Loved it. A perfect end to the saga.

Rating: 9/10 (21 December 2019)

Ignore the bad reviews, if you like Star Wars you will love this final installment. Like Avenger's Endgame, it fills every moment with action, loving references to all the earlier films and neatly ties up lots of loose ends, leeving this genuine die hard fan totally satisfied. Sure, if you want to apply logic to the plot you can pull it apart in seconds, but Star Wars was never Shakespeare and was never a documentary series, so why start worrying about the "how" and the "why" now? Enjoy it for the fun, the spectacle and seeing old friends. There are some very strong performances especially from most of the leading characters. I have two criticisms: there are a few cheesy moments, especially noticeable in the big crowd scenes (if you want to see how to direct big crowd scenes, watch early Frank Capra films). Also, the character of Poe Dameron, is naff and underwritten, and not particularly well acted; it is trying to replace Han Solo's character but without any of the wit and charisma. But these criticisms never spoil the film which, like episodes IV and V I will happily watch again and again.