Action & Sentiment Rule But Ending is But A beginning of Another Order

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2019)

Well, it finally happened, we have a Star Wars film where C3PO is at a loss for words. After 8 episodes of twaddle, C3PO has to be hacked because he is banned from translating Sith language by his own programming. Perhaps the Sith is the only thing that can shut him up. In 9 movies, C3PO has had more lines than any other character in these films.
Whats nice here is seeing all the characters make appearances in the franchsie conculsion. The plot is rather predictable, Emperor Palentine has built the Final Order, a huge fleet of Dreaknots all equpped with planet killer cannons. It appears he wants to take this fleet and destroy every planet in the universe until he eliminates the rebel rebellion.
The are the sub plots of his supposed Grand-Daughter, Rey, and wanting her and Genera; Leia's Son to rule the universe together by killing him? Meanwhile, they plot to get together and kill him. Only there's some detours through battles and of course Ray stops to see Luke Skywalker to finally complete her training. Amazingly, fate has provided more of General Leia than I expected. I think they must have filmed most of the sequences for this movie before Fisher's sudden death. That a big break for this movie as her role is actually still a pivot in the film, and then the General is put to rest right about the time her son and Rey face down Palentine.
Finn has something to tell Rey, but he never does tell her anything. That is one of the films small moments of humor. This one is built more on sentiment and less on humor than previous films in the series. Nice to have Lando back. Even nicer is Solo *Harrison Ford" getting one last time to say goodbye to his son Kylo Ren. It's a well done emotional scene. This series have given so much to so many over the years and like several members of the cast, some of us who first saw episode 4 in the 1970's sis not make it to the last reel of this film. Rey defeats Palentine once and for all with the help of both Luke, and his son Kylo, and the universe is saved.
Then there is this last sequence, an emotional moment back at the beginning where we first met Luke. Rey goes back to the beginning at the end. It is the perfect ending, but it might be a beginning as well. It completes the cycle of Rey looking for her identity. She had to go back to the beginning, establish order back into the force, and to the universe. Thus it ends