Impressive. Most impressive.

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2018)

It's unbelievable to read the bile and hatred spat on this film. I've seen it three times now and it definitely gets better with each viewing, unlike the prequels which make the facepalms deeper with repeats. I can tell why people react the way they did, no one expected this jarring of a shock to an episode for Star Wars, of which fans had already complained on the last episode that it mimicked A New Hope. We get a new, exciting vision of the universe that's still grounded in what makes it so great and fun, and people lose their minds. This has always been a space opera paying homage to classic sci fi serials and it delivers on that front. It's a Star Wars film and a damn good one even if it wasn't called Star Wars. I feel that with a few years time it will be revered for the awesome episode that it was. (Yes Leia Poppins looked stupid, but everything else looks so slick, well shot and thought out that it can be overlooked.) Great job Johnson, can't wait to see what else you come up with for the new trilogy.