Fun, but the story dies with it...

Rating: 7/10 (20 December 2019)

Yet another Star Wars film that has to compete with the expectations of episodes 4, 5 and 6. It's not going to happen. Critcs and fans are right, the audience is lambasted with overdone action and nostalgia. The acting is not horrible, and one or two actually pull off some decent depth (Oscar Issac and of course the magical Anthony Daniels). The CGI was a bit much. And the story just seemed.... lazy. David Lynch should have directed this one. I love all Star Wars films. I've seen all of them first run. I loved this one, but it will be in the bottom half of the 11 to date. It's worth the price of admission. Once.