This is the real restart to the saga

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2017)

In hindsight, this feels more like the actual reboot for the new generation in Star Wars. Where The Force Awakes is more a memory jolt and new template for how this reboot should look and feel, The Last Jedi starts building the new characters and maybe a different interpretation on what The Force really is?
The new story is surprisingly intriguing, with a few twists along the road. The timeline is maybe a bit disjointed at times, with a handful of odd mixes of slow and fast paced story progression. I have a feeling the first third of the movie was cut down a lot, amongst other things, to get it below 2½ hours. This isn't a new problem with Star Wars, though, not even a unique problem for the gengre. Sci-fi sagas tends to treat time and space like it doesn't exist, so it didn't really bother me.
With the unmasking of Kylo Ren's character early on in the movie, I think, the chemistry between the new generation of characters is evolving really well.
Also, don't believe the negative hype places like IMDB gets swarmed with these days. Personally, I think this is one of the most enjoyable films of the year.