Stitched together

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2019)

Yeah it's not a complete dumpster fire, but only just. Turn your brain off, and you still cant engage in the story because who cares? Use logic, and the story objectively makes no sense at times. You'll be saying, wait that's awfully convenient for that to happen and highly unlikely to boot. Wait, but how did they know that was there? Wait, why don't they just use speeders that can't be hacked? And the retcons just don't work, although I understand JJ was painted into a corner. And so on, and on.
There's a few scenes near the very end where you can tell JJ knows we know he's a hack and will be comparing this movie to RotJ
I rate it a 3 because there were some legitimately cool scenes (and the special effects were great), and Adam Driver tried his best. But nothing could save this movie, and the end result feels painfully stitched together. Which makes sense because there were 6+ endings for this film. I wish I could have seen the George Lucas cut.
Objectively, TLJ was worse than this, but this movie will leave you even more depressed if you're a Star Wars fan. Don't waste your money. I certainly didn't. ;)