What? Why? How?

Rating: 3/10 (27 December 2019)

This is a bad film. I heavily dislike it and discourage people from paying the money hungry and exploitative corporations to go see this. It is not Star Wars whatsoever, it is a generic and lifeless action-adventure with a Star Wars theme, locations and characters. It has been a whole trilogy yet all characters remain undeveloped, uninteresting and cliched and the story has the quality of a first time writer. It is painfully predictable to the point where it is cringe inducing. After The Last Jedi, I honestly didn't know what I was expecting but I didn't realize that they could stoop any lower. They just rinse and repeat the same formula every film: a threat that could destroy a planet or takeover the galaxy is introduced, the good guys fight against it and almost lose until they are saved or have luck to win in the end. Please place Star Wars into more capable and caring hands who actually give a damn about the rich and expansive universe.
I will give credit where it is due however. The cinematography and visuals are eye candy and the set pieces are fantastic. I also enjoyed Adam Driver's performance as Kylo Ren and Sidious is a cool character, despite being under utilized in my opinion. This is about all I mildly enjoyed or even liked however.
I suggest avoiding this but check it out if you liked The Force Awakens. I would recommend having a look at The Mandalorian or the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series instead as both are excellent utilize the Star Wars Universe properly.