Kinda like The Last Jedi, I’m not sure exactly what to think of this movie. Darth Maul really KILLED the mood for me. Like, I felt my stomach turn as soon as I realized who it was. I was disgusted (and still am)!

I thought it started a bit slow and took some time to find its footing. Once it did I was quite enjoying it. Then Maul happened and everything fell apart.

I loved Chewie and pretty much everything involving him. He was about as perfect as I could have hoped for and was truly the highlight of the movie for me.

I thought Han and Lando were both good. Not great, but pretty darn good. I don’t have any problem buying these new actors as the classic characters.

Lando’s droid was grating. I thought her design and visual fx execution was awesome, but her personality sucked. But I don’t enjoy people in real life who constantly beat you over the head with their personal idealologies and beliefs so I’m not surprised that I thought a movie character like that was just obnoxious.

I liked the Droid rebellion in theory but in execution it just wasn’t as funny as they clearly wanted it to be. Which was actually an issue throughout the movie for me. The humor just didn’t land, where it should’ve been on par with Raiders of the Lost Ark or ESB in that regard.

The Falcon was handled quite well. No complaints there. The train robbery and Kessel run were both solid action pieces.

So I guess overall I enjoyed the middle of the film a fair bit, but the beginning and ending (not just the Maul bit, but that was certainly the most egregious) both kinda fell on their faces.