Promising start but fails half-way through

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2015)

I did not have high expectations for this movie going to the theater, but i was pleasantly surprised when the movie came on, it looked amazing, the acting was good and the flashbacks to the original trilogy did not feel forced (no point intended). Even though it missed something to make me feel "oh my god i'm back in Star Wars" it still held up as a good standalone movie.
But half-way through the movie things started to fall apart. It became predictable, the villain got lame and rather silly, the story got lacy and felt ripped of from the original trilogy (you like the Deathstar? I give you Mega-Deathstar), and a load of plot-conveniences.
I am really disappointed that it took this turn because it started of great.