A very pretty let-down

Rating: 3/10 (3 September 2017)

All the effects were there, the cool music was booming out a bit too loud, the young lady in the lead role was valiantly leading the cast in a hopeless battle against the plot, dialogue, and generally everything else about this film.
For the first hour I thought they might emerge victorious, but eventually they were beaten down by a combined assault of clichés, weak attempts at inside jokes, and writers who obviously didn't want to be there.
And what was going on with Darth Vader? He reminded me of my pup the day after I took him to the vet for 'his little procedure'...
Wanted to love it - it was outside the big episode structured thing - a chance to do something fresh and interesting. Sadly this wasn't it...
Maybe Star Wars is just too big and too old...the last dinosaur struggling in a tar pit?