[Tom4784]

I thought it was good, my main non-spoilery issues is that it dragged a bit by the end and suffered from middle film syndrome.

Spoiler:

I loved Leia's scenes and it makes me so sad that we'll never see the Leia-centric Episode IX as it was intended. I think they did a better job at defining Kylo Ren as more than just a moody teenager with a lightsaber but at the same time I don't think they explored Kylo Ren and Rey's connection enough, there was potential with getting rid of all the notions of what a Jedi was for a potential grey area between Light and Dark that largely went unexplored.

Luke was a difficult character, I think. I like that they dispelled any reverence about him almost immediately but I think he was underused and felt too far apart from who he was in the original trilogy. Given that it was his last hurrah as the character he could have played more of a role in the film as a whole.

I think Poe and Rey were great (Poe more so) but I agree that Finn desperately needs something to do in the next one because, as it stands, it doesn't feel like he should have been saved from sacrificing himself. I thought Rose was a decent new character, easily the best one out of the bunch since Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern's characters were a complete waste.

Snoke was nothing really so I'm glad they dispatched of him quickly since Kylo Ren became way more compelling as a villain then he ever was. Dispatching of their Emperor stand in gives them a chance to stray further from the original trilogy's influence as well.

Phasma's role annoyed me, they built her up so much in the last one to be a joke and they teased her redemption and badassery in this just for her role to be a glorified cameo and a quick uneventful death. A waste of Gwendoline Christie's talent.

The whole Casino bit didn't need to be there and the film could have done with some editing to make it tighter.

Despite all that, I'd give it just about an 8/10.