Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2016)

I had such high hopes for this movie but there are just too many things wrong with it to ignore, more than too much CGI and more than an annoying underwater clown who refuses to shut up the entire movie. First, who's the hero? Obviously they are all the heroes of the resistance but who is the main one? In 1, 2, and 3 the story revolved around Ben Kenobi, 4, 5, and 6 the movies revolved around Luke Skywalker. 7 we have two possible candidates, are they both it? One is shown wielding a light saber with no force powers and the other has force powers but no light saber. There is no clear direction, all we know is that two untrained people kicked the crap out of a trained Sith who is strong enough to stop blaster bolts in midair but not strong enough to wipe the floor with a guy who has no apparent abilities. The movie was so predictable on top of that, Han Solo would never just hand a detonator to someone else, he was a large, and in charge, kind of personality so you knew that this was the end for him. Also in what world do you bleed when you get burned with a laser bolt? There is a lot of blood in this movie for being struck with a cauterizing beam of energy. The planets that were destroyed with the new republic, was that Coruscant? What happened with the senate that prompted this new group of villains to arise? Who was the old guy that died in the beginning, why was he important enough to have the coveted map to Luke? Why isn't Leia a part of it of the new republic? None of it is explained, not even a little bit. Not to mention the movie should have ended about 10 minutes sooner than it did as well, it just dragged on, and on, for nothing more than a marketing trick.