bjornwilde

A bullet list of thoughts with spoilers.

I finally saw it yesterday and was pleased. I enjoyed it.
The surprise Palpatine (both hand-waved holo in the opening scroll and being Rey's grandfather) was eh, and seemed lazy writing to me, but also so damned typical Sheez.
I loved Rey's new lightsaber! Very curious if the yellow/gold-hued blade will mean anything
But I like the spin to turn it on and that it looks to be made from her staff.
I liked that Ben kept having to do things in his redemption and it wasn't just one act. (I'm looking at you Vader)
Not as pleased that Leia had to die to trigger it...but I know they had to do something
I LOVE that they showed Leia training with Luke and her lightsaber was so pretty.
Again, not so pleased that she stepped off the jedi path to save her son. I'd rather it had been because she felt the galaxy needed her in the political arena.
I feel like Finn and Poe had things to do. I feel like Rose was just along for the ride. :/
I loved Sheev's corpse self dangling from that machine. Very Gieger and creepy
Did anyone spot the Ghost in the end battle? I looked but was kind of overwhelmed with all the ships.
I do feel like a few waves of Resistance ships incoming might have built tension a bit more, but I guess they all needed to come in at the same time due to the navigational challenges of the planet and local space
Also, did anyone hear Anakin's voice when the past Jedi spoke with Rey? My audio processing wasn't up to the task of IDing the voices so well.
Chewie! Man, I near had a heart attack when I thought he'd died. And his keening at Leia's death was my heart as well.