An uninspired war movie set in the Star Wars galaxy

Rating: 5/10 (17 December 2016)

There are great war movies taking place on Planet Earth, but, most are formulaic and uninspired. Looking at this movie, you feel like you're again watching one of those "procedural" war movies, of which you can't really remember the names, plot or anything else. The only difference is: this one is in a different setting, in a galaxy "far, far away".
Script is weak, predictable and not interesting. The giant robot is the only one having any fun, but, it's weird... after all, it's a robot. You see, the legendary C-3PO and R2-D2 are fun and funny, but, they are not _having_ fun. They are robots, after all. BTW, they have a pretty meaningless cameo in this movie. CGI faces on Grand Moff Tarkin and Princess Leia feel more weird than all the CGI characters from prequel trilogy put together (Jar-Jar included).
Apart from the Jimmy Smits and Forest Whitaker cameos, the rest of the cast are doing a pretty bland job. Even Darth Vader, in another cameo. There is no real sense of dread about him. He just seems like a "crazy Batman" of sorts. He's big and has a silly black outfit which provides him with many weird weapons - most of which seem to be some magnets. Yeah, we all know he's the strongest-Force-user-ever, but that is from other movies, in this one, he's the "Crazy Batman".
The movie looks fine, things keep happening, so you're not bored, there are a few laughs to be had. But, that's about it. Everything else is forgettable.