Overall it was a good story. Really fun at times, but also pretty boring. I think more jokes would of helped kept the slower scenes exciting.
I have watched some reviews that say the film lacked substance… this is not the case for me. It’s a story about a teenager learning about the dangers of the outside world, and to never trust anyone. Han undergoes a positive change without “joining the rebellion”, Han being much more cynical later on makes sense given the time gap. Alden doesn’t give a perfect Han impersonation, but instead creates a new younger take on the character.
Lando was excellent. L3 was hilarious as a parody of SJWs. They kept playing up the monkey guy like he was some hilarious pilot but I didn’t think much of him. I wasn’t too sure about Beckett until the end, his message is superb. I would of preferred if Nest was a marauder, but at the very least don’t make her a 15 year old.
I thought Emilla Clarke did a bad performance. Whenever her and Alden were on screen together it felt like she was reading from the script, although I am interested to see what happens next.
Darth Maul’s cameo was amazing… at first. When they didn’t show his face I was really excited with his appearance (I knew he was coming but thought he’d been in the background like those cantina guys), him leading the Shadow Collective sets up so many stories. They could create an entire cinematic universe with the characters they’ve set up. That being said, they should of cut right after he showed his face. The CGI was worse than Battlefront II and I cringed when the lightsaber turned on for no reason. Would of worked better as a post credit scene.
Story wise I thought the beginning was convoluted, they should of cut Correlia or the Battle Planet. I did like the “crawl” of sorts they did. Once they went to Vos the story started for real. Liked everything after that.