Die hard fans, you will be disappointed.

Rating: 5/10 (15 January 2020)

J. J. Abrams takes George Lucas' concepts of the force and absoultely disrespects it. Somehow objects in this movie have the ability to teleport, using the force. Two characters can have a lightsaber duel while they are in different parts of the galaxy, using the force. The only believable thing about the force that J. J. Abrams introduces is the ability to heal others. As far as cinematography goes, the movie has goregeous visuals and backgrounds. The CGI in this movie was actually spot on and looked really good. What really killed this movie was the writing and plot. It is more than obvious that this movie is attempting to cover up the mistakes that the first two movies made. One thing that goes completely unexplained is how the emperor is alive, we get no backstory on how he survived at all. The sith wayfinders were completely pulled out of thin air and thrown into this movie, and they make absolutely no sense when it comes to how they work. The light saber fights in this movie were so bad and slow that they almost belong in the original trilogy. It is also revealed that Rey is related to Palpatine, which Disney pulled right out of in order to 'save' this movie. The movie just lacks a lot of character development, storytelling, and pacing. The entire movie feels so rushed from start to finish, it just does not have a good flow to it at all. Oh, and don't get me started on that kiss and subsequent death at the end. That had me and the rest of the audience wondering "what the hell was that?". All in all, if you are a die hard fan of the Star Wars franchise you will be disappointed and pretty upset by the conclusion of this film.