Beautifully done, awful script

Rating: 2/10 (21 December 2017)

Visual effects are stunning, and some of the trope deconstruction plot twists were amazing. However, I'm really disappointed with how the legacy of the Original Trilogy was handled. Yes, they needed to pass the torch and introduce new characters, but not at the expense of the character of the existing ones! Yes, Luke, I'm looking at you. Also, I didn't expect how small and close-quarters the action would seem. Everything is so close the star travel takes only a couple of hours at most? Where is the sense of it being STAR wars, as in, concerning the whole galaxy?