Trying 3 movies into 1

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2019)

It was an ok movie but not a good Star Wars movie. It totally ignores the last movie and most of the first movie in the trilogy. The issue is that it is trying to do 3 movies into one. They should have at least 2 movies to show all the plot that was being followed here. The main issue is, they were introducing a whole new villain, his motivations, his power, his co-conspirators and his ships. Then there was this long quest which took the protagonists to many planets (i don't even know as every 10 minutes they were jumping planets). Many old characters were introduced, new ones were fleshed out, light saber battles at various places. However, eveything was rushed. It seemed clear that JJ Abrams said ok this was the story I was supposed to tell you from the start but stupid Disney gave the second movie to Rian Johnson who messed everything up. So I will conveniently ignore that movie and make a new story; I need 3 movies to tell this story but I will do it in one. Imagine Lord of the Rings series - and now imagine the whole plot of 3 movies being squeezed into one movie. That is what this movie was like.The good things: The special effects were great but it was just too rushed. Anyhow it was fun, not a single minute was wasted. However, to achieve various plot points, the movie suffered from too many large plot holes and as usual stupid decisions by the enemy every 2 minutes.