Far better than the last one - but that's not saying much

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2019)

JJ Abrams steered course to a much more satisfying movie than the last one. Unfortunately I can't get over the main issue that the latest trilogy just feels like it doesn't need to exist.
Not only that, it seems to undermine the original trilogy. The war you won? You didn't. The big bad you killed? You didn't. The redemption of Anakin meant something? No, it didn't matter.
This was an entertaining movie no doubt. And JJ had to do some deus ex machinas and some logic jumps to try and correct the damage of the last awful movie. I can forgive all that.
Although a house divided cannot stand, and the competent first movie of the trilogy and this will be forever undermined by the absolute stinker in the middle.
I enjoyed the generally upbeat tone of the movie - and the cast chemistry really was at its best as the trilogy came to an end.
But the resolution felt too easy and some tired old plot devices used again, this trilogy just felt unnecessary.
Move on to new Star Wars pastures please, Disney.