Giving it a solid three for the amazing visuals, action sequences and musical score

Rating: 3/10 (22 December 2019)

The pacing and many subplots aside, the main gripe many fans have with the movie is how it invalidated Episodes 1-6. Bringing back the original villain without any clear explanation as to how they survived makes it hard for most of the fans to suspend their disbelief. It could've been a great cop-out for a problematic trilogy if it wasn't executed so terribly. If you're a casual viewer, this film is watchable. You have the amazing effects, cool action sequences and musical score by the great John Williams. But if you're after a satisfying closure to 42 years of storytelling, this will only break your heart as it did mine. This should have been bigger than Endgame-- we're talking about four decades of storytelling right here. It's a rare shared cultural experience for all ages. And what did we get? A movie with no soul.