The Star Wars we deserved

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2017)

A great Star Wars movie. It took risks, it shattered expectations, it didn't care what Star Wars geeks wanted... it burned the tree down. Add to that beautiful visuals, good pacing, amazing performances, a lot of symbolism and the right amounts of humor, cheesiness and heart.
Would've liked to have seen one of the big characters fleshed out a bit more as well as some Lucasian political intrigue (what makes the SW universe unique), but this movie was a stark contrast to the timid and insulting scene-for-scene imitation that Force Awakens was. Rian Johnson is the man.