- To someone who hated the previous episode, this movie seemed like a total repudiation of everything that happened in The Last Jedi. All of the decisions that went wrong in that film were put right.
- Specifically, Rey was trained, albeit by Leia. Rey was finally given an origin story and has parents and ancestors. Rey struggles with the discipline necessary to become a Jedi. She was, in fact, totally defeated by Kylo Ren until Leia interrupted Ben's concentration. At last we see how Kylo represented the dark side ascendant.
Negatives
- Still never fully communicated the state of the Galaxy. Was the First Order truly dominating the galaxy, or were they just a limited power. Had they taken over all of the old Empire holdings, was there anything of the New Republic left? To me, this seemed like an essential piece of world building that was simply neglected. In contrast, this is handled very satisfactorily in The Mandalorian.
- So, what happened to the First Order? At the very end, when the emperor was again defeated, what happened to First Order ships scattered around the core worlds busily dominating planets? Do they collapse, presumably without the cohesion provided by Kylo Ren. This seems like a very unfinished victory.
- And while we're talking about it, we see Kylo firmly in command of the First Order, when the film opens. What happened between the death of Snoke and the beginning of this episode? where was Hux?
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