A proper Starwars film!

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2019)

So let me start by saying I HATED the last jedi, anyone trying to follow that turd of a movie was always going to be in for a tough time.
I don't think its a spolier now to say JJ has taken everything RJ set up in TLJ and thrown it in the bin, then set it on fire, and pee'd on it, all the while giving the finger to RJ, and thats no bad thing!
So the Rise of skywalker. whats it like, well its back to JJ territory really - bigger is better (it isn't), some of the story is a bit all over the place mainly due to sorting the mess RJ left him, I've thought about this a bit since seeing the movie last night and (I have no idea if this is correct) its like JJ had mapped out the new trilogy, he made the force awakens and left his drafts for RJ, RJ said screw that and made TLJ, JJ comes back and says screw you RJ and still made the 3rd film he'd mapped out all those years ago, except hes had to squeeze in some fixes as RJ killed off characters he needed and added a load of new pointless ones, some of those 'fixes' work, some not so much,
Its a back to basics starwars movie, no preachy messages about rich and poor, big business, wars etc , and all the better for it.
For me the only part that didn't work was Leia.
bottom line, its worth seeing