Hard to say, it just felt right to me, the tone was back to something similar to TFA and away from the horrendous attempts at ironic humour that TLJ had (the "Can You Hear Me Now" bit, the lightsaber toss, the "It's salt" bit, the fucking Porgs, the milking scene...)

As dumb an idea though it was, I still kind of like the grandiose madness of bringing Palatine back as the big bad. And I thought the scenes where Rey confronts him, with the audience of Sith watching, were great, the kind of high stakes, overblown melodrama that Star Wars always did so well.

I liked the use of Rey and Ben's psychic link (which admittedly was one of the few things in TLJ that I liked), especially the lightsaber handover.

I thought the resolution of Ben and Han Solo's story was handled beautifully, a really moving moment IMO.

And the part where Lando shows up with half the galaxy genuinely made me want to cheer in the cinema.

All I can say is that I came out of my first viewing feeling great, feeling, "Yeah, that was a Star Wars movie!"

So when everyone hated it, I was genuinely surprised tbh!