Did the best they could with what they had

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2020)

This film got an incredibly bad rep. Naturally it was not as good as the original trilogy, but of course it's not. There are such high standards for Star Wars films now because most fans want the new films to make them feel like the originals. Part of that 'feeling' is the fact that both the original and the prequels came out a while ago, and as a result people would have seen star wars, this huge extravagant sci-fi adventure, as children, when everything you saw would be mind blowing. My mum for instance (who i saw the film with) hated all the prequels because they didn't feel like the originals she saw as a child, whereas i loved them, because they came out as i was a kid.
But then again, part of the problem with this film is the fact that Rian Johnson just threw out JJ Abram's plan and characters arcs from Force Awakens, did his edgy little multi-million dollar student film project and then disappeared, leaving behind plot holes, destroyed character arcs (I think Fyn could haven been so much more than comic relief) and millions of angry fans.
I personally believe that this film is the best in the trilogy, I know many people will disagree but i went to see this and had such a fun time, almost made me sad that i don't have a new star wars to look forward to. Graphics are great (that's where the money went), story could be better, brilliant redemption for Ben Solo with one of if not the best lightsaber battles in the three films, but most importantly, a pleasing way to end this strange roller coaster of a trilogy.
I hope the next star wars in 10-20 years time can top this, cause let's face it. They played it pretty safe.