Some will love, others will hate!

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2019)

The established fans of the sequels will probably find a lot to enjoy in this, a bit too short, movie that takes all the most interesting new characters and puts them in even more interesting situations. However if you didn't already like the direction the force awakens and, more importantly, the last jedi has taken this one won't win you over.
It revels in the exploring of boundaries that were semi-established in the already existing canon and sometimes takes a few steps in a direction that isn't entirely familiar. It is a daring final movie in a franchise that was daring to begin with. And in the end of the day STAR WARS has always been more fantasy than science fiction. It isn't supposed feel real; it's supposed to feel fantastical, and that it does.
My final criticism of the movie is that it could have used twenty more minutes in the first two acts, and a bit more time developing the friendship of our main trio. It works well as it is but some of the emotional beats didn't hit as hard as they could have, and this comes from someone who has read the comics and books leading up to the movie.
All in all an exiting but divisive conclusion that will yet again split fans between the dark and the light.