Mixed emotions

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2019)

First of all I want to say that, for the most part, the movie is very enjoyable; incredible visuals and John Williams & co were exceptional as always. But it was such a mess. I can't help but feel like Disney have spat on the Star Wars saga with this new trilogy for the sake of making money. It's blatantly obvious now that there was not a plan in place before they made TFA and that after TLJ, they decided to go in a completely different direction - if they wanted to back-pedal any faster they would have needed a hyperdrive. There was also a huge amount of things that were just glazed over: Palpatine's return, new powers and new concepts of the force, just to name a few. There was also a huge amount of questionable dialogue. From stupid and cheesy lines, to Luke completely contradicting things he did and said in the previous movie, to lines taken straight from Avengers Endgame (honestly it couldn't have been any more obvious). Despite some great throwbacks and despite arguably being the best movie in the trilogy - I still wish they hadn't made the sequel trilogy and that they had stuck to spin offs like Rogue One and The Mandolorian.