Meh

Rating: 4/10 (13 February 2019)

Okay, to get the good things out of the way: great visuals, some interesting new ideas, decent acting and entertaining on the surface. However, after watching it a second time, the glaring plotholes and lazy writing in general just cannot be overseen.
The worst of those instances is perhaps the way Luke Skywalker, the sympathetic, optimistic hero of the original trilogy, is dealt with. While I generally think it could have been interesting to give his character a dark side, the way it is done in this movie is just terrible. The same character who did not hesitate to risk his life because he believed in the good of Darth Vader, who not only cut of his arm and tortured his sister, but slaughtered billions, is now willing to kill is student and nephew in his sleep because of some vision? Far from being a clever "subversion" of his character, a well written subversion catching the audience by surprise at first, but appearing entirely logical in hindsight, it is just lazy writing, and takes any credibility from the plot.
Similarily, the movie works hard to reinforce sexist stereotypes, Rey being essentially perfect in everything she does etc without much training (see Mary Sue), Admiral Holdo being blatantly incompetent (see How to communicate with subordinates) and Rose saving Finn "for love" when he was about to save the resistance from obliteration, something that is done instead by Rey in another incredibly convenient scene.
Apart from that, plenty of other minor and major problems, even with stuff as basic as object permanence (weapons disappearing midfight, people "teleporting" over battlefield".
So yeah, not the best.