An inconsistent, yet highly enjoyable, Star Wars film

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2016)

The final film industry he original Star Wars trilogy is a mixed bag of excellence and "iffy" moments. First the good: the first act with the main heroes saving Han from Jabba the Hutt, the rancor, sarlacc and Boba Fett is absolutely fantastic as it,s a great introduction to the characters we love and features fun action sequences, cool monsters and new memorable characters like Jabba the Hutt. The Final third act confrontation between Luke, Vader and the Emporer is also phenomenal and is on par with Empire Strikes Backs finest moments, it's emotional, powerful and effective. However he rest of the film is not quite up to par. Not to say that it's bad but rather just "there" thee woks don't bother me as much as everyone else but they do feel more like toy commercials than pivotal characters. The endor subplot does feel rather forced (no pun intended) and just an excuse to give Han and Leia something to do for the films second and third acts. These scenes aren't bad, their fine, but they just don't do much for me personally. Overall, I'd put his film around he same area as he force awakens in terms of quality, it's good but not quite great.