So this was available for digital rental on this TV thing like Foxtel that my family just got, so I gave it another watch.

Sadly, I didn’t feel it was as good as I remembered, nor as good as I hoped it would be. Yes, the space battles are exhilarating, the cinematography is terrific, the directing is on point, and the music and acting are generally good. However, I was bored by the characters, except for K-2SO and Chirrut Imwe. I felt that they didn’t have enough personality to hold a movie, and that the six of them didn’t equal one Han Solo or Ben Kenobi. I feel that it is the kind of film that gets less fun and more tedious the more you watch it, like Attack of the Clones or Return of the Jedi, because this time, while I was entertained, I sort of just longed for the end battle, and even that I found myself zoning out of sometimes. The characters are the most crucial point of a movie, and without interesting ones, this movie kind of crumbles into a dumb, fun action movie. I also think the ending ruins the beginning of A New Hope and also doesn’t match up. Why do the rebels look so calm at the start of that film when in this one several of their number had been decimated by The Force Unleashed style Darth Vader? Why does Vader bother questioning Leia if she was just at a rebel battle? Why does Leia think she can lie to Vader? So many inconsistencies.

At this point I’d give it a generous six out of ten.