Thank god it's over

Rating: 6/10 (25 April 2020)

Let's talk about the positives first. I like that this movie had a great John Williams score, beautiful visuals and a few funny (although not belly laugh) moments. Also that Kylo/Ben gets his redemption (but who didn't see that coming!) And that we finally get an answer as to why Rey is an over-powered Jedi god. Also, they handled Leia's death really well, and show that she is able to use the force in more ways than last time
There was also plenty of fan service, some of which I liked (like Chewbacca getting a medal) but the rest seemed to be to distract us from the problems this film had.
Number 1: A new main bad guy had to be introduced, here comes Palpatine back from the dead! Ugh! Totally undoes Anakin killing him in ROTJ. But he was really well played by Ian McDiarmid, so that's something.
Number 2: The knights of ren. They're just there. They don't do much for the story, and they aren't really involved as much as Kylo/Ben is.
Number 3: C-3PO, who is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication (including Bocce) needs some special bypass so that he can translate sith. Fair enough problem to throw into the mix to complicate things, his memory will be wiped after it, so it appears he is sacrificing himself. But then R2-D2 goes and gives him his memory back (from the last backup). Making his memory loss pointless!
Number 4: At the end, Rey goes to Luke's old home on tatooine. Luke and Leia appear as force ghosts, and Rey takes the title of 'Rey Skywalker' she didn't earn that title! she did the same thing that Anakin did, but she's not part of their family. I get why she did it, as she wants to keep on being a jedi, but still.
Number 5: Rey buries her/Luke's/Anakin's lightsaber in sand. SAND! it's coarse, rough, irritating and it gets everywhere! Force ghost Anakin would be fuming (if he was in the film, which I think he should have been)
I'm gonna conclude and say that as much as I have nitpicked this film, we at least see this trilogy end, and JJ did the best he could considering Rian Johnson screwed it in episode 8. I also believe had they given creative control to one director, they could have created a better trilogy.