Get past the originality complaints and it's a good film

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2020)

Return of the Jedi was the first Star Wars movie I saw in the theaters. I thought IX was very good especially if you are a kid and this is your first few Star Wars movie.
The Last Jedi was bad. It turned our hero who once wasn't afraid to go after the Empire, to a scared wuss.
IX helps to ease that tension and it also helps fill Rey's training, Leia's powers, and finalizes our old heroes.
At the beginning, it was like the Last Jedi and jumped scene to scene so fast. I didn't like It. It eventually slowed down but then it was similar to the Last Jedi in that our new heroes go on a mission in search of a device to find the Sith base.
IX on its own is very good if the Last Jedi hadn't been made. But because it was, it was more of the same but without the wuss Luke.
The showdown with the emperor was very good. Then again it was all the same with Return of the Jedi when Luke faced off with him, overlooking the space battle. Obviously it was meant to be that way, maybe to give new generations of kids the same feeling. Old school guys before me probably don't like it.
On its own, it's a very good movie if you can get past the originality complaints. It's probably on par with the Force Awakens but with the humor toned down.