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I got to see it for free so I went and saw it today.

I honestly thought it was boring. Humor fell flat, no consequences to any sacrifices, everyone just comes back from "the dead", repeat of the story again, action for the sake of action. Planet killing lasers for everyone, god mode emperor. Predictable to the point of trope. Even Lando being the mysterious saviour at Burning Man felt predictable.

Rey and Kylo continued to be the emotional heart of this trilogy and their scenes together were always miles ahead of everything else. Their lightsaber battle at the wreckage of the Death Star was fantastic and probably the best lightsaber battle since the Throne Room in ROTJ. It's a shame that they can't just rework this entire thing with a greater focus on their relationship. I cared about those characters, I didn't at all about the rest. Ian McDiarmid is always good as the Emperor as well.

Rian Johnson really totally ####ed this trilogy up, but in the end I don't think it was going to be really interesting either way.

This movie was clearly structurally better than TLJ. It had a coherent story arc, and a clear A plot and B plot. It's just that the story wasn't good.