George Lucas: No no no no no!

Rating: 6/10 (30 December 2015)

Why did I entitled the review this way? Because if I was George Lucas... this is what I would've said at the premiere of this film. Sad...
I am a fan since I was a kid. I used to sneak in the cinemas to see the first 2 episodes over and over again. We used to fight with sticks that in our minds were shiny lightsabers. We grew up and we loved every episode that came out... but this one... It's a disappointment for me.
I will have to say that I admire the acting and all the technology that went into it, the cast and crew and that it really hurts me to give it such a rate.
I'll spell it in bullet points why and I will do my best to avoid spoilers.
So: 1. They timed the episode so they can sync it to the age of the old cast to they can bring them back. Nothing wrong in that. I even liked it. It was really good to see the iconic faces. But what they did to the characters... I'll let you judge.
2. I could smell the plot from a mile. Why? Because it wasn't something to keep you guessing all the way.
3. The movie was focus on making a huge hype to people break the box office, not on carrying the story and the legendary characters, telling a series of exciting tales.
4. Lots of scenes were done just to bring back memories as they were almost cloned from the older episodes... seriously. Watch carefully and you tell me if I'm right.
5. I tried to understand who's the main character in this one and honestly they did a great job in confusing me. I did figure it out, but the fog they spread over the story made it so hard to identify who I should follow and relate and even care about.
6. The shaking of a particular character made me single him out way before the reveal and his implication into the story... which started pretty slow.
7. A lot of the Star Wars characters are missing... and honestly... I was hoping to bring them back at least for some moments... even in a flashback.
8. The lightsaber fights are not spectacular at all. It's almost like watching a Medieval show or some Comic Con fans having fulling around.
9. Someone is using the lightsaber like (he/she) had 7 lives to learn all that. I remember the tough times Like and the others had to go through to master the weapon and the other Jedi abilities.
10. Someone is becoming a Jedi just by thinking is one. Again... I don't want to push spoilers on you, but it's happening. I hope you catch the moment.
11. There is another reveal in the film that is totally ordinary. They are trying to build the moment... but it's too short and way too slim because we don't know the story behind the character and we didn't see anything epic happening to it to come to the situation he is in at the moment.
12. The ending... no comment. I don't want to say too much because I don't want to spoil it. Slow and way too "epic" for what it is. I was expecting something to finish the film to lead you into the other one... because you know that will start producing them on a conveyor belt once Disney put their hands on it.
I'll stop here... there's a lot to talk about but I am sure a bunch of YouTUBErs jumped on it already.
So... again. Disappointing. And I am disappointed that I am disappointed. Even worse.
As I said: I bet George Lucas was saying "No no no no no no..." in his mind when he watched it.