Disney refuses to understand what made Star Wars great

Rating: 5/10 (23 March 2020)

Star Wars was always about the light and the dark sides of human nature, and did it's level best to explain these through a cast of characters who hold different points of view on this. In among the drama, conflict, and tension - there is a message and a resolution. This is what George Lucas originally intended for Star Wars.
This Disney trilogy has nothing to say about this. No message of hope for viewers. No real story to tell. No drama that has anybody invested in anything. Nothing matters and is of any consequence. Things happen *just because*.
It's all plot and no story, with stupid and overly complicated McGuffins to drive it and the action. There's so much going on you don't have time to take it in - much less care about it. It also invalidates what's been established in previous films.
For these reasons it simply doesn't deserve to exist as a Star Wars film.
It is - however - a good tech demo, and an example of how to film a fast paced action film. One wonders if these films were designed to please a Chinese audience who may feel offended by conservative values and semi-religious philosophy, and just want their onscreen sword fights and explosions. We have the John Wick films for this kind of over-choreographed nonsense however. Heck, we have video games. Why tarnish Star Wars with this brush?
Disney does not, will not, ever understand this trilogy. Now that the "saga" is over it's time to bury the property.