The worst Star Wars film of all.

Rating: 4/10 (26 May 2020)

To my mind this is the poorest Star Wars film of the whole Skywalker saga. Yes, even worse than The Phantom Menace and The Last Jedi. This movie has no heart. It's a messy CGI snoozefest. The only bit of nostalgic feel good factor comes at the end of the movie, but we've had to sit through so many McGuffin's and plot contrivances by then that nobody cares. I love Carrie Fisher and mourn her passing but the re-utilised footage is distracting and doesn't really work. Also the whole "they're dead..no they're not dead" thing is overused and leads to a low stakes story. How much more moving & dramatic it would have been to say goodbye to Chewie and C3PO but this film is too safe to go there. The whole Palpatine thing is boring & riddled with plot holes. The film fails to hold interest and is a hugely disappointing end to the saga.