Well, I’m really glad I avoided spoilers because if I’d read the leaks I would have gone in thinking it was the dumbest possible story they could have done, because it looks that way on paper, and it probably would have made me hate it.

But I went in completely clean (minus trailers) and…I really liked it.

The first half hour or so was a mess and made me incredibly nervous and skeptical, but the rest sucked me in and I was on board.

I think it’s currently my favorite of the ST, but that could just be recency bias.

I’m going to try to avoid reading too many reactions from other people to let myself digest it on my own terms for a while, but at the moment I’m happy and satisfied with how the saga “ended”…

…until we get the inevitable Episode X in twenty years with Jedi Master Rey Skywalker.

Also, FUCK YEAH YELLOW LIGHTSABER!