The only fault fault of the movie is that it is incredibly dark. Really dark and uncomfortable. For the whole movie all are fleeing from extinction. And the conclusion is that not all of them are dead, just most of them.
My darkness/desperation ranking:
- The last Jedi
- Rogue One
- The Empire strikes back
- Star Wars (Alderaan explosion)
- The force awakens (Senat planet explosion, otherwise rather an adventure funride)
- The return of the Jedi (all the songs, the Jabba “muppet“ scenes and the funny Ewoks take a lot of darkness out of the otherwise dark Skywalker family drama)
I cannot judge the prequels because they make me desperate for the wrong reasons and I don’t judge Solo because I have not seen it yet.