Exhausted

Rating: 5/10 (21 December 2019)

A naive kid; a smart mouth princess; a devilish rouge; a wise and kind elder, two eccentric droids and a A naive kid; a smart mouth princess; a devilish rouge; a wise and kind elder, two eccentric droids - each of these contributed enormously to the success of the first StarWars.
Throughout this version, all-ey same-y characters contribute nothing. You could substitute one character for another and it would make no difference. The characters in this StarWars are not even a pale copy of the originals; it's a failure in that regard.
The wonders of digitalization aside, I pondered "How they could get those words to come out of the mouth of the deceased Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia)?" Tfhen I realized "Of course, they're just generic phrases. Her scene was likely performed for a previous sequel, picked up from the cutting room floor and used here." Much of the dialogue/story is like that. It's a movie devoid of interesting characters, but maybe that's because the dialogue is vapid. So, dialogue is another thing that sets it apart from the originals; it's bland and cliched.
The original took stock stories from Saturday morning cowboy shows and Saturday matinees and placed them in a galaxy far far away. Then, proceeded to make it all new. Today's StarWars galaxy is worn out. It's exhausted.
A take away: One John Boyega plus one Oscar Isaac do not make one Harrison Ford.
2hrs 20min preceded by 30 min of trailers and ads only added insult to injury.