What happened to screen writing these days?

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2015)

First of all, the movie is not as bad as many others review it here. But the essence of these reviews is true: It just mirrors what Hollywood has become today. Episode VII is a uninspired ripoff of somebody else's ideas and therefore has no soul. But what is really annoying, considering the professionals involved, it has a poorly written script. It feels like a first draft that has been rushed into production. Abrams knows his job, he wrote Super 8, which is a well written movie. And Kasdan co-wrote Empire Strikes Back, which is the best star wars ever. I don't know what happened, maybe they tried to make it great and some studio boss messed it up. Or they didn't have enough time to make it right. Probably Abrams is just too busy producing. I wonder how the movie had turned out if a writer with a master skill set like Aaaron Sorkin or Quentin Tarrantino had written the script. Writers who really know their craft and can build up scenes that work for the story. This movie had, except a couple of good punchlines, not one well written scene. And that's too bad as Abrams knows how to direct a well written script.
But there is something else missing in the writing than technical skills. What made the original trilogy great? Lucas did his research about ancient myths, archetypes, he referenced masterpieces of legend filmmakers (e.g. Kurosawa), he dug really deep and put all his creativity and passion into building a breathtaking world full of ideas. He was taking risks. But episode 7 just repeats what has worked before, without inventing something new.
But maybe there is hope: Ryan Johnson could at least fix some of it and make a reasonable movie as he is also one of those talented writers out there. If they let him. Please do. Maybe the new trilogy becomes something like the matrix in reverse by starting terrible (matrix 3) and becoming really great (matrix 1). But there is one BIG problem now: the falcon is empty.