The Return of the Fandom

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2019)

SPOILERS: While others rail, the fans who saw the first movie as kids back in 1977 AND AREN'T DEAD YET have some reasons to rejoice.
NOT a perfect STAR WARS movie but Force leaps ahead of The Last Jedi. Abrams abandons senseless plot points like the Rose/Finn romance and does some much needed damage control. Yes, it affects the pacing but you can blame that on Rian Johnson who wasted a whole movie and the very character of Luke Skywalker.
Yes, Palpatine is back. If it jars then again, blame the previous movie, because really that should have been revealed at the end of Episode 8. His scheme is intriguing and harks back to Revenge of the Sith. Rey's family history is actually revealed, rather than just thrown in the bin.
Flaws- well they could have added 15 minutes and helped the pacing. The first 20 minutes feel terribly rushed. I would have liked to have SEEN the Jedi past, not just heard them. And Rey's last line to the Emperor felt like it shod have come from Tony Stark ;)
But I give it 7.5, 8 on this scale. If nothing else it's a nice palate cleanser to finish the Skywalker saga.