As a Star Wars Fan From Birth...

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2019)

I grew up with the uncut original trilogy on VHS. Saw the prequels when they came out and I was a boy, Loved TFA and even liked TLJ. But this, predictable, unoriginal, crammed into what should have been 2 movies for what it was. Palpatine comes back. No, not as a clone, that was Snoke. Rey is his granddaughter. Yup Palpatine had a son, who was he? What happened to him? Why was he never mentioned? Snoke was a clone. Cool I can get behind that, so why isn't this emperor a clone? Who the hell are the Knights of Ren? Glad they're act in this movie but no answers. What happened to the padawans Ben took when he destroyed Luke's temple? Why did Rey claim the name Skywalker and not let it die with all of the old empire? Palpatine can force lightning an entire fleet now that he was brought back from the dead? Kylo turns back to the light and dies. That's fine I can get behind that because we all saw it coming 5 years ago. What is Zori and Poes back story? Rey buries Leia and Luke's/Analins lightsabers (yeah I know they destroyed Luke's/Anakin's in the last film but just ignore it) so why did she build her own? That should have signifiied the end of the Jedi and the Sith and there should be peace in the Galaxy. Finn is Force sensitive apparently, but let's not explore it. The Death Star crashed on Endor they say yet the planet looks nothing like Endor. A lot of unanswered questions. The film was exciting, it looked great but left too many unanswered questions to be the final film. If this were spread out it would have an opportunity to get a 10 from me. It could have been a lot better but you know what, it could have been a lot worse too.