7 revised to 5

Rating: 5/10 (24 December 2019)

It was a good yarn, my 10 year old loved it, but perhaps that says it all. For us older Star Wars fans these trilogy films just don't cut the mustard. The characters are OK. The story is just an utter mess. It felt cramped and lacked direction from the outset, The Force Awakens in fact. Palpatine, where did he come from? Rey, oh Hi gramps, that was too left field. The whole massed army of unflyable ships, each with bigger design fault than the death star (have they not learned!), I was kinda pleased for Kylo at the end. If Rogue One taught us anything, strong, simple storylines, with good character development, and some CGI and action go along way. Each of the films in this trilogy lack that. It was an average way to bow out and has all the hallmarks of a Disney politically correct, marketing machine led fest, soulless, misses George Lucas. Sorry.