Mediocrity buttressed by nostalgia.

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2018)

Recently I came to the realization that my biggest problem with this film, which increases every time I rewatch it, is that without its connections to Star Wars as a franchise this film would be just another forgettable family-friendly action/adventure popcorn film that very few people would care about after the first 24 hours of leaving the cinema. It offers nothing more than loud sounds, flashy graphics, easily consumable characters, a plot that reeks of laziness and the Disney stamp of approval beside a film tag that might as well say "Hey! Remember Star Wars? Us too!"
Hell, even Maz Kanata looks like a Pixar character. This film ages like bread, not wine.