Watched Skywalker for the first time yesterday.
Quick side-trip down memory lane.... Star Wars was as big a part of my childhood as anything. Born in 76, I have the vaguest of memories when ESB hit the drive-in (specifically I remember the ad in the newspaper, we cut it out and put it in a scrap book). I bought all the toys, wore themed costumes for Halloween... it was easily the defining franchise of my youth. I was in a real downward trend in the mid-late 90s, and was so excited for the Special Editions. It honestly kept my going sometimes. Knowing that I'd be able to see Ep4 in the theater kept me going some days I felt I had little to look forward to. I loved them at the time, pre-ordered the VHS releases, and watched the crap out of those. When announcements that the prequels were being made, it was one of the most exciting bits of entertainment news I'd ever read in my life. I diligently followed everything up to the release of TPM, much to my detriment as I knew so much about it going in, there was no sense of wonder (well, also because the story was lacking any). I dialed it back some for AotC, and enjoyed that much more. For RotS, I didn't even watch any trailers, and enjoyed that experience as well. Fast-forward several years, and my life is so different for many reasons, and film just doesn't hold nearly as much interest in my life any longer. News of Eps 7-9 hits, and I barely care. I don't follow the production cycles at all, but I go see them in the theater. They are enjoyable, but that's about it.
So, quick first impression... I highly enjoyed Skywalker. Much more than TFA and TLJ. I largely forgot about those by the time I got home from the theater. I feel like watching Skywalker again tonight.