The Star Wars We've Always Wanted

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2019)

What have Star Wars fans been begging for? You get it here. Skywalker ascends as the movie event of a generation. Takes the best parts of TFA and TLJ and concludes an exceptional story. It's great and in the middle gets even better than ESB at times. Seeing all the Jedi come back in an Endgame fashion. Arcs are completed and all the cameos, flashbacks, time travel moments and fan service all works to benefit the story. Nothing is forced in for the sake of pleasing an angered fanbase. They go all out to making the impossible Star Wars we never could've imagined. Seeing Anakin and Luke take on the Emperor's spirit while Kylo fights the Emperor's physical form finally shows us the true power of a force ghost. Teased since the beginning in Episode 4 Obi-Wan said if he is striked down he will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. We finally get to see that in the end.
JJ's vision on ellaborating elements of the force, the world between worlds, the awakening that impacted Rey and more of what Luke was truly protecting on the island brings the trilogy full circle. It makes sense of everything and never feels contrived while fleshing it out in a mere 140 minutes.
The performances and visuals are great. I am very pleased as a Star Wars fan. I never thought we would see Luke back in action again. I never thought this story would conclude unpredictably and meaningfully. You leave getting a new meaning to Star Wars. A meaning Lucas always intended and fulfilled.