I changed my mind from 1 star rating to 7. Here's why.

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2017)

I watched The last Jedi on release day and came away from it very disappointed. I even said I hated it.
As a life long Star Wars fan I felt everything I loved about Star Wars had been ruined in 2 1/2 hours.
As a fan of The force awakens I was really looking forward to this new episode. The lights in the cinema faded. The Star Wars music began the opening titles scrolled up the screen and the hairs on my arms stood on end.
Within the first 20 minutes I was thinking what have they done!
We'd had a mother joke, BB-8 head butting a control panel in an attempt to fix it. Leia making a joke saying to C3-P0 why do you look nervous. Finn wearing a suit leaking water.
All of which was a poor attempt of humour which just wasn't Star Wars to me. Then when Luke threw his lightsaber over his shoulder and walked away. Well that was the icing on the cake.
Was this Star Wars or Spaceballs?
I left disappointed hating what they had done to my beloved Star Wars.
Fast forward 48 hours and I went to watch it again. Why? Because I'd already booked the tickets.
This time round I was expecting to come away disliking it even more.
I knew when the bad jokes were coming so instead of them annoying me I just took them with a pinch of salt. After all it's only a movie. Let's not get upset about it.
I'd hated what they'd done with Luke but after the rewatch it was actually alright.
Snoke dying a bit to easy if you watch again do Ben and Rey combine forces to kill him. Possibly so.
In fact the story line of Ben and Rey is actually quite good.
Sure this latest instalment isn't perfect but given another chance you might just find its ok.
We all love Empire right? Remember how that story left us hanging in parts until Return of the Jedi.
Depending on how the next episode goes we might just find out this one is better than we think.
So to conclude. Give it another chance. I did and I changed my mind. Maybe we shouldn't judge until the latest trilogy is complete.