A veteran from May 25, 1977 weighs in....

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2019)

No spoilers > I've been here from the start. Wallpapered my room in the posters. Read the books. The comics. The animated series. The games. Have a Vader tattoo. I've had my problems w other of the movies but not this one. Anything that tries to wrap up 40 years of film in 2.5 hours is going to not please everyone but it nailed it for me. The callbacks were there and didn't feel hokey or forced. Easter eggs were present but not in your face. And if you're worried about plot holes in a movie about space smugglers and mystic knights, I think you're missing the point. I feel satisfied in a way I wasn't after GoT but it's up there w Empire. So I'm sad if you didn't enjoy but damn, I sure did. MTFBWY