Not great, but not trash, 6.5

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2019)

I'm a middle of the road Star Wars fan and it's a solid movie. Those really into Star Wars will probably venture towards dislike due to its fan service(go figure) and box checking. The casual viewer who just wants to be entertained will probably say it's good or better.
The one thing that kind of stung me though was Rey taking out Palpatine. Yoda couldn't in a fair fight but she can? Now maybe Yoda never intended too, he's not the one to bring balance, etc, etc., but still(and not to mention Mace Windu, but there was Anakin..). I know this Saga had to end somehow, and inevitably it was with the end of Palpatine, but it could have been done better. I mean she's still in training and discovering her powers... I think it goes back to what could have been done earlier in this trilogy. By the third film more time should have passed and Rey could have been believably shown as a well trained Jedi. I also kind of wish Chewbacca really did die by her mistake. It'd have been a plot device to keep people guessing if the dark side would take her (guilt/anger over his death) instead of what actually happened: the oh wait, nope, he's fine, two transports scenario.
1/10 raters, you're saying there's zero qualities to the film, BS. Get back in the basement.
10/10 or even 9/10, you're saying it was nearly perfect, you're kidding yourselves, ignoring both film making and story telling faults, or care nothing about the Saga as a whole.