It is not bad but still it is not better than original or the prequels.

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2017)

I dont write reviews that much and havent wrote one for the TFA because i was divided in opinion. I didnt know wheter to like it or hate it. Now i know. But this time i have to defend the movie because it didn t deserve the hate it got.
Everybody in the movie tried their best including new director who brought some fresh ideas and turnovers in storyline which i found very interesting. I think we shouldnt blame the director because JJ Abrams played it safe in the first one and thus made it dificult for anybody who was next in order to direct.
In TFA Abrams made a copy of new hope and except the character of Kylo Ren and much needed return of Han solo and Chewie didn t give us anything exciting ,intriguing or fresh. Instead he gave us a copy of luke skylwalker in female form , copy of a death star , copy of r2d2 , same enemies (stormtroopers,supreme leader) bla bla the list goes on. I have to add that the biggest problem was that characters were bad. I didnt feel connected with Rey , Finn was also very boring and non charismatic didnt care about him , maz katana also felt very unneeded , Poe was mediocre at best , Snoke non present .... Final battle was also very cartoony...
Having exposed all these problems i have to say that it was very difficult for a new director Rian to step in to this mess. And i think he was very brave to follow his vision and tried to do something different. He gave us the longest movie, he gave us very gritty Luke , he made us care for the villain Kylo Ren , he killed of the main villain which was a ballsiest and very cool move in my opinion. It wasnt a great film but after that mess disney and JJ have started in TFA i think it is the best we could have got.
This film has few bad elements .For example we dont see lightsaber fights that much anymore which should be the crucial part of every star wars movie. We should have always have more of these fights and duels and somehow they keep making less and less. I dont understand this. And big spoiler ahead , they shouldnt have killed of Luke , much better way to go would be to leave Luke for one more movie and let Leia rest deservingly in peace.
For me a big improvement over TFA and i am looking forward to seeing what Rian Johnson has to offer in episode 9.