Better than 7 and 8

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2019)

REVIEW - STAR WARS THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
During the course of this franchise we've seen some great films, some good films, some average but never a terrible one, even the worst of the bunch didn't progress the story anywhere (7 and 8).
9 however, got to admit after the 2 previous films I didn't hold out much hope and I'm so glad to say how wrong I was, a true Star Wars film with all of the trimmings and one to go see.
The handling of the death of Carrie Fisher was handled just right and for the purpose of the film helped in the telling of the story.
One or two small points which I could mention but won't because whilst 9 isn't and will never be as good as 4, 5 and 6 out of all the other Star Wars films this comes close.
Rating 9 out of 10