This is not Star Wars

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2019)

Say what you want about the prequels (I personally loved them, perhaps due to growing up with them) but at least they were made with passion and heart which tied together probably the greatest saga in movie history.
The sequels are a blatant cash grab playing off fans' nostalgia whilst ruining the story and lore of the first 6 movies.
This only positives I can take from this film is that it is visually stunning, the score is incredible and that it's a much better film than the train wreck 'The Last Jedi'.
Right now onto the negatives.
1) Force healing. FORCE HEALING. I'm not against new force abilities but they need some explanation as to why the users are able to utilize them and why they weren't utilized in earlier films. So Obi Wan just let Qui Gon die? Why didn't Anakin just use the force to save Padme? Why did Anakin have to learn the dark side of the force to learn that power whereas Rey and Kylo both naturally have that ability with no explanation.
2) Force teleportation...no words.Spent most of the film internally screaming Han Solo's line "that's not how the force works!"
3) Palpatine is back! How? Look Palpatine is back! Why? No look palpatine is back!! Literally no explanation as to how he survived episode 6 or why he waited 30 years or why he used Snoke, etc. He's just back because nostalgia and to give Rey a villain to beat. Also makes Anakin's story pointless. The rise, fall and redemption of Anakin, but that doesn't matter because the bad guy comes back.
4) No Anakin. Star Wars 1-6 is a story about Anakin Skywalker. This probably disappointed me the most that ghost Anakin didn't pop up to see Kylo, Rey or anyone. This is obviously a personal preference but I would've loved to see a scene with Anakin and Luke, or at the very least in the last scene for Anakin to be with Luke and Leia.
5) Unnecessary cousin kiss.
6) Convenient evil dagger. It makes zero sense that it matched up perfectly with the fallen death star. The dagger was presumably made before the death star was destroyed so how would it match up? And if it was made after the death star was destroyed why was it even made? Has Palpatine got memory loss or something? Just a complete mess.
7) Endgame 2.0. Honestly Lando might have well said "on your left". I know VII and VIII ripped off other Star Wars films but now Disney have ripped off other Disney films. Also why didn't all those good guys just come together in TFA???
I know each to their own opinion but it baffles me how Star Wars fans enjoyed this film. And those who call people who criticize this film "haters" or claim that "they had their mind made up before watching" is very ignorant. I really enjoyed TFA and I was really optimistic about the new trilogy. I REALLY wanted to enjoy this film to the point I was trying convince myself that it was a good film but overall the new trilogy just doesn't feel like Star Wars to me.