A disappointing ending to a disappointing reboot.

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2019)

I don't want to create a long winded post listing everything wrong with the movie bit by bit so I will try to sum it up from a macro perspective as best as possible.
What is so painfully disappointing is the clear lack of vision and execution within the entire project, through each instalment they played it safe, then they played it stupid and then they just pandered desperately plugging plot holes left right and centre without any care for the shock waves it would have on the entire saga. The entire trilogy reboot including this movie was messy, unauthentic and cold and commercial, give us simple PG rated slapstick jokes for all the kids without any wit, life or charm like they originals had then throw in some member-berries for all those older people who loved the originals to keep them happy. I like Oscar Isaac, Jon Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver and part of me thinks they could have had something here, but the way the Empire was revived through the First Order, the way old themes and plots were copied and pasted then ultimately the way Palpatine was conveniently brought back to serve as the instant-ready meal bad guy.. they destroyed the significance of everything that made Star Wars great; the tale of Anakin (The chosen one's) demise and collapse into the Dark Side into his tyrannic reign into his redemption through Luke leading him to fulfill his destiny and kill Palpatine to restore balance to the force.
I give it a 2/10 as I did not get up and walk out but cannot lie about my overall disappointment, I feel this movie and the trilogy as a whole provided absolutely nothing except destroy what had already came before while missing out on a real opportunity to create something special and unique in it's own right, I will not recommend that you don't go see it as everyone should decide from themselves but this is just my honest perspective on the matter.