Poor. If it weren't Star Wars you wouldn't watch it

Rating: 2/10 (22 December 2019)

If you're the kind of person who believes dialogue and character development ruin movies, this is probably the right movie for you.
The first half of the movie is like trying to read a book in a rally-car. It's almost as though the scriptwriter and/or director worry the lack of dialogue will bore you, so you end up jumping from scene to scene in a seemingly haphazard way.
Some old faces are wheeled out, again with very little to say. Their only purpose seems to be to distract you from the fact the film offers very little. There's a whole story arc involving a droid which isn't actually necessary. There are also various inexplicable things about the main baddie of the movie, together with some other baddies.
There is admittedly a period of about 30-40mins where if you haven't left the cinema, you start to get into it. That soon swings back to disappointment again quickly though.