Not a bad film but the same old formula

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2019)

All good things have to come to an end but I can't help feeling this series has more that run its course.
This is a pretty good movie with some good humour and nice tie backs to the past, and possibly if they weren't being judged against the original trilogy they would be seen as a pretty good trilogy in their own right.
However in the end the story and plot of this movie is, in general, quite predictable and it feels like a handle had been cranked and another star wars script had popped out, using the same well trodden path, trying and failing to recreate the magic of the originals.
Go see it but don't expect anything more than just another new star wars movie. It's time to move on.