It had potential, but couldn't deliver.

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2019)

I am no professional critic, just a big fan of the Star Wars saga. All this is just my own humble opinion where I felt the movie did and didn't deliver. I made a good and bad list because it is the best way for me to shed light on both the good and not so good with this movie.
Good:

good action sequences, I liked the fight scenes and choreography around them, like the fight on the deathstar on Endor (if that was the correct location).
the music of course. Nothing beats the legendary soundtrack to Star Wars in my own humble opinion when it comes to film music. It is a worthy pro to add, because when you hear that music it fills you with energy and anticipation for what's to come.
I thought the actors (main cast) were decent/good with what they got to work with. I am a big fan of Adam Driver, I think he is a great actor and I felt like he especially, along with the others, were doing their best to make the story as good as they could.

-good cgi for the most part. The scenes where Leia is present but not Carrie Fisher was not too good, but it was alright I guess.

the chemistry between Kylo and Rey was good until the finale, but that was just the 10-20 last minutes of the film. Their relationship has been one of the strong points of the new trilogy.

Bad:

They threw away the original idea for the saga that George Lucas created. Lucas has said that Anakin was the chosen one, he was to bring balance, and he did in return of the Jedi. That was the Star Wars story, but by bringing Palpatine back when he clearly died was a big mistake for the continuity of the saga. Personally, I did not want this new trilogy, I think it ended perfectly in ROTJ. But since we got it, they should have fleshed out Snokes character and made him an interesting character, and the big bad in my humble opinion.
The story felt rushed.. This is where you can see that is seems like there were no clear image to where the story would go for the trilogy. And I feel like this is where the last Jedi, and RoS unfortunately, suffered the greatest.
it created some plot holes that was just unnecessary, like all of a sudden Leia had become a Jedi even though nothing previously had hinted at this in episode 7 and 8 (except that Mary Poppins scene in Last Jedi). I like the idea, but not the execution of it in the movie, as stated before, it was rushed. Would likely have been on board if it came up during 7 or 8.

My conclusion is that RoS is an enjoyable film yet a very forgettable one in the franchise, which is a shame cause i really wanted to love it. It has good action sequences and cgi, mostly, but it lacks the same quality in storytelling. The story is rushed and it feels like the writers took a lot of shortcuts and "easy way outs" with the consequence of throwing away the original idea and story for Star Wars, could probably be avoided by not including Palpatine. That is my biggest problem with this film and the reason it disappointed me.