I went to see this on my own the day after it came out. It was a very enjoyable afternoon of escapism.
I liked seeing the different worlds, and the hints at the enormity of the Universe. When you see the Knights of Ren parading around in their matching outfits it opens up the possibility of various cults, including the Sith and Jedi, competing in a semi-magical world. This is a bit like the situation I imagine about the time of Jesus, with various charismatic leaders competing for followers. Only in Star Wars it's better as the cults really do have supernatural powers.
The best bits of the film were with Rey, and the allusions to the history of the Jedi. A lot of the rest felt very similar to previous films, and for me at least there were about eight too many 'crowdpleasing' moments where an old person or artefact appears. Let's just ditch C3PO and R2D2.
A review I read said this is a fairly safe film and doesn't continue interesting ideas from The Last Jedi. I think that's probably right, although perhaps it needs another watch to be sure. Strangely, when I was thinking of whether or not this new film had any classic Star Wars moments I thought back wistfully to the cloners planet in Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku, Obi-Wan and Qui Gon Jinn, and even the romance with Anakin and Queen Amidala.
So I still think Episode I, II and III were under-rated, and perhaps this is too.
