felt that The Rise... could not undo all the damage that was done in the last film. After seeing it a second time at home I noticed that there were many subtle moments that cheeped to connect the dots for me. To my fellow Star Wars fans, these 3 films had a lot to live up to and for most of us the originals were part of growing up. That said I think JJ did all that could be expected given the above issues. I definitely loved it the second tone around.