Equal to Empire Strikes Back! Now I have two favorite Star Wars movies! 10/10!!

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2019)

People criticizing this movie need to remember what we got in the other two trilogies and how they were written pretty much the same way and had just as many, some even more flaws and clunky plotting, even Empire. That's where we got lines in the OT like "A certain point of view" because the idea to make Vader Luke's father was shoed in during the filming of Empire, just like the decision to kill Obi-wan was shoed into A New Hope by Lucas's wife during filming. Lucas had story treatments but a lot was rewritten after filming began. There were a lot of plot holes and just as much fan service in the past movies, especially Rogue One, and people forgave it. They need to realize Star Wars is a Space Opera not hard science fiction. The ships make noise in space, I mean, it's not supposed to be hard science fiction. It's fantasy! The force is magic and jedi are wizards. Nobody complains much about Gandalf coming back to life out of nowhere! At least they don't bash Lord of the Rings as hard as Star Wars. Lighten up! Open your heart to this movie! Rey is not a MAry Sue in it! She ails many times in it! Palpatine being back is the best thing they could've done in context of the Skywalker saga. It wouldn't have been so emotionally compelling if it had been an unknown villain who didn't have a connection with Ben Solo and who wasn't known as so powerful. This is the only way it works! I love it!! I turned in my Fandom Menace card after this movie! It's great to love Star Wars again like I did when I was 8 after Empire!!!