Enjoyable to watch, less so to reflect upon

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2020)

I actually like this movie. It dared to challenge expectations, it's beautifully directed and the dialogue is the least cringeworthy in the entire series. Plot holes and inconsistencies? Of course... but no more than in any other Star Wars film ever made. Let's face it... the entire series is trashy 1-dimensional pulp.
That said, while I love watching it.... I can't ignore that a major section of it is just a " dog story". That nags at me during and after each repeated viewing, hence a couple of stars off. And, being an appalling pedant, it plays far too fast and loose with the laws of physics. But it's still more watchable than anything else in the series (bar The Force Awakens, Rise of Skywalker and Rogue One). And I say that despite (or perhaps because of) having been a young and impressionable child when the very first Star Wars movie was released. If I ever met Rian Johnson, I'd shake him firmly by the hand for freshening up a stale franchise.