A satisfying film but some scenes are a tad drawn out.

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2017)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Cranky nuns look after the ancient Jedi buildings on the island Luke retired to (reminded me of primary school). Rey drives them to distraction with her attempts to reinvigorate Luke, to get him to take up his Light Sabre in defence of The Republic. Luke is rusticated, his daily routine consists of kamikaze style fishing and drinking milk fresh from a dino/seacow. Just like a typical hermit. Oh, and he also haunted is by the ghost of Yoda.
Kylo Ren is on the Dark Side but has some qualms, even hesitating to destroy the Rebel ship his mother is on. Lela shows her mastery of The Force by surviving in vacuum and even flying, looking like an aged Tinker Bell. Kylo and Ren are quantum-entangled by The Force, communicating over the parsecs.
Some great space battles and ground war involving creaky fighters. Indeed much of the Rebel equipment looks aged and well used. This retro feel extends to their space bombers which appear to rely on hydraulics. The 1970s Battle Star Galactica stole spaceship designs from Star Wars but now in an 180 degree turn the 2004 BSG has influenced the look of SWTLJ. An explosion on the Flight Deck is straight from a Galactica episode as is the destruction of a battleship.
A satisfying film but some scenes are a tad drawn out. 8/10.