About what you expected. Glad it's over.

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2020)

If you are a big Star Wars saga fan, you'll like this film more than if you don't actually care about the characters' back stories, etc. I'm of the latter group, so discount my review accordingly.
In an age where we have all grown accustomed to high-quality CGI, the great graphics and creatures are good, but not as amazing as when the first Star Wars came out in 1977. We have grown, and we have grown a little jaded. So the visuals are excellent, but we kind of expected that, didn't we?
The inclusion of Carrie Fisher after her death was very nice, and they did a great job if that wasn't her real face. Behold the era of deep fakes. Excellent job.
The acting was just OK all around except for Lando. They might have used CGI and another actor for him, as he looked like he had trouble emoting and was just there because he's still alive.
The gratuitous scene of women kissing at the end had absolutely nothing to do with the story or any of the characters and must therefore have been entirely political. Blending current-day politics into an escape film always disappoints me, but what can you expect with Disney at the helm?
The main problem with this last trilogy was that it was just silly and tired. Blowing up a big weapon? Been done. Mastering the force? Over it. Someone is someone's close relative without realizing it? Yep, saw that one coming. Cantina scene? Well, that's sort of required, isn't it?
So go see it for the graphics and to close out this faded saga so you can finally put a nail in the coffin and no longer have to hear any more about this long, long-ago, far, far-away...cash generator.
(What? What's a Mandalorian? Dang it....)