I was so worried I wouldn't like it.

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2019)

I loved it. I hated the last Jedi though, and was so skeptical coming into the theater to see Rise of Skywalker. Even the title of the movie threw me off. Would it be cheesy? Cheap? Thrown together? Would the ending be too predictable? To be fair, I did guess most plot twists, but the biggest plot twist in history already happened. Is another "I am your father" moment even possible? The last Jedi left a huge mess for JJ to clean up. I'll mention he had to do it in two hours as well. Every scene was beautiful. The connections to other movies were well placed and meaningful. The ending really did give a sense of closure and excitement. The now 40 year old men who sat in a theater and saw Luke Skywalker for the first time. They will never relive that. If that's what you are expecting, you will be disappointed. So put yourself in the mind of a young girl, a young boy. Look for the hope. The unity. The adventure and battles. A story in a galaxy far far away, a tale told a long time ago. Lessons that are eternal, morals that are universal, packaged neatly in our favorite characters submerged in plots that move and excite us. That is what Star Wars is about. And that's what this movie is about. Search within yourself, you know it to be true. #okayboomers?