Star Wars is no longer a Special Experience

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2019)

Just for reference, I am a huge fan of the original 3 films, having grown up on them. I've seen the prequels once each due to their boring nature and cartoony digital effects. Not. Fan of them by any stretch. Episode 7 was a fun movie that seemed to set the franchise back on its magnificent footing. Only to be completely undone by the awful episode 8. Prequel level awful!!!
This brings us to this movie. It is nowhere near as good as episode 7 and nowhere near as bad as episode 8. Some questions are left unanswered and some are answered extremely shabbily. Fan service helps but unfortunately there was too much of a mess left from episode 8 to try to reform the narrative and save this trilogy.
It is a watchable movie that lightly reminds you of why Star Wars was at one time, a super special theatrical experience. Now it is just merely another movie that comes out and holds your attention for a couple hours. No more, no less.