A New Hope

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2019)

Nope, it's not a complex story; it's paper-thin and just a tiny little bit surprising. Sometimes. But what else is new? Even the main characters remain rather flat, but being the fairy-tale this space-opera is, what else would you expect?
What it does is respecting it's heritage. No more, no less. And that's a good thing.
It has beautiful imagery, a pleasant amount of action in it, bits of humour and sometimes it's even emotional. I loved the way there's being referred to the other eight episodes (and more).
So, for over more than 2 hours it made me feel almost like the first time I saw Star Wars 40 years ago, which made me give 9+1-nostalgia-star-out-of-10.
To the (disney)haters, strict-canon-followers or legends-worshippers I can only say: yes, it could have ended in so many other ways, but JJ & co. created this one and I think they ended the saga in a more than acceptable way.
But you're still free use your imagination and create a myriad of alt ends? Right? And then, maybe one day, you could sell your splendid idea to Disney...