The war of directors ?

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2019)

First, it is a pure JJ Abrams movie. I had doubts when he was announced for the Force Awakens, after the 2 soulless Star Trek movies he directed -probably his ticket for directing this version of Star Wars-.
So he used the same formula:

fast-paced dialog scenes
fast-paced action scenes (some are good, some are not)
shaky and weird camera work
some lens flares (and now flashing lights)

But I have seen worst (Michael Bay for example)
Anyway Rian Johson took a debatable direction, and then, JJ Abrams tried to save the franchise after the TLJ by not following the path of Rian Johnson.
So opposite to Marvel, it seems that there were not strategy for a coherent trilogy. As George Lucas had in mind for the previous ones.
So lot of ideas in an 2 hours format and it hurts the pacing of the movie, way too fast for the brain to correctly "compute".
Positive note: the new cast is way better than in the previous episodes. And Daisy Ridley shines here. Adam Driver, John Boyega & Oscar Isaac are also excellent. Oscar Isaac is already well-established actor. Hope that the rest of the cast will have the same path. Why not reunite them in another project ?
In The Force Awakens and in The Last Jedi, I really did not care about those characters but, now, they are really likable.
Conclusion: this trilogy is debatable, but I watched other studios tanking other beloved franchises, I hope Disney learned his lesson.