I think I'd be more disappointed, if I had any expectations.

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2019)

I wasn't actually going to see this one in theaters, but I had two separate events in one day where I had to go and my ticket was paid for so its one of those things where the movie ended up being doubly fresh in my mind. It wasn't that I didn't want to see this one I just didn't have an enthusiasm for it. TFA was ok, if in a slightly better than Phantom Menace way and TLJ left me pretty disinterested in the new Star Wars canon.
It occurred to me last night that literally no one involved with the original star wars had anything more than a side role or a cameo. It wasn't written by anyone from the original, nor produced or were any of the effects done by alumni. Lucas was shuffled out a sidedoor, so I found myself realizing that I don't really care nor have any interest in this beyond what appeared on screen. There's nothing to be let down by. I enjoy the old trilogy and this is just some other thing by different people. It holds no more value than the Legends canon. Maybe less so. I liked those books.
Sorry, getting to the point - I went in just expecting to be entertained. If you're expecting this to put a bow on Star Wars prepare for massive disappointment. Its so lame they'll probably reboot the whole thing in 10 years. Unfortunately even just expecting to be entertained is going to be hit and miss.
This is a 4 hour movie crammed into 2 and half hours. The movie begins with Palpatine not only being back, but with a whole another empire on the grill. I think this was a poor choice. As seen in the trailers he has like hundreds of worldkilling star destroyers, fully manned. If you're expecting an explanation.. curb your enthusiasm. The vast majority of the movie is our plucky heroes jumping from place to place looking for macguffins to help them stop him from managing to start his car then theres a big space battle and light saber duel at the end. I would say there's maybe 5 minutes of people talking to ghosts and having reflections on the force and mourning the old cast. Then it ends. My audience, both times I saw it, mostly just shrugged. Most everything from TLJ either literally gets retconned or is brushed under the rug. I can't emphasize this enough - go in with 0 expectations. Heck it might help pretend like this is a whole new Star Wars story and the first two never happened. I have to give it a 6 at least because I was pretty entertained. I don't see myself ever watching it again though.