This one pulls it back

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2020)

You can read this review however you like, but I watched this film on my own, without anyone's bias and I was not disappointed at all. I think, whether you like this film or not, depends entirely on what Star Wars means to you. Star Wars to me has always been about seeing Jedi kick ass and pulling off some incredible new feats along the way. All I wanted from this trilogy was to see Rey become a powerful Jedi that they made her out to be in the beginning, and that's what I got. Seeing her pull the ship out of the sky with the electric force thingy was great (sorry, don't know what it's called), her being able to heal, the redemption of Ben sly walker, and then in the end when all the Jedi came to her as one I thought was very exciting and entertaining to watch.
Of course, I agree a lot of the characters were rubbish and there's definitely some questionable moments where I think "why?" (Everything about the battle with the star destroyers) But they don't really matter to me because I don't watch it for those moments, Star Wars is all about seeing the Jedi kick ass, and Rey definitely does that. Seeing Palpatine back totally made sense to me and it did bring all of the plot together in to one (fixed previous errors like her parents). I also liked how there were other former storm troopers brought together by the force. It explains why fin was there all along, rather than just a random dude.
The ending with Rey's lightsaber (the colour too) gets me very excited for what's coming, especially now that the Skywalkers are done. It's a chance for everyone (the fans) to move on.
A great film that does a good job of pulling what was a rocky story back together.