After 5 really bad episodes, this finale was actually pretty good. It didn’t feel like it was even the same series (apart from some pretty dodgy CG ship effects & make-up). We finally get familiar SW themes. Why didn’t they do this for the other episodes? This one almost felt like it was created by a completely different team. Although Hayden still can’t act his way out of a paper bag. Stilted and wooden deliveries. They really should have got rid of all the useless fluff from the other episodes and developed this finale more into 2 eps. It felt rushed. Sadly they strengthened the bond between Ben & Leia which makes her reaction to his death in ANH even more cold. But this ep did seem to be a bit of a box ticker, which was a shame.

It did show the flaws in the ability of those in charge to plot out chance sequences though. the Stardestroyer chase was flat. compare this sequence to those in the OT, especially ESB with the stardestroyer chasing the falcon, and you will see what i mean. The stardestoyer itself looked more 90’s CG than the quality we have come to expect from ILM today. The movement of the ships in some shots just looked unreal/ unnatural.

The big problem was that, what should have been tense moments, just couldn’t be because we know they survive. There was no peril, even though it was written to portray just that. We know vader survives, we know ben survives, we know Leia survives, we know owen and beru survive. yet they were the ones that were supposed to be in danger. The only one we didn’t know their fate was Reva, but she was just a throw away character in the end.

The " Vader half damaged mask revealing Anakins face" has already been done, but the original had more of an impact.

There will be things in this that some fans will be cheering over, but they felt more shoehorned in.

And what was with the excessive grain in certain shots? It would just from minimal to 11 during the same sequence.

But this was the best out of all of the episodes, which isn’t saying much due to how bad the other 5 were. The series was a missed opportunity.