An emotional end to a lifetime of movies.

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2019)

The only spoiler in this review is actually a spoiler from The Last Jedi. Why on god's earth did Disney let RJ kill off Luke Skywalker. It makes me so angry that it happened and it was a pointless move, absolute narrow minded misstep no matter how RJ tries to spin it. Anyway, I only say this because this film was pretty much as good as it could be, a real Star Wars film, but would have been perfect if Luke was in it to see it through. The running time ensured every subplot could be played out in good order, a few scenes that didn't need to be in there but overall I enjoyed it immensely. New and old characters came together and it worked perfectly. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it being the definitive end to the orginal characters that my childhood was so intertwined with but I do know I can now appreciate the whole series, yes even the prequels (!), as I know there will be no more new additions to come. Well done to JJ Abrams who made two fantastic films and to George Lucas who has quite literally affected my life in a way nothing else could.