Whats the point?

Rating: 1/10 (17 December 2017)

Throughout this film that what I was thinking 'Whats the point?'
I had been made clear even before the film was released that it was the run-up to episode IV, and would end with Leia being captured on the Rebellion ship with the Death Star plans.
So going into this I knew how it would end, none of these characters have anything to do with the rest of Star Wars, so they'll either all die before the end or just fade into obscurity and so who cares.
Also the CGI Tarkin and Leia looked very plastic, and after the CGI Schwarzenneger in the new Terminator film I know it can be better.
Strangely they also towered over everyone else, regardless of how the original actors had looked.
I understand fans of the comicbooks etc will like it as they see comicbook characters on the big screen, but why not have done a sensible thing by going further back in time and making this a trilogy? Maybe that would have been better, there's no shortage of material.