Everything surrounding this movie and all the bad press it got, made out that it would be very poor and rough. But in fact I thoroughly enjoyed it so I have decided to give it a 65%.

Read below for my full non spoiler review

The thing that stood out for me was that the story is original and there are enough twists to make it unpredictable. Which I haven't found so far with the current trilogies, for me seem seem to use a lot of recycled plots. The movie also gives us a good understanding of the underworld which isn't explored as much in the others. This also gives us a little taster for further movies in the Star Wars universe.

Overall the storyline and plot was pretty solid however I would have liked a few more different things explored in the movie, instead of progressing on the Han Solo's main story plots, or they could have thrown a few different unexpected plots. I have seen a lot of reviews by fans say they wanted more of this variety instead of just answering the main and quite simple questions about his character.

However this movie wasnt all about Han Solo, there were some really good supporting characters, with Emilia Clarke’s character who has quite a complex personality and storyline, this is just one out of a great pick of characters who all have significant impacts on how the movie plays out as well as adding another element to the overall group.

There are also some other characters that are shown briefly and some only by the costume in a scene, which really excite me and is definity a good way to show that there will be more movies set in the Starwars universe. I hope that they do this well, they might borrow plots from Rebels which is set around the time of this movie or just later.

Why should you watch this?

It is a great standalone film, it has really great action packed scenes, some good comedy and lovable characters. It's not the most complex of plots and for me slightly not dark enough with its tone. But the main bonus is you wouldn't have had to watch previous Star Wars to understand this, it would improve the watch but it's not necessary to enjoy it. So I suggest checking it out!