Anti-climactic ending to a hollow trilogy.

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2019)

This film mimicked a great film in some ways. If we had built up to certain reveals or relationships to get to this point, then it might've been great. Instead we got a bunch of characters acting like they knew one another well, and a villain who was surprise, there all along and no one knew???
The moments of nostalgia seemed tacked on so we viewers and fans could project meaning upon characters and plot lines with which we had no connection. Essentially, boxes had to be checked and they all were except for the two that have been missing among this entire trilogy: an endearing hero and a worthy villain.
The four stars are one for visuals, one for nostalgia and two for Adam Driver's performance. Kylo Ren is the only interesting character in the whole trilogy and Driver did as well as is humanly possible. I was only moved in scenes that portrayed his inner conflict.