Look, I get it......

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2019)

You're a hard core Star Wars junkie. You collect the action figures and every other type of memorabilia. You own multiple costumes and find reasons to actually wear them. You speak Wookie. It's your thing. I respect that, and I get why this film isn't deep enough or consistent enough with the long term story lines to satisfy you. This review isn't for you. You're a separate category of human. It's all good.
For the rest of us who have grown up with the SW franchise (and who may even have sat in a theater back in the mid seventies, like I did), who have enjoyed the films, but haven't taken that last set of steps necessary to deeply integrate Jedi lore into our own lives on a regular basis, this film is *great.*
I cared about the characters.
The nods to the original films made me feel all the feels.
The effects were spectacular.
Several funny, if goofy, moments.
Story line was fairly easy to follow (we rewatched the previous film yesterday, so that helped).
Acting? Yeah. I was good with it. Oscar-worthy stuff? Well no, duh.....
A helluva lot of fun? Most definitely.
Set all expectations aside and just go see it. You'll have fun if you aren't a member of the aforementioned class of afficionados. ðŸ˜œðŸ˜œðŸ˜œ