The editing...oh God the editing.

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2019)

This is actually a pretty good, passable Star Wars movie. Better than the prequel series and just about on par with the best of the sequel trilogy. The story and dialogue were compelling, and It didn't feel like I was being preached to, like with the Last Jedi (TLJ). However, with all the good things about this film, there are two glaring problems. The first was with its treatment of Carrie fisher's Leia. Instead of giving her a dignified exit, either during TLJ or sometime between films, the writers of the story decided to shoehorn in unused unseen footage. And let me tell you: it. Shows. In every scene she is in, everything else is sharp, and she has a hazy glow around her. Every bit of dialogue that came out of her mouth was so dang out of place.
Therein lies my biggest gripe of the movie: the editing. Aside from the shoddy job inserting Leia into her scenes, Every shot ends about three seconds before it should. The beauty of Star Wars lies in the creation of a world that feels lived in, with imperfections and flaws inherent to a society. Even if, in essence, that is there, it is impossible to find that, to appreciate that when the screen cuts every two seconds. This was the first Star Wars movie, perhaps the first MOVIE where it was actually nauseating to watch.
These unforgivable elements distract from an otherwise solid Star Wars flick.