Thank you J.J. !

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2020)

Can you imagine being tasked with correcting all of the senseless deviations tossed together and flung at us from episode 8? The Rise of Skywalker looks, feels and sounds like a true Star Wars film. It feels like it was made by someone who has genuine love and respect for the franchise. Wow! CP0 & Chewie treated w/respect! BB8 restored. I loved D-0's symbolic wounded child/survivor-of-abuse F-U reference to the B.S. of TLJ. The human characters were given their dignity back as well. I thought the Palpatine storyline was going to be flimsy and cartoonish yet it works perfectly. Ren/Ben and lovely Rey steals one's hearts, seal the deal and save the day. The world needs more soapoperatic melodrama! Yes it does. Classic acting instead of being the butt of the joke watching a bunch of lazy Hollywood hacks taking the piss behind our backs.
Fan service on this one? H311 YES! Absolutely! with a Shakespearean love tragedy thrown it to wring us out thoroughly. 😢😭This flick is a g-damned loveletter/valentine to SW fans 😁👍🤙🙏🤜🤛🤙
J.J. said in an interview that the Reylo/Ben 'ship could even be viewed from a platonic, "spiritual" p.o.v.
This guy "gets" it.
I bet he was so relieved and exhausted after stabilizing this wobbling lopsided megalith.
I hope mr Abrams took his fam on a nice long holiday after all the dust (sand😉) settled!