Decent, but at the expense of the rest of the saga

Rating: 4/10 (22 December 2019)

This is a film that by itself wouldn't be too dissimilar from many other blockbuster actions movies of the current generation. There's great visual effects, a decent soundtrack, and a storyline that's littered with actions scenes. The story isn't even that bad either, but it comes at a heavy price.
This film's story and so many of the action scenes borrow plot lines from the previous Star Wars trilogies, which isn't surprising as it has been a common trend in the previous 2 films already. However, what makes this even more frustrating for any Star Wars fans, is they manipulate the story and what is considered plausible in that universe in order to fit the narrative they want to tell. They have no concern form preserving any kind of continuity and they clearly don't care if they take a metaphorical dump all over the previous films, so long as this movie is as profitable as possible.
If this movie was measured as a stand alone film, I'd be scoring it around the 6/10 for being decent, but not exceptional. However, because it's a part of saga you need to consider how it fits in with the rest of the films in the series, and unfortunately there are too many parts of the film that either don't make sense based off the previous films, or make parts of the previous films seem wrong/illogical. So, which ever fiction you choose to follow, the other loses out, and that's not what you want from a good series.