It was pretty allright

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2019)

Polarized world these days. Lots of 1s and 10s. Objectivity and being reasonable seems to be a lost thing. I'm 47, saw the first one ever in the cinema 1980, as it was rereleased before Empire. Was hooked before that, as I saw glimpses on TV. Even wrote love letters to Carrie Fisher as a 5 year old. Is a big fan of SW, but not uncritical. Loved OT, still do. Prequels where pretty stale, though ROTS was OK. TFA was pretty good imo, R1 was fine, even liked Solo, and thought it got way worse reception than it deserved. TLJ was the worst ever. Rian Johnson is an OK director, but giving him story carte blanche was really stupid. How Disney could go into full production on a close to a billion dollar trilogy, without clearing a complete storyline is mindboggling. Don't think they will make that mistake again. So the new one: Messy. JJ had an almost impossible task, but almost pulled it off, imo. Lots of stuff to complain about, if you want to. But several moving scenes, and the heart seems like it is in the right place, even if it's all committe in the end. Not great, not bad. Could have been waaaaay worse. Star Wars is not dead in my book, and Mandalorian's first three episodes makes me even more sure about that.