Mediocre until the final 60 seconds.

Rating: 4/10 (16 January 2016)

I watched IV-VI recently and they're a wonderful trilogy. Sometimes it's best just to leave things as they are and not try to cash in. The best minute of the film is the final one.
This is a bit of a mess. The plot is pretty much all over the place and a re-hash of the other three (IV-VI). I'm too bored by what I saw to write a long review but, for instance, whereas in the previous ones it would take a long time and careful plotting to disable the defence shield, here it just happened. Lots of it was a pale shadow of the previous films e.g. Kylo Ren was a weak version of Vader and Supreme Leader Snoke was laughable compared to the brilliantly sinister Emperor of Return of the Jedi.
I found some of the acting to be a bit wooden and the dialogue slightly hammy. The new droid was great though.
I'm weary of even continuing with this review. The fizz has gone out of the drink. What a shame the first three films weren't just left as they stand: a brilliant trilogy. The rest is best forgotten.